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Women queue up for cash at a World Food Program site in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 20, 2021

A brief history of Afghan women's rights

For over a century, Afghanistan's rulers and ethnic groups have been arguing about what women should do and how they should be. Women haven't had much say.  

People stand outside the Bataclan concert venue for a memorial event in Paris

French surgeon tries selling Bataclan victim's X-ray as an 'NFT'

A senior doctor working at a public hospital in Paris faces litigation for trying to sell an X-ray as a digital artwork. The head of public hospitals in Paris slammed the move as "disgraceful" and "scandalous."  

Burkina Faso: Heavy gunfire heard at military camps

Soldiers stand outside a military base in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou

Mutinous soldiers fired weapons at several barracks in the capital, Ouagadougou. The government denied social media reports that the army had seized power.  

Afghanistan: Taliban envoys start talks in Norway

Protesters hold up Afghanistan's flag in Oslo

The Taliban representatives are discussing humanitarian aid in Oslo, their first official talks in Europe since they seized power. Their arrival prompted protests.  

Afghanistan: UN pressures Taliban over missing women's activists  

'It is imperative to engage with this new government': Taliban spokesman in exclusive DW interview  

Ex-UK minister claims she was fired for her 'Muslimness'

British MP Nusrat Ghani pictured in April 2021

Britain's justice minister has insisted the governing Conservative party is not Islamophobic after a former junior minister claimed she was fired because she made colleagues "uncomfortable."  

Stowaway survives flight from South Africa to Amsterdam

A Cargolux plane lands at Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport in The Netherlands

The unidentified man was found alive in the nose wheel section of the cargo plane when it landed in Amsterdam, Dutch authorities said. He is believed to have slipped aboard before the flight left Johannesburg.  

Afghanistan: Joe Biden defends US pullout as Taliban take control  

Chaos at Kabul airport as Taliban patrol capital  

Cameroon: Deadly fire breaks out at nightclub after fireworks explode

Policemen outside the entrance of the nightclub in Yaounde where the deadly fire occurred

At least 16 people have died in a fire at a disco in an upmarket district of Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, the government says. The disaster comes as the country hosts the AFCON football tournament.  

AFCON: Africa’s soccer tournament gets off to a vibrant start  

AFCON: Football fever in Cameroon  

Syria: Deadly fighting continues after 'Islamic State' prison break

Syrian security forces gathered around a jeep

Syrian Kurdish forces backed by US troops are trying to regain control of a prison housing "Islamic State" suspects. Kurdish authorities previously said they had thwarted the breakout at the facility.  

US: Lab monkeys found and killed after Pennsylvania road crash

Crates containing monkeys on the road after the accident in Pennsylvania

Three monkeys from Mauritius have been killed after fleeing a road crash in the US state of Pennsylvania. All 100 of the animals that were being transported to a lab when the crash occurred have now been accounted for.  

An uneasy calm as Kazakhstan returns to normalcy

Police walk towards a car

After the violent unrest of early January, calm has returned to Kazakhstan. Many people, however, have complained of excesses during the state of emergency — including illegal arrests and searches.  

Opinion: Why 2022 will be critical for Jews in Europe

Menorah set up in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

Jewish traditions and rites are under threat as European society becomes ever more secular. But protecting them is part of safeguarding democracy, says Daniel Höltgen from the Council of Europe.  

Peru declares 'environmental emergency' after oil spill

An emergency worker in a white biosecurity suit cleans up a beach affected by the La Pampilla oil spill

Dead seals, fish and birds have washed up on Peru's shore covered in oil after the spill. A refinery blamed waves caused by the eruption of a volcano in Tonga.  

UK warns of Russian 'plot' to replace Ukraine government

An instructor trains members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces

The British government said it has information that Moscow is seeking to install a pro-Russian administration in Ukraine. Moscow rejected the claim as "misinformation."  

Workers clean oil on Cavero Beach in the Ventanilla district of Callao, Peru

Peru grapples with disastrous oil spill after Tonga eruption

A major oil spill off the coast of Peru has reached the nation's shorelines, with the government calling it the biggest "ecological disaster" in recent years. The crisis was caused by waves from a volcanic eruption.  

