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Ebrahim Raisi once had government critics tortured and executed. Now, he is Iran's new president — although his record raises many questions for German-Iranian relations. Go to article
Iran is confronting multiple domestic and international challenges, from water shortages and power outages to skyrocketing inflation and nuclear tensions. Can President Ebrahim Raisi tackle them?
Amid the current heatwave, Italy is struggling to contain the wildfires that are raging around the country. In addition to the scorching heat, there is a variety of reasons why wildfires have become such a problem.
Workers left a Turkish thermal power plant after removing hydrogen cooling tanks as Turkey faces deadly wildfires.
Emergency services evacuated several northern suburbs of the Greek capital after fresh fires broke out amid a heat wave. The city is engulfed in smoke.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered a full investigation into the death of Vitaly Shishov after the activist was found dead in a Kyiv park. More dissidents were put on trial in Belarus this week.
Baby George took his first breath just one hour after the Beirut blast.
After their small daughter was killed in Beirut's devastating port explosion, one Lebanese couple are fighting for an explanation — and to get their country back.
Rich nations should help poorer ones access COVID vaccines before giving booster shots to their own citizens, the WHO says. But the US has dismissed the idea.
Germany is going to offer booster shots against COVID-19. What do officials hope to achieve?
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc insists on "comparable rules" as the US maintains the ban amid fears over the spread of the delta variant.
US health authorities have issued a new moratorium on evictions amid a surge in COVID infections. Meanwhile, the WHO urged countries to hold off on booster shots. Follow DW for the latest.
Australia will pay reparations to Indigenous children who were forcibly taken away from their families in the 1900s. A series of other measures were announced for closing the gap for the "Stolen Generation."
Two outlets backed by the London-based Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky were blocked for users in Russia. It represents the latest crackdown on freedom of the press in Russia.
Authorities said the van was carrying as many as 30 people, mainly migrant workers, at the time when it crashed on a highway in southern Texas after the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The Mexican government claims US companies are facilitating gun smuggling and fueling bloodshed, with Mexican drug cartels bringing US guns across the border.
Senator Mark Warner is pushing on Congress to "bring greater transparency to the shadowy world of online advertising." Facebook said it was protecting privacy by closing accounts that study political ads.
An accident at German pharma firm Rentschler may have injured several employees, police say. The company is involved in producing the BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
As Cuba's economic crisis becomes untenable, the government is struggling to provide for the population and to quell the growing unrest amid the COVID pandemic.
Better prepared from now on: The Greens have a plan to prevent the kind of damage that was caused by recent flooding.
From his parents' home in the eastern German city of Leipzig, a teenager single-handedly — and successfully — ran a profitable drug business. Netflix has the true story.
In an interview with DW, the daughter of former Afghan president and socialist leader Mohammad Najibullah criticized the US approach toward peace in Afghanistan, saying the welfare of Afghans is not America's priority.
Daniel Ortega wants a fourth term as president. But with opposition candidates barred, the upcoming election is a farce.
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If you want to know what the Olympics mean to an athlete, you need look no further than Frank Stäbler. The Greco-Roman wrestler had to overcome COVID-19 to make it to Tokyo ― but it all paid off in the end.
Sydney McLaughlin broke her own world record on the way to 400-meter hurdles gold and an American 1-2.
A former Afghan cosmonaut recalls seeing the Earth from space as everyone's home with no countries or borders.
The health of German forests is in terminal decline, with global heating and poor management both to blame.
Indian holders of US visas have been forced to take drastic measures to return to their adopted home.
A voluntary carbon-pricing scheme wants seagrass meadows to help store CO2.
Around 8,000 visitors are expected at one of Europe's most important film festivals alongside Cannes and Berlin.
Germany's main churches are huge commercial enterprises where modern management methods are leaving their mark.
Social media users in Ghana are joining together under the hashtag #FixTheCountry to put pressure on the government.
The pandemic shut down schools around the world. Now, with holidays coming to an end in many parts of the world, kids are returning to classrooms. But things aren't as they were before – and distance learning looks like it will be here to stay.
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