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Scuffles at Brussels anti-migration demo

Around 5,500 people rallied through the Belgian capital's European quarter against the UN's new migration pact. Prime Minister Charles Michel's decision to support the accord has left the government in disarray. Go to article

UN refugee compact - what you need to know 29m ago

Migrants in Casablanca, Morocco (picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo/M. Elshamy)

The UN General Assembly is set to endorse the Global Compact on Refugees, a week after a similar accord for migrants. Nearly 170 countries have pledged help to nations that host those fleeing war and persecution.

Polish man dies after Strasbourg attack 41m ago

Police operation in Strasbourg (Reuters/C. Hartmann)

A Polish man wounded during a terror attack at a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg has died. Bartosz Niedzielski is the fifth fatality from last week's mass shooting.

Ukraine to lift martial law if there is no invasion 47m ago

Poroshenko answering reporters' questions (Reuters/V. Ogirenko)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has pledged not to extend martial law unless there is a large-scale Russian attack in the coming days. Poroshenko has yet to confirm that he will run for president in March 2019.

Germany mulls crackdown on social media bots 3h ago

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Social media bots are attacking the core elements of democracy and it is "high time" for Germany to fight them, senior CDU lawmaker Ralph Brinkhaus has said. Other politicians also want a crackdown on bots.

Germany: Social cuts for Dublin asylum-seekers? 8h ago

Several persons in blankets, lying on a mattress among church benches (Imago/C. Mang)

Punitive social handouts to dissuade "Dublin" asylum-seekers are wanted by interior ministers of the 16 regional states, a report says. One in three applicants arriving in Germany via other EU nations could be affected.

Georgia swears in first female president 5h ago

Georgia's first female president Salome Zurabishvili (Reuters/Presidential Press Service/L. Blagoravova)

The inauguration of Georgia's first female president marks the start of the country's new constitution. Salome Zurabishvili has committed to making the former Soviet state's path towards Europe "irreversible."

Dozens injured in Japan restaurant blast 5h ago

Explosion in Sapporo (picture-alliance/AP Images/M. Kawaguchi)

At least one person is in a serious condition in hospital after the blast in Sapporo, the capital city of the northern island of Hokkaido. Television footage of the incident showed the restaurant in flames.

PIP breast implant scandal enters next phase 44m ago

Tracy Kiss holding breast implants (DW/C. Butler)

An additional court case in the PIP breast implant scandal is being launched on Monday. Victims are asking for financial compensation to at least alleviate their psychological pain. Lisa Louis met one of them in London.

German railways need a rethink, Berlin admits 4h ago

Symbolbild: Überlastungen der Deutschen Bahn (picture-alliance/dpa/G. Wendt)

German train operator Deutsche Bahn needs a basic overhaul, the government's own commissioner has admitted. Long-distance train punctuality sunk to 70 percent last month, further frustrating passengers and staff.

Yemen fighting rages ahead of ceasefire 1h ago

A boy carries a bag on a street in Hodeidah, Yemen (Reuters/A. Zeyad)

Yemini officials say at least 12 people have been killed in clashes near the port city of Hodeida. The fighting threatens a ceasefire agreed last week by pro-government forces and Houthi rebels.

Giant foreign birds causing chaos in Germany

An errant population of flightless birds has confounded birth control attempts and are gobbling up farmers' crops. North German agriculturalists want to start shooting the birds, but they face legal hurdles.

US working to extradite cleric Gulen: Turkish PM 8h ago

Fethullah Gulen (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Smith)

Turkey says Donald Trump recently confirmed he was working to extradite the Islamic cleric that Ankara blames for a 2016 failed coup, according to media reports. If true, the revelation marks a major U-turn by Trump.

Sri Lanka: Will PM's reappointment end crisis? 8h ago

Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as PM on Sunday (Reuters/President's Media Division of Sri Lanka)

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had triggered a constitutional and political crisis in the country by sacking Ranil Wickremesinghe in October. His reappointment, however, does not guarantee smooth sailing.

Fußball Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund - Werder Bremen (Reuters/L. Kügeler)

Dortmund secure Christmas number one spot

It was another great weekend for Dortmund, whose win over Bremen secured them top spot at Christmas. But Bayern won big to prevent BVB from galloping clear, and there were two huge wins at the bottom end of the table.

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Audience listening to discussion on podium at the Katowice climate summit (picture-alliance/dpa/C. Sokolowski)

After Katowice, giving up still isn't an option 3h ago

It's vital that these mammoth annual climate summits continue, says DW's Jens Thurau.

Giant South American birds cause chaos in northern Germany

Germany: Welfare cuts for 'Dublin' asylum-seekers floated

Japan restaurant explosion: More than 40 injured

Thousands march for refugee rights in Italy

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Climate change: Asia faces contradictions

As the UN climate conference wraps up, Asia’s emission-producing economic powerhouses have said that their growing wealth doesn’t guarantee that they can fully comply with the Paris Agreement without assistance.

The tomb contains five shafts, four of which were unsealed. Archaeologists will start excavating the shafts next month.

Egypt unearths tomb of Fifth Dynasty priest Wahtye in Saqqara

The hieroglyphs and statues in the tomb of royal purification priest Wahtye are almost intact despite being 4,400 years old. Walls decorated with colorful scenes show the owner of the tomb with his family.

Poland's 'Cold War' tops European Film Awards

Pawel Pawlikowski’s film about a long-running love story in Soviet-era Poland won best film and best actress. The best comedy award went to another Cold War film, the UK's 'The Death of Stalin.'

Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin (HAW) activist group (Rüdiger Trautsch)

How gay activists from Berlin visited the 1970s USSR

The Soviet leadership of the 1970s thought a group of German gay activists were communists and invited them to visit Moscow — where homosexuality was criminalized. Their Russian tour guide at the time spoke to DW.

Cables between pylons glowing at sunset (AFP/Getty Images/D. Garcia)

Living in the dark in rural Nigeria

The lack of electricity is pervasive in rural Nigeria, where 90 million people live entirely off the grid. DW's Zaharaddeen Umar asked people in one village in far northern Katsina State how they get by in the dark.

Sign promoting 5G wireless technology by Huawei (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Schiefelbein)

Sieren's China: Huawei and diplomatic dynamite

The arrest of the chief financial officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, will only exacerbate tensions in the US-China trade spat. But she and her firm should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, says DW's Frank Sieren.