For the first time in a decade, the United Nations will soon choose a new Secretary-General. DW takes a look at the six candidates, what they stand for and the challenges they and…
According to a statement from the Turkish Ministry of Interior, a large-scale operation was carried out across 81 provinces to arrest irregular migrants and ind
Former UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says negotiations between the US and Iran can only resume when both sides accept they have “lost”. He says the two sides are locked i…
Venezuela's ousted president and his wife will go on trial next year to face charges that include 'narco-terrorism' conspiracy and cocaine importation conspiracy. Maduro also face…
Vera Songwe considers the implications of the US imposing tariffs on its neighbor in retaliation for smoke from wildfires.
A US Senate committee on Wednesday voted to advance President Donald Trump's nominee for assistant secretary of state for the Middle East. The Near Eastern affairs post has been v…
More and more, Russia is recruiting men from the world’s poorest countries to send them to the front in the Ukraine war. Why are people joining up?
As the government began to figure out why people were getting sick, the messaging got only worse. If you’re confused about whether you can eat the shredded lettuce on your Doritos…
Andy Burnham, the new UK Prime Minister, told the Farnborough International Airshow on Wednesday that his government would “reindustrialise the nation” together with growing defen…
Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the National Shiite Movement, has called for Ghaith al-Tamimi to be barred from appearing on Iraqi television channels, accusing him
In his first speech since being elected Hamas political chief, Khalil al-Hayya called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Such is the case with the Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s “Trilogy About the Boy.” The books depict plenty of action—voyages on foot across brutal subarctic terrain, a …