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Italian PM to offer resignation amid political crisis

The prime minister said he intends to step down from his post after far-right leader Matteo Salvini sparked a government crisis and urged for fresh elections. The move now leaves Italy's political future up in the air. Go to article

Spain sends ship to rescue migrants off Italy 2h ago

Italien Lampedusa | Rettungsschiff Open Arms | Flüchtlinge springen ins Meer (Reuters/G. Mangiapane)

Spain has said it will respond to a "humanitarian emergency" by sending a naval ship to escort a migrant rescue boat from the coast of Italy's Lampedusa to the Spanish island of Mallorca.

Police kill Brazil bus hijacker after standoff 1h ago

Brasilien Busentführung in Rio de Janeiro (Reuters/R. Moraes)

Police fatally shot an armed man holding dozens hostage on a bus since early Tuesday morning. The individual had been carrying a gun, tazer and gasoline and had threatened to set the vehicle on fire.

German police operation shuts bomb website 47m ago

Symbolbild Internet Password Hacking (Fotolia/apops)

Around 1,000 thousand police officers have seized drugs and explosives in raids across Germany, Lithuania and Croatia. The web portal xplosives.net has been taken offline.

UK may end EU freedom of movement immediately 5h ago

Border control at Heathrow Airport (picture-alliance/empics/S. Parsons)

The British government said if it were to leave the EU without a deal on October 31, freedom of movement rules would end at the same time, with no transition period. Critics have blasted the move as "reckless."

Merkel: Show 'humility' towards nature 7h ago

Angela Merkel and Katrin Jakobsdottir in Thingvellir, Iceland (picture-alliance/dpa/AP/E. Bjarnason)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Iceland for talks with leaders of Nordic countries. Climate is expected to dominate the agenda, and Merkel has called for 'humility' in our treatment of the environment.

US missile test: Russia says US stoking tension 7h ago

The US tests a medium-range cruise missile (picture-alliance/dpa/S. Howe)

Russia and China have sharply criticized the US for ramping up military tensions by testing a ground-launched, medium-range cruise missile weeks after withdrawing from the INF pact with Moscow.

Sky TV NZ fined over Christchurch footage 6h ago

Flowers near the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch (picture-alliance/AA/P. Adones)

Sky TV NZ has been fined for showing footage from the alleged Christchurch attacker's livestream. The broadcasting authority found it had the potential to cause significant distress to the public.

Twitter: China leading anti-HK protest campaign 16h ago

Hong Kong protesters fill street with umbrellas

China sowed political discord and undermined the protest movement in Hong Kong on Twitter, the company has said. The social media platform notified Facebook, where a state-backed disinformation operation was also found.

Eröffnung Hochgeschwindigkeits-Eisenbahn Hongkong und chinesischem Festland (Getty Images/AFP/Tyrone Siu)

UK: Hong Kong staff member missing after visiting Shenzhen 7h ago

Britain says a Hong Kong consulate staffer went missing on a trip to Shenzhen in mainland China nearly two weeks ago.

'Hong Kong mob' — Mainland China's view 21h ago

People in mainland China have little sympathy for the protesters in Hong Kong.

Trump urges restraint on Kashmir 11h ago

Soldiers standing guard in Srinagar (picture-alliance/AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

US President Donald Trump said Kashmir was a "tough situation" and that he had "good conversations" with the prime ministers of India and Pakistan. He urged them to work towards reducing tensions.

German Green party co-chair Robert Habeck at a town hall in Saxony (DW/B. Knight )

German Greens woo voters in lagging East

Green party co-leader Robert Habeck is touring eastern Germany ahead of crucial state elections. The region is rough terrain for the liberal Greens, far away from the urban centers where most of their supporters reside.

Spain: Gran Canaria wildfire an 'environmental tragedy' 9h ago

Wildfires in Gran Canaria (picture-alliance/AP Photo/Cabildo de Gran Canaria)

A wildfire on Spain's Gran Canaria has forced thousands of people to evacuate. Some 6,000 hectares have burned so far and the fire has entered the northwestern Tamadaba natural park.

Salvadoran rape victim acquitted of murder

Evelyn Hernandez (AFP/Getty Images/M. Recinos)

A 21-year-old Salvadoran woman accused of killing her stillborn child has been cleared of her aggravated homicide conviction in a retrial. The case was closely watched by rights groups.

Sixth blast this year targets N. Irish police 15h ago

Traffic crossing the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the village of Bridgend, Co Donegal.

Police say it is the sixth blast targeting officers this year. A police chief warns that deadlock over Brexit is abetting such attacks.

NY cop fired over Eric Garner chokehold death 15h ago

Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, in New York (picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo/B. Matthews)

The firing comes five years after Eric Garner died during an altercation with New York Police officers. Garner's dying words, "I can't breathe," became a rallying cry to protest police violence in the US.

Germany's central bank warns of recession 19.08.2019

Containers in Hamburg (picture-alliance/Bildagentur-online/Ohde)

The Bundesbank has warned that a slump in the German economy could have continued over the summer. It cited the US-China trade war as one factor weighing on German exports.

Syrian Kurds hand over IS children to Germany 19.08.2019

Syrien Frau und Kind eines vermeintlichen IS Kämpfers in Rakka (Getty Images/AFP/B. Kilic)

Kurdish authorities in Syria have handed over four children to Germany who had parents that were "Islamic State" fighters. Many EU countries are grappling with how to handle returning foreign fighters and their families.

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Donald Trump's ice-cold calculus 18h ago

In offering to buy Greenland, US President Donald Trump is trying once again to disrupt the postwar Western order.

Foreign students fear Germany's tuition fees damage diversity

Germany's central bank warns of possible recession

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Syrian Kurds hand over four 'Islamic State' children to Germany

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Yussuf Poulsen and Marcel Sabitzer celebrate RB Leipzig's fourth goal against Union Berlin. (Reuters/A. Hilse)

Bundesliga: RB Leipzig throw hat into title ring

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have dominated discussion about who might win this season's Bundesliga title. But RB Leipzig's commanding start to the campaign could signal a three-horse race.

E-mobility: Germany hopes to mine lithium

A small community in the German state of Saxony may soon see the revival of its centuries-old mining tradition. But this time around, the focus is no longer on tin or tungsten but on lithium, as Hardy Graupner reports.

Foreign students fear Germany's tuition fees damage diversity

Increased living costs and non-EU tuition fees are fueling concern among foreign students. They worry that the hiked prices encourage exclusiveness and that Germany will no longer be a sought-after study destination.

Why do terrorists attack places of worship? 5h ago

Religious leaders from around the world are meeting in the German town of Lindau, where they will discuss how to protect places of worship. In the past year alone, terror attacks on worshippers in New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the US left hundreds dead.

Swiss mountain air exporter in running for environmental shame award

A group that draws attention to environmentally unsound transport has named its nominees in the 2019 "especially absurd shipping award." Among them was one firm exporting Alpine air to Asia.

Women sit outside a UNICEF tent in Mozambique. (DW/A. Sebastião)

Climate change literacy still low in Africa

Despite the fact that Africa bears the brunt when it comes to erratic global weather patterns, many people are still unfamiliar with the climate change phenomenon, a new survey reveals.