World
22 Jun 2018
The furore over migrant children being separated from their parents at the US border continues, despite Donald Trump's move to end the practice.
22 Jun 2018
Syria’s allies have so far blocked attempts to bring those suspected of war crimes before the International Criminal Court. Human rights campaigners are pinning their hopes on Germany to press charges based on the principle of universal jurisdiction.
22 Jun 2018
Mountains of trash are piling up in French villages, sullying the image of the countryside. In one town less than 40 kilometres outside Paris, rubbish covering the equivalent of seven football pitches continues to accumulate, leaving the town's inhabitants desperate for a solution.
22 Jun 2018
Following allegations of voter fraud in last year’s referendum, campaigners are calling for more independent monitoring of Turkey’s general election on Sunