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A US quarter depicting poet Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US coin

Quarters featuring the author, poet and activist Maya Angelou are the first to be minted in a series that will also feature other pioneering American women.  

Baby Sohail Ahmadi, bundled up in a scarf and beige coat with hood

Baby lost in Kabul airlift chaos reunited with family

An Afghan boy that went missing during the hasty US-led evacuation from Kabul in August has been reunited with his family. The boy's parents were unable to find him after a split-second decision to hand him to a soldier, and they ended up leaving for the US without him.  

Amnesty International demonstrators representing prisoners at the US Guantanamo Bay Naval Base protest on the National Mall in Washington

US: Amnesty urges Biden to keep promise to close Guantanamo Bay

The US president was clear on the campaign trail that he wanted to close the controversial detention facility set up in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. But US lawmakers have opposed the idea.  

Haiti Streitkräfte in Port-au-Prince

Haiti: Two journalists killed by gang near Port-au-Prince

Journalists Amady John Wesley and Wilguens Louissaint were killed in the Laboule 12 area, which has seen intense fighting between armed gangs looking to wrestle control.  

Crowds with US flags in the background, man with a cowboy hatthat reads Trump 2020 in the front

Opinion: A year after Capitol storming, US democracy remains fragile

It sounds alarmist, and it should: the future of democracy is at stake in the United States. What we experienced a year ago is just a taste of things to come, says DW's Ines Pohl.  

A picture taken in November 1989 shows the funeral of six Jesuit priests at the University Jose Simeon Canas (UCA) in El Salvador in November 1989

El Salvador reopens probe into 1989 killing of 6 priests

Constitutional judges in El Salvador have ruled in favor of proceeding with an investigation into the massacre of priests during the country's civil war.  

A protester screams Freedom inside the Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC

A year later: How the January 6 Capitol riots changed, or didn't change, the US

The peaceful transition of power in the United States has been seen as a shining example of American democracy. On January 6, 2021, this widespread perception was shaken to its core.  

People stand in front of their destroyed home in Mayfield, Kentucky, with two American flags in the foreground

Kentucky is 'ground zero' in the aftermath of deadly US tornadoes

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds are still missing after several tornadoes tore through six US states. The deadly winds have flattened entire factories and destroyed thousands of homes.  

An explosion caused by a police munition is seen in front of the Capitol Building

Biden plans address on January 6 as Trump cancels event

President Joe Biden is set to place "singular responsibility" for the Capitol siege on his predecessor Donald Trump, the White House said. Trump canceled his own press event.  

Fans support Britney Spears at a protest in LA, a flag with the Free Britney-Slogan is visible behind a cardboard figuere of Britney Spears.

Britney Spears fans celebrate legal win

Britney Spears has achieved a partial victory in court: After 13 years, her father was removed as conservator with immediate effect. The celebrations among her fans were nothing short of enthusiastic.