Silvio Berlusconi looking downward with his eyes closed and wearing a blue facemask

Italy: Silvio Berlusconi drops presidential bid

The former prime minister insisted that he had enough support but that he would not seek the job. Another major candidate, current Prime Minister Mario Draghi, has sidestepped questions on whether he will run.  

Vice-admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach pictured in 2017

German navy chief Schönbach resigns over comments on Putin, Crimea

Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach stepped down as the head of the German navy after publicly saying Crimea was lost to Ukraine and that Vladimir Putin "probably" deserved respect.  

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Opinion: Nuclear energy too costly for humans — and the planet

A checkpoint at an entrance to the village of Tulgovichi, Khoiniksky District, with a red stop sign and a radiation warning sign

Nuclear power will soon be classified as environmentally friendly under the new EU taxonomy. But nothing about it is green or safe, says DW's Jeannette Cwienk.  

DW The 77 Percent Rubrik Themenheader mit Edith, Eddy, Liz, Michael und Wanjiku

The 77 Percent

The 77 Percent 21.09.2020

77 percent of Africans are younger than 35. Those 77 percent can shape the continent’s future.

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DW News Africa with Eddy Micah Jr, 21 January 2022

What is driving the coups in West Africa? Plus South Africans are hopeful about life returning to normal after omicron COVID-19 infections fall. The people trying to change Tanzania's grim record on women dying in childbirth, a female boda boda motorbike taxi driver in Kenya breaks down barriers and a look forward at the knockout stage in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.  

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DW News Africa Moderator Eddy Micah (Artikelbild)

DW News Africa with Eddy Micah Jr, 21 January 2022

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DW News Asia with Biresh Banerjee, 21 January 2022

Achro Thar, Pakistan: Collectors work digging the hard layer of salt from the lake surface

Pakistan's salt collectors scrape out a tough living

Brian Kimani of Kenya

Kenyan youth innovates a security solution

Migrant domestic workers in Taiwan demand the freedom to change employers and better working conditions

Taiwan's domestic migrant workers demand better conditions

Still DW Webvideo: Kenya's blood donation ambassador

Activist rallies Kenyans to donate blood

Health worker inoculates woman with PakVac during door-to-door vaccination in Karachi

Pakistan launches door-to-door vaccine campaign for women

Women in Aalan, India-administered Kashmir, clean up their local stream

Kashmir: Remote villagers unite to clean up their stream

Sultana Begun holds up a picture of last Mughal Emperor of India Bahadur Shah Zafar in her house in Kolkata

Mughal dynasty 'heir' lays claim to Delhi's Red Fort

Vorschaubild für DW Webvideo | Ghana's rice agriculture

The future of rice farming in Ghana

Woman in Tanzania processing herbs

Tanzania's economy strives for growth

Vorschaubild für DW Webvideo | Cameroon Nkwen Festival of Culture and Arts

Cameroon: Grand cultural bonanza

The Yokohama-based start-up Kitafuku found out that spent grain can be used to produce paper

The Japanese way of recycling brewery waste

A wall painting in Karachi showing someone injecting drugs

Pakistan: Social stigma overshadows AIDS

Baby Sohail Ahmadi, bundled up in a scarf and beige coat with hood

Baby lost in Kabul chaos reunited with family

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A weekly look at globalization, education, economic development, human rights and more. Through in-depth interviews and features, explore the far-reaching and interconnected consequences of a globalized economy.  

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Brazil: Fighting the pandemic with songs

An old tradition repackaged: Cotton spinners in Brazil add personal songs to their woven wares.  

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Mozambique: National park gold rush

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Israel: The peaceful village in the Negev

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Cape Town's 'recycling evangelists'

Journalist Sedef Kabas, speaks to the media after her trial in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2015

Turkey: Journalist jailed on suspicion of insulting Erdogan

Turkish police have detained prominent journalist Sedef Kabas for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on television and Twitter. She could face years in jail.