World
31 Oct
With winter on the horizon, desperation is growing among the thousands who were displaced by the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan. Activists doubt the ruling Taliban will be able to manage the crisis.
31 Oct
Relatives of the young victims said their pain has not subsided. Attendees at the event demanded that senior officials be held accountable over the disaster, which killed 159 people.
31 Oct
Hundreds of protesters stormed an airport in Russia's Muslim-majority Dagestan, seeking to attack Jewish passengers arriving from Israel. Ukraine has rejected accusations from Moscow that it orchestrated the unrest.
31 Oct
Former Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico's left-leaning Smer party has won the country's parliamentary elections. He campaigned on a pro-Russian and anti-American message. Fico's victory could end Slovakia's military support for neighboring Ukraine.
30 Oct
Manila claims China's actions caused two separate collisions between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. Beijing alleges that it was a Philippine vessel that was to blame.
30 Oct
As Pakistan's deportation deadline for undocumented migrants nears, Afghans who have lived there for decades are looking for avenues towards the right to remain in the country.
30 Oct
DW's Richard Walker spoke with Jasmin Tabatabai, a German actress with Iranian roots, for her take on how the protests since the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody have shaped today's Iran.
29 Oct
India is planning to restructure its foreign service and increase the number of entry-level officers. But will the South Asian nation approach the recruitment drive in the most effective way possible?
29 Oct
Solutions need to be implemented before climate, food and water systems are tipped beyond the point of recovery, says a United Nations University report.
29 Oct
The US National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Otis made landfall near the resort city of Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific Coast. The agency warned a "potentially catastrophic storm surge" was expected.
29 Oct
For two weeks, Israel maintained a total blockade of the Gaza Strip. The first aid convoys were allowed to cross into the Palestinian territory from Egypt last weekend. This is what we know about the deliveries.
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China's National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday that the country's economy grew to the tune of 5.3 percent in the first three months of the year, ahead of economists' expectations. Manufacturing and infrastructure are fuelling that growth, while housing and domestic consumption are still a source of concern. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is on a three-day visit to China, Berlin's top trading partner
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Iranian state media have reported loud explosions in the sky near the central city of Isfahan. Tehran says say its air defense systems were activated at a nearby military base and a nuclear facility.