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Instead of persecuting child abusers, Vatican officials worked to silence the victims, senior German Cardinal Reinhard Marx has told the Vatican. He claimed files on the abusers were often destroyed. Go to article
Polls have opened in Nigeria. The country is hoping for free and fairly elected president — will it be incumbent Muhammadu Buhari or his main rival Atiku Abubakar?
Germany's socialist party has presented a fundamental EU reform agenda at their convention in the western city of Bonn. Members decided against calling for the creation of a "European Republic" in the manifesto.
Venezuela's opposition is preparing to bring shipments of food and medical supplies into the country — against the orders of embattled acting President Maduro. The plan could lead to clashes with soldiers at the border.
Kelly Craft is a substantial donor to the Republican Party and is married to a billionaire coal-mining baron. Nikki Haley is due to step down as envoy to the United Nations.
"Better Smart than Drunk" seeks to teach school children about alcohol by getting them to drink it and tell supervisors how the feel.
President Omar al-Bashir has declared a one-year state of emergency and dissolved government in Sudan. He is facing the most sustained challenge to his 30-year rule with repeated protests in recent weeks.
R&B singer R. Kelly has been taken into custody in Chicago and accused of multiple counts of sexual abuse of minors and child pornography. An attorney representing victims said the singer's "day of reckoning" had come.
The reporter Jason Rezaian was about to travel home to the United States when he was detained in Iran in 2014, accused of being a spy. His memoir of his year and half in prison was published by HarperCollins in January.
Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld has been cremated in Nanterre, west of Paris, in a "very private" ceremony. The Hamburg-born designer, who was a brand in his own right, died on Tuesday at the age of 85.
The double act of Carlotta and Laurita took Germany's top Eurovision honors with their pop song "Sister," coming on out top among the seven acts representing a diversity of styles.
Bishops at a summit on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church have heard of the abuse suffered by just some of the victims. One victim was Juan Carlos Cruz, who told DW the Catholic Church needs a "zero tolerance" policy.
Algerians across the country took to the streets to protest President Bouteflika's plan to seek a fifth term as president. Bouteflika has only been seen in public a handful of times since suffering a stroke in 2013.
Germany deported a key suspect in the 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack before he was questioned, according to leaked documents. But authorities denied reports that Bilel Ben Ammar worked for Moroccan intelligence.
EU ministers are meeting in Bucharest to hand the European commission a negotiating mandate to rebuff threatened US tariff hikes on cars imported from Europe. Berlin says the issue has reached a "critical" phase.
The 57-year-old was arrested in a town north of Vienna on charges of sexual abuse of his children and the grand-children under his custody. The case is being compared to another, discovered 10 years ago.
Listening to EU media and politicians, one could think that the British are heading for the end, Nemanja Rujević writes.
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A dispute between a local politician and Eintracht Frankfurt supporters has escalated.
In 2022, the world's most important exhibition for contemporary art will be directed by the group Ruangrupa from Jakarta. The previous curator, Adam Szymczyk, had led the Documenta to the brink of bankruptcy.
With Brexit looming, thousands of Brits are becoming German. So, what's it like swapping your scones for Sauerkraut?
Botswana is mulling lifting a ban on big game hunting following recommendations from a government committee. The committee said lifting the ban on hunting animals, such as elephants, would "promote conservationism."
This year's Mobile World Congress takes place against a backdrop of tension between politics and technology.
Marine Le Pen's National Rally party hopes to surge in May's European Parliament elections. What role do they play as part of a broader euroskeptic boost across Europe? Elizabeth Bryant reports from Paris.
German car giants BMW and Daimler have announced a $1 billion investment in a joint ride-hailing and carsharing business. The automakers said they want to "establish a new player" to rival services from firms like Uber.
