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US President Donald Trump has called for an immediate halt to Turkey's strikes against Kurds in Syria as Washington slapped sanctions on Turkish officials. Vice President Mike Pence is set to lead a mediation effort. Go to article
Russia has been pushing for the Damascus government to regain full control of Syria and to find a political solution to the ongoing war. But Turkey's intervention may only be a temporary setback for Russian interests.
Several people have been injured at a pro-Kurdish rally in Herne, Germany, as protesters trashed a kiosk and a Turkish-owned cafe, police said. The rally organizer suffered an injury while trying to defuse tensions.
Germany security officials want more authority to target and prevent far-right violence. Among the proposals on the table is more monitoring of the internet and gathering evidence to outlaw some far-right groups.
Bulgaria's prime minister has called for the president of the national football association to resign. Borislav Mihaylov is under fire after Bulgarian fans racially abused black England players in a Euro 2020 qualifier.
A new global report by UNICEF shows that 200 million children under the age of five are malnourished. Experts say it's putting the future of humanity at risk.
The crucial vote is the first since the government and rebels signed a peace deal to end decades of conflict.
Climate group Extinction Rebellion has condemned a ban on protests in London, but says action will go on. The prohibition, after a week of action, came after activists targeted the UK’s financial district.
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption foundation has been raided again. The crackdown comes after Navalny this summer led protests against the Kremlin.
The shipping industry has long been one of the most important to the world economy, and one of the most destructive to the environment. New regulations come into effect on January 1 which could have a profound impact.
The two Korea's played their first competitive football match in Pyongyang under a near total blackout. The 50,000-capacity Kim Il Sung Stadium was empty.
In response, the Bosnian-German author has criticized the decision to award the Nobel Prize to Austrian Peter Handke.
In a first, two winners have been chosen for the top literary prize. Judges said the books "address the world today."
Abused students at an Islamic school in Nigeria have "revolted," with most of them managing to escape, officials have said. Police found dozens more in chains. The latest raid comes just weeks after a similar rescue.
More than a dozen police officers have been killed in an ambush in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, authorities said. The Jalisco New Generation drug cartel is suspected of being behind the slayings.
The move follows a 2018 measure passed by Parliament to clear the records of all men who were convicted for homosexuality. Scotland's pardon law is wider in scope than that of England and Wales.
The results of parliamentary polls in Poland come as no surprise. PiS party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski's policies aimed at "ordinary folks" have made the party a force for years to come, says DW's Bartosz Dudek.
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Germany's women footballers still seek recognition, despite decades of smashing records and exceeding expectations.
The former member of the South Korean girl group f(x) has been found dead. There were no signs of foul play.
Only three-quarters of the number of people the EU said it would accept have arrived, breaking a pledge due this month.
The German government plans to boost funding for anti-extremist groups, but long-term funding is hard to come by.
Farmers have rallied in the western German city of Bonn to protest what they see as excessive regulation.
Europe's black gas market contributes emissions equal to four coal-fired power plants in 2018.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are visiting Pakistan for the first royal trip to the country in over a decade.
