Failed execution in Tennessee: Christa Gail Pike alive after 2 lethal injection doses
DW Englishby Midhat Fatimah·11d ago
The governor of Tennessee ordered a halt to the execution of Christa Gail Pike, convicted of murdering a schoolmate more than 30 years ago, after authorities "failed" to carry out her execution on...
Germany news: Merz lauds NATO with Westphalian Peace Prize
DW Englishby Dmytro Hubenko; Timothy Jones·11d ago
What you need to know - NATO awarded annual Westphalian Peace Prize in Münster - The Left Party, the Greens and the Social Democrats (SPD) in Berlin are to test the ground for a possible coalition...
Germany news: Berlin leftists seek to pave way for coalition
DW Englishby Timothy Jones·11d ago
What you need to know - The Left Party, the Greens and the Social Democrats (SPD) in Berlin are to test the ground for a possible coalition - Talks will center on accusations that the Left Party is...
Pete Hegseth says he cut number of generals, admirals in US military by 20%, calling it 'accountability'
DW Englishby Srinivas Mazumdaru·11d ago
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the United States military has slashed the number of its generals and admirals by 20%.
France: Hundreds of students arrested as protests over school conditions escalate
DW Englishby Srinivas Mazumdaru·11d ago
Security forces in France on Wednesday detained over 600 people as protests at high schools in parts of the country have intensified.
Gaza: NGO reports dire camp conditions, says Israel is moving 'Yellow Line'
DW Englishby Mark Hallam·11d ago
A new report on conditions in the Gaza Strip says that the roughly 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza, or 86% of the population, living in displacement sites often face inhumane living conditions.
Greece, Germany, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands plan first return hub in Africa for 2027
DW Englishby Thomas Latschan·12d ago
Deportation centers are legally contentious, expensive and the subject of political controversy: For years, Brussels has been grappling with the issue of establishing such centers outside the EU...
France, Spain welcome idea of UK rejoining EU
DW Englishby Wesley Dockery·12d ago
French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday welcomed the idea of the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union.
Houthi attacks threaten more than oil infrastructure — but its unclear how the Saudis can stop them.
DW Englishby Kersten Knipp·12d ago
Last week, some students in Saudi Arabia were told they should stay at home and attend classes online, due to continued threats from attacks by the Houthi group in neighboring Yemen.
Germany: Jewish representatives speak out on alleged antisemitism within the Left Party in Berlin
DW Englishby Marcel Fürstenau·12d ago
The socialist Left Party won the Berlin election on September 20. This means there's a good chance that the party's top candidate, Elif Eralp, could become Berlin's next mayor — making her the...
African leaders herald $16B Dangote oil refinery in Kenya
DW Englishby Wesley Dockery·12d ago
African leaders on Wednesday broke ground on a new $16 billion (€14 billion) oil refinery off Kenya's coast.
Iran's nuclear program remains shrouded in mystery as the regime debates ditching non-proliferation
DW Englishby Elina Farhadi·12d ago
Iran's nuclear program has entered one of the most critical periods in its history. Questions over Tehran's stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% and the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA)...
'I want to see my son free,' the father of a Pakistani scholar on death row for blasphemy tells DW
DW Englishby Haroon Janjua·12d ago
Junaid Hafeez, a former university lecturer and Fullbright scholar was thrown in prison 13 years ago under Pakistan's strict blasphemy laws for comments he allegedly made on Facebook.
Manchester City "systematically broke Premier League Rules" but not punishment has been handed down yet.
DW Englishby Matt Pearson·12d ago
Manchester City have won the Premier League eight times over the last 14 years. But whether those titles will remain is one of a plethora of issues at stake after England's top division charged one...
Servers at Munich's iconic Oktoberfest call for more respect
DW Englishby Petra Lambeck·12d ago
"The first week went by peacefully," Oktoberfest Director Christian Scharpf said at the festival's half-way point. Munich's Deputy Mayor Verena Dietl praised the "good, harmonious atmosphere."
Bosnia elections overshadowed by exodus and geopolitics as ethnic politics eclipse real problems
DW Englishby Dragan Maksimovic·12d ago
Picture a country that has lost nearly one in six of its citizens — roughly 600,000 people —through emigration in just ten years.
Why Trump wants to call artificial intelligence 'Super Intelligence'
DW Englishby Nik Martin·12d ago
What's with Donald Trump and renaming things? First, the Gulf of Mexico became the Gulf of America — in US federal documents, if not globally. Then Lake Ontario became Lake America.
Eurovision seeks to expand brand despite frictions
DW Englishby Elizabeth Grenier·12d ago
"Bringing the world together through music has always been an incredibly powerful idea and has stood the test of time for 70 years," Eurovision Song Contest director Martin Green told DW on the...
South Korea: Lost shark draws over half a million visitors
DW Englishby Mark Hallam·12d ago
A shark stranded in a canal in the northern port city of Busan has become South Korea's latest celebrity, tourist magnet and ambassador, as authorities' attempts to guide it back out to sea have so...
Eiffel Tower chief to step down after female staff excluded during Hindu group's visit
DW Englishby Richard Connor·12d ago
The head of the company that operates the Eiffel Tower is set to step down at the end of the year after female staff were excluded during a visit by a Hindu religious group in September.
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