Following the fall of dictator Bashar Assad, there is uncertainty over the future of Russia’s military bases in Syria. The naval base in Tartus and…
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Bengali-speaking Indians caught up in immigration clampdown Taslima Noor, 34, told DW that she has not slept for days since police in India’s capital, New…
Chad’s national prosecutor said on Thursday that an attempt to storm the presidential palace on Wednesday evening had been foiled. Two dozen armed men allegedly carrying…
Orthodox Christmas without Russian gas The first week of 2025 has been cold in Moldova. Temperatures at night have dropped to around freezing. When the…
Lebanon’s new president, Joseph Aoun, told members of parliament on Thursday that the country was entering a new phase as he made his first address…
Daniel Lifshitz keeps running his hands through his short black hair. He’s trying to stay calm because, perhaps this time, negotiators will reach a hostage…
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s team and Venezuelan media report that Machado was arrested in Caracas on Thursday. Sought for arrest and largely in hiding,…
Gunshots were heard on Wednesday evening near the presidency in the capital of Chad, N’Djamena. Convoys of military vehicles were seen driving toward the presidency…
Brazil says social media sites must respect domestic laws Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes said social media firms would need to comply with domestic laws…
Wide-ranging international sanctions made it a crime to work with Syria’s former government. But should it be a crime to work with the new one?…
Much remains unclear days after the Ukrainian army’s latest surprise offensive in the Russian region of Kursk. Kyiv has so far remained silent, as it did at the…
Germany pushing EU to ease sanctions on Syria Germany is at the helm of efforts within the European Union (EU) to ease sanctions on…
Turkey threatens offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters Turkey threatened on Tuesday to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accepted Ankara’s…
Panama tells Trump canal sovereignty is ‘non-negotiable’ Panama reiterated on Tuesday that the sovereignty of its eponymous ship canal was not up for discussion after…
California wildfires force thousands to evacuate Los Angeles Around 30,000 Los Angeles residents were issued with evacuation orders on Tuesday after fast-moving wildfires accelerated by…
A bomb exploded at a school near Nigeria’s capital city Abuja late on Monday, killing at least two people. Police said the explosive device…
Donald Trump Jr. is set to visit Greenland on Tuesday amid his father’s suggestions that the Danish territory should be part of the US. President-elect…
Dozens of people have been killed after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in the Himalayas on Tuesday morning, and dozens more injured. Local Chinese media reported at least…
Millions of girls in Bangladesh are facing an uphill battle to stay in school. For many, the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and economic hardship have…
Sixteen security personnel were killed in an attack by Islamist militants in northwestern Pakistan early on Saturday, officials said. The attack on a security forces post took place…
The now 27-member European Union has been repeating the mantra since the 2003 EU summit in Thessaloniki, Greece: The countries of the Western Balkans that emerged…
The US Congress has passed a spending legislation has passed a funding bill that will avert a midnight government shutdown. The Democratic-controlled Senate, in an 85-11 vote,…
As has often been the case since the overthrow of communism 35 years ago, Romania is currently oscillating between the tragic and the grotesque. It…
Bushfires raged in Australia’s Victoria on Saturday, prompting an evacuation order at the highest rating for hundreds of people residing in the west of the…
Cyclone Chido has brought widespread devastation to northern Mozambique. It swept from the east coast of Africa to Mozambique and Malawi after hitting the French Indian Ocean island of…
