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Pygmy hippo Toni says bonjour to France after Berlin exit

'Door to the EU is open,' Merz tells Moldova

Germany: Rheinmetall opens new artillery ammunition factory

Denmark PM apologizes for forced Inuit contraception

India opens dams amid flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir

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Palestinians in the as-Saftawi neighborhood in northern Gaza flee due to the intensified attacks by Israeli army in Gaza City

Middle East updates: Trump hosts meeting on post-war Gaza

Meanwhile, Israel is pushing on with its Gaza City offensive, warning of an "inevitable" displacement. DW has more.

Germany updates: Cabinet passes military service bill

The proposal, seeking to encourage military service, comes more than a decade after abolishing compulsory duty.

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Russia's war in Ukraine

Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine in early 2022, an escalation of a conflict that began with Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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Africa

The 77 Percent 2025 | Körperliche Züchtigung in ugandischen Schulen stoppen

How to stop caning at Ugandan schools

Studies show that nearly 70% of Ugandan students have been caned. How can that hidden circle of trauma be broken?

Asia

Prato: Chinese workers transform Italy's fast fashion hub

For decades, Chinese migrants have powered this Italian city's garment industry. But at what cost?

Germany

German trans neo-Nazi accused of abusing the law

A convicted extremist has presented themselves as a transwoman demanding to be sent to a womens' prison.

Europe

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou gestures with his hand during a press conference in Paris on August 25, 2025.

France: Budget plans throw government into crisis yet again

If Francois Bayrou fails to win a confidence vote, France may get an unprecedented fifth prime minister in 20 months.

Middle East

Popular Mobilization Forces parade in Diyala, Iraq, Saturday, June 26, 2021.

Iran or the US? How a new law is testing Iraq's independence

Iraq wants to reform paramilitaries outside state control — but critics say that will entrench "terrorist groups" there.

North America

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged

Music superstar Taylor Swift and NFL champion Travis Kelce are planning to get married, and fans everywhere are buzzing.

Latin America

People crowd an enlistment desk for the Bolivarian Militia at Bolivar square in Caracas

Venezuelans enlist in civilian corps amid US threat

Hundreds of Venezuelans — from civil servants to retirees — are joining the Bolivarian Militia to defend their homeland.

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A migrant from Syria holds a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel as he and approximately 800 others arrive from Hungary at Munich train station

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As refugees arrived in 2015, Merkel said: 'We'll manage it'

As displaced people arrived en masse in 2015, Chancellor Angela Merkel believed that Germany could accommodate them.

How well have 2015 refugees integrated in German job market?

Big hopes and harsh realities: How migration shaped Germany

Germany expands border patrols as part of immigration plan

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Moldova

Moldova, a country in southeastern Europe, was formerly part of the Soviet Union. It includes the pro-Russia breakaway region of Transnistria, which borders on Ukraine.

Why tiny Moldova is so important to Russia and Europe

Since declaring independence in 1991, Moldova has sought its own path in Europe — something Russia wants to prevent.

Parliament building in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Torn between East and West, Moldova celebrates independence

In the current geopolitical context, Moldova's Independence Day has become more than just a national holiday.

Sergiu Mindru in the kitchen of his restaurant in Chisinau

Moldova's government offers returning expats business grants

Moldova's pro-European government is offering grants to returning expats who want to start or develop a business.

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In Kashmir, lotus bloom on Wular Lake brings relief and hope

Lotus plants, once a source of livelihood for villages on the shores of Wular Lake, have returned after three decades.

Three onion domes of a Russian Orthodox church rise above a construction fence with a sign indicating video surveillance.

Is Russia using this church in Sweden as a spying hub?

Local politicians in Vasteras want the Swedish government to shut down a Russian Orthodox church.

President Donald Trump wearing a "Trump was right about everything" hat speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025

Fact check: Is the Trump administration rewriting history?

JD Vance misstates World War II history — DW fact checks Trump's distortions from Iraq to museum censorship.

Rescue of a 3-month-old baby in New Orleans during Katrina. He is being handed down from a roof into a waiting water craft

Hurricane Katrina left lasting legacy for youngest survivors

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, child survivors are still reckoning with the storm's long shadow.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L), Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping appear together at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024

Will BRICS boom under Trump's watch?

US tariffs on BRICS nations outstrip those on other countries. Is Trump forcing his rivals into a tighter alliance?

Legal rights for a river? A precedent in Ecuador

When Indigenous people sued Ecuador's capital Quito over its pollution of the Machangara River, courts sided with them.

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Dennis Schröder holds the ball away from Nikola Jokic during a game at the Paris Olympics

EuroBasket 2025: All you need to know

As the European championship of basketball tips off across the continent, here's all you need to know.

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Party island Ibiza suffers housing shortage

Mass tourism and overpriced real estate have been disastrous for island locals, with affordable housing in short supply.

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Electric buses combat air pollution in Kashmir

Authorities are introducing electric buses and promoting public transport, in an attempt to improve air quality.

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Mali returns ancient manuscripts to Timbuktu

The documents were evacuated to Mali's capital Bamako after Al Qaeda-linked militants occupied Timbuktu in 2012.

Watch tower of the former Stasi prison Hohenschönhausen in Berlin Lichtenberg

Berlin's memorial to victims of communism 'long overdue'

Progress on Germany's memorial for the victims of communism has stalled, but there are now plans to move forward.

Hamra: Pulse of a city, mirror of a nation

The reopening of a revered cinema is a sign of Lebanon's capacity to start anew despite political and economic crises.

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