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Lebanon: Protests enter fourth day after party quits coalition

Lebanon protester stands next to a flag (picture-alliance/AP Photo/H. Malla)

Thousands of people gathered in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, hours after a junior party quit the country's fragile coalition government. Dire economic conditions have blighted the heavily indebted country for years.  

Demonstraters hold a banner that reads, Now #ItsTime for women in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland faces decriminalization of abortion

The UK region's strict abortion law is set to change after politicians in London stepped in to legislate to end decades of discrimination against British and Irish women there. The legislation dates back to 1861.  

Turkish-Kurdish cease-fire on edge as one soldier is killed

Mourners attend the funeral of civilians and fighters who died during attacks by Turkish-led forces on the border town of Ras al-Ain

Turkish forces said one soldier has been killed and another injured by the YPG in northern Syria, threatening a fragile cease-fire. President Erdogan said Turkey would "crush the heads of terrorists" who don't withdraw.  

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Bolivia's Evo Morales faces tight election race

Evo Morales, the longest-serving president in South America, is seeking a controversial fourth term in Bolivia's elections on Sunday. But polls suggest the leftist indigenous leader has a tough fight ahead of him.  

Strikes at Lufthansa subsidiary airlines cause cancelations

Deutschland Streik Ufo-Flugbegleiter | Flughafen Berlin-Tegel (picture-alliance/dpa/C. Gateau)

Flight attendants working for smaller divisions of airline group Lufthansa are striking over pay and pensions. The UFO union's extended strike has led to cancelations at airports in Germany.  

Lufthansa averts strike, subsidiary airlines still hit  

Green gains expected at Swiss parliamentary elections

A sign to a voting center in Switzerland

Switzerland has held parliamentary elections. Political forecasters are expecting Switzerland's two environmentalist parties to make gains amid growing climate-change concerns.  

Swiss elections: What you need to know

A Swiss flag flies in the sunset in Geneva, Switzerland (picture-alliance/robertharding)

With climate crisis concerns high in the minds of Swiss voters, upcoming federal elections could see a shift to the left in a parliament that has been dominated by right-wing populists. DW breaks down what's at stake.  

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Clashes as fresh anti-government protests hit Hong Kong

Protesters in Hong Kong with umbrellas (Reuters/K. Kyung-Hoon)

An anti-government protest in Hong Kong has turned violent, with police and protesters exchanging tear gas and petrol bombs. The march took place despite recent attacks on protesters.  

Hong Kong says murder suspect whose case sparked protests to turn himself in  

Hong Kong's legislature descends into chaos — again  

Donald Trump drops plan to host G7 at his own Doral golf resort in Miami

Trump National Doral in Florida (picture-alliance/Getty Images/TNS/J. Raedle)

The US president backtracked on a plan announced just days earlier to host the G7 summit at a Trump-owned resort in Miami. Critics asserted that the president sought to enrich himself by hosting foreign leaders.  

Chile suspends fare hikes amid violent metro protests

A large cloud of smoke rises from a metro station (AFP/J. Torres)

Chile's government issued a state of emergency and deployed soldiers on the streets to put down violent protests. It's unclear if reversing transport fare hikes will calm violent unrest that has left three people dead.  

Spain rejects talks with Catalan separatists after days of unrest

Protests in Barcelona (Getty Images/J. Mitchell)

Madrid is taking a tough stance against protests triggered by the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders. Police expect often violent protests to continue.  

Kurds, German supporters rally in resistance to Turkish offensive in Syria

Deutstschland Demonstration Tausender in Köln gegen Einmarsch in Nordsyrien (DW/C. Winter)

Turkey's military incursion into northeast Syria is reverberating among Kurds in Germany and their supporters. Germany has the largest Kurdish diaspora in the world.  

UK sends letters to EU for, and against, Brexit extension

Großbritannien Brexit Boris Johnson (imago images/PA Images/M. Crossick)

Johnson sent a trio of letters to the EU: One unsigned requesting a Brexit extension, a copy of the law requiring him to request the extension and one arguing against an extension. The EU is now considering his request.  

Italy's far-right leader Salvini pledges return to power at Rome rally

Salvini spreads his arms in front of a crowd in Rome

A massive right-wing protest in Rome saw the leader of the League party, Matteo Salvini, say he would "soon" return to power. Ex-PM Berlusconi slammed the current government as "the most leftist" in Italy's history.  

Opening of a ancient painted coffin in Luxor

Egypt boasts biggest ancient mummy find in over a century

Mummies of ancient priests, priestesses, and children were discovered in Egypt's city of Luxor, with 3,000-year-old coffins still showing original paint and inscriptions. The find will soon be accessible to tourists.  

Syrien Hasakeh Provinz Flüchtlinge Türkei Invasion (AFP/D. Souleiman)

Turkey's offensive in Syria: Grief on the border

Turkey's offensive against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria is taking place against a backdrop of international criticism. As the fighting escalates, residents on both sides of the border are feeling the impact. DW correspondent Julia Hahn reports.  

A mural in the Kurdish community in Nashville (DW/C. Bleiker)

Nashville's Little Kurdistan community feels 'betrayed' by Trump

Nashville, Tennessee has the largest Kurdish population in the US. Many members of the community say they feel hurt by Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from northern Syria. DW's Carla Bleiker reports.  

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Opinion: Brexit show extended for another season

Charicture of Johnson on his knee pleading with a crying woman named Brexit

In an unexpected twist, the British House of Commons put off a vote on PM Boris Johnson's plan for the UK to leave the EU. The entire Brexit process defies belief, writes DW's Bernd Riegert.  

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A small island in the Pacific becomes the latest battleground between China's regional ambitions and the United States' global reach. But all this, at the cost of Taiwan. And Taiwan's representative in Germany tells DW the 1992 consensus between Taiwan and China is no longer relevant.  

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Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain (Reuters/S. Nenov)

Recap: Turkey's Syria offensive

The shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in Pakistan

Pakistan Sufis celebrate mystical tradition, despite threats

Syrien Soldat der Armee in Tal Tamr (AFP/D. Souleiman)

Showdown for Turkish, Syrian forces?

A demonstrator fires a homemade weapon during a protest against Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures in Quito (Reuters/C.-G. Rawlins)

Police, protesters clash in Quito

Syrian Arab and Kurdish civilians arrive to Tall Tamr town (AFP/D. Souleiman)

Turkey rejects international warnings

Houseboats are lined up as shikaras (boats) carrying tourists pass in front of them on the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar, in November 2006

Kashmir reopens to tourists after 2 months under lockdown

Mumbai colony paying the price for communal tensions

Mumbai colony paying the price for communal tensions

India, National Register of Citizens in Assam

India NRC: Assam 'foreigners' demand citizenship

Indonesia's internally displaced Papuans seek help

Indonesia's internally displaced Papuans seek help

Religious diversity is alive in a Karachi neighborhood

Religious diversity is alive in a Karachi neighborhood

Carola Rackete EU Parlament Brüssel (picture-alliance/dpa/F. Seco)

Carola Rackete: 'We need a system change'

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Tokyo hotel welcomes guests with holograms

Maloibari villagers in India's northeastern Assam state

Assam's excluded residents face uncertainty

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The Maldives are building new airports and artificial islands - at the expense of the environment.  

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Japan: 99 percent of asylum seekers rejected

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Mysterious crates washing up on Brazil's oil-stained beaches

Oil spills have been plaguing Brazil's northern coastline for weeks. But before that, another mystery had been puzzling local scientists: shipping crates, thought to be from a German vessel that sank in 1944.