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Hong Kong: First person sentenced under new security law

North Korea says it tested 'super-large' warhead missile

Vietnam tycoon on death row faces new trial

Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebels

US says Iran emailed Trump campaign material to Biden staff

Venezuela: Opposition 'coerced' to recognize Maduro win

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Zaporizhzhia turns off street lights to save power. Cars move along a road at sunset as the city switches off street lights due to power shortages in the region and to save electricity for residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. Image from July 20, 2024.

Ukraine updates: UN body warns Russia on power grid strikes

A UN body in Ukraine says attacks on the energy grid by Russia may violate international humanitarian law. DW has more.

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German politics

What's making news in Germany? From Bundestag debates to political controversy and pressing social issues, we bring you the stories and the people behind the headlines.

Voters in the eastern German state of Brandenburg are set to go to the polls in a state election.

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Africa

Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo salutes to troops lining the street as he rides in a Mercedes car.

Will Guinea-Bissau's president rethink second term bid?

Bissau-Guinean President Embalo announced that he does not intend to run for a second term. Is it just a tactical move?

Asia

A security guard stands watch with a gun

Bangladesh's garment workers return to jobs after unrest

Can the interim government tackle longstanding problems affecting the sector?

Germany

Workers assemble a flood barrier in an archway in Dresden

Prepared for flooding, German city of Dresden stays calm

Amid widespread flooding in central Europe, the flood protection system in the Germany city of Dresden has held up.

Europe

The Danube River in flood. In the background are a bridge, dark clouds and, on a hill, Bratislava Castle, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 2024

Slovakia's capital hit by biggest floods in 30 years

Slovakia is facing its biggest flood in decades. Some parts of the capital were cut off from the rest of the city.

Middle East

Palestinian children walk next to a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike

A lost year: Education during wartime in Gaza

Children in Gaza are starting another year without formal school and university classes, due to the ongoing war.

North America

Use, and misuse, of music in US presidential campaigns

As Billie Eilish endorses Kamala Harris, here's a look at the history of music in political campaigns.

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Sasha Skochilenko spent two years in prison for posting stickers criticizing Putin's war in Ukraine.

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An unidentified man in South Africa shows a scar resulting from an illegal kidney operation

Illegal organ traffickers in Africa prey on world's poor

Illegal organ trafficking is worth over $1 billion annually and generally targets vulnerable people.

People displaced from the Akakhel and Tirah valley of Khyber where the Pakistan Army launched a military operation against Taliban militants, arrive in Bara Khber agency, Pakistan, in October 2014

Pakistan: Why these displaced people can't return home

Thousands of people were forced out of their villages when Pakistan launched a crackdown on jihadis a decade ago.

Pregnancy completely rewires mothers' brains — study

The study is the first to map widescale changes to the brain's structure and function during pregnancy.

A young man climbs a high chain-link fence while 3 policemen in riot gear approach on the other side on a platform lifted by a crane.

Spanish exclave in North Africa sees migration surge

DW's Jan-Philipp Scholz spoke with locals and migrants at Ceuta's border with Morocco, where tensions are rising.

Elephants, oryx, giraffes, zebra and elephants at a watering hole.

Can Namibia's strategy to cull animals save them?

Does Namibia's plan to kill animals to save them, and help the human population from ongoing drought, stack up?

Jordanian women cast their ballots at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Amman, Jordan.

How dangerous is the Islamist victory in Jordan's elections?

The Islamic Action Front won big in last week's election, partly because their support for Hamas made them popular.

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Specials & Events

Mapped Out — navigating a changing world

Mapped Out explores all things geopolitical and charts possible solutions to steer through a complex world.

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Tourism

The global tourism industry is booming. But as more people travel for work and leisure, overtourism is becoming an issue for both locals and tourists.