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Explosions hit Sri Lanka churches at Easter

Police sources in Sri Lanka say blasts have hit churches and hotels in and near the capital, Colombo. Hundreds of casualties have been reported. Go to article

Ukrainians vote in presidential runoff 2h ago

Ukraine Kiew Präsidentschaftswahl (picture-alliance/AP Photo/S. Grits)

Ukrainians are voting in a runoff election pitting incumbent President Poroshenko against comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Zelenskiy has been leading in opinion polls.

Ukraine: Zelenskiy outshines Poroshenko ahead of runoff vote

Pope Francis set to deliver Easter message of peace 8m ago

Vatikan Papst warnt in Osternacht vor Unzufriedenheit und Hoffnungslosigkeit (Reuters/R. Casilli)

Pope Francis will celebrate Easter mass in St. Peter’s Square. On Good Friday he urged crowds to remain hopeful in the face of cynicism.

Libya: 'New phase' in fight for Tripoli 11h ago

A fighter loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord fires a weapon (picture-alliance/AA/H. Turkia)

Forces loyal to Libya's unity government have launched a counterattack to keep rival fighters from advancing on the city. European calls for an urgent ceasefire have been rejected by Moscow and Washington.

North Macedonia votes for new president 2h ago

Stevo Pendarovski greets his supporters at party convention in Skopje, North Macedonia (Reuters/O. Teofilovski)

More than 2 million people in North Macedonia are eligible to vote for a new president. It is the first presidential ballot since the country agreed to change its name to North Macedonia last year.

German conservative EU candidate acts on plastic 2h ago

Manfred Weber said that the next generations will face "immense problems" if the EU and the world do not take drastic action against single-use plastic. The conservative has ambitions to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker.

Polls in Spain show split ahead of election 5h ago

Socialist PM Pedro Sanchez speaks to supporters at a campaign rally

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez could win re-election on April 28. But a left-wing government is far from certain, with neither left or right wing blocs on track to easily reach a majority.

FBI arrests US border militia leader 6h ago

US-Mexico border (Reuters/J. Luis Gonzalez)

Larry Hopkins claims to be the leader of an armed group that captures migrant families on the US-Mexico border. The attorney general of the US state of New Mexico praised the arrest as a defeat for "armed vigilantes."

'Journalism in Serbia is unwanted' 12h ago

CINS reporter Andjela Milivojevic in Belgrade (DW/S. Kljajic)

Serbia's government controls key news sources and real journalism is unwanted, award-winning reporter Andjela Milivojevic told DW. Independent journalists are often publicly slammed as "traitors."

Yellow Vests call out selective charity of the rich 23h ago

A protester scuffles with a police officer during a demonstration (Reuters/G. Fuentes)

Fresh clashes have erupted in Paris during the 23rd round of protests. Demonstrators turned their anger toward French billionaires who have vowed to rebuild the iconic cathedral but have done little to help the poor.

Columbine marks 20 years since school shooting 7h ago

Columbine High School 20th anniversary commemoration of 1999 school shooting (Reuters/R. Wilking)

Two teenagers killed 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. The attack lingers in the popular imagination as the first in a string of modern-day school shootings in the United States.

Hitler's birthday rally far outnumbered 10h ago

Deutschland | Rechte Kundgebung (picture-alliance/dpa/B. Roessler)

More than 2,000 people rallied in the western German town of Ingelheim in a counterdemo against plans to celebrate the date. The Hitler rally went ahead after organizers got a ban overturned by a regional court.

WannaCry buster pleads guilty to creating malware 9h ago

Cyber security expert Marcus Hutchins (picture-alliance/AP Photo/F. Augstein)

The man hailed as a hero for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack has been charged with developing malware. Prosecutors said it was "used to infect numerous computers around the world and steal banking information."

India tackles illegal ads ahead of election 15h ago

Face masks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Ians)

Officials are clamping down on illegal campaiging during India's 5 1/2-week election. A Bollywood movie was pulled, a TV channel censored, and now a web series on the Indian leader's life has also been banned.

Egyptians vote in referendum with only one obvious choice 14h ago

Billboards and panels are displayed in the streets of Cairo to encourage citizens to vote ''yes'' during the referendum (picture-alliance/ZUMAPRESS/Le Pictorium Agency/C. Sharrock)

Egyptians are voting in a referendum that could confirm President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's rule until 2030. But in a poll few expect to be free or fair, many say they are aware of only one choice: vote yes.

German defense chief urges nuclear arms treaty with Russia 16h ago

General Eberhard Zorn says he's disturbed by the American and Russian withdrawal from the INF nuclear missile treaty. He warned that Moscow remains "a big threat" to peace in Europe.

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Girl walking across an overpass in Moscow (picture-alliance/Russian Look/K. Kokoshkin)

Russia is no place for young people 18h ago

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German government jet suffers serious damage in crash landing

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Far-right rally for Hitler's birthday draws crowd of just 20

Ukraine: Zelenskiy outshines Poroshenko ahead of runoff vote

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Easter march in Stuttgart (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Murat)

Easter peace marches held across Germany

Germany's Easter peace marches have kicked off around the country, calling for an end to arms exports to crisis areas. The marches remain popular, decades on from their Cold War heyday.

Winding tower of Lohberg colliery (picture-alliance/dpa/M. Skolimowska)

German mining town lives down IS past

The western town of Dinslaken became known as a Salafi hotbed in 2013 when a group of local youths traveled to Syria to join the "Islamic State." Years on, the community is still trying to leave the past behind.

Block of flats (picture alliance/Geisler-Fotopress)

First-timers struggle in German housing market

With rising prices, a crowded rental market and low interest rates, it now makes sense to buy rather than rent a property. First-time home ownership is, however, falling because young people can't afford it.

Autobahn church near Kassel, Germany (Fotolia/lagom)

Germany's autobahn churches grow in popularity

Ever more Germans are pulling into highway churches for a brief moment of spirituality, to light candles and pray.

Brandenburg an der Havel, 1989 (picture-alliance/akg-images)

Former inmates recall life in GDR prisons

The Nazis jailed partisans such as Erich Honecker in the Brandenburg-Görden prison. Several decades later, when Honecker had become the East German leader, he in turn locked up political adversaries in this very jail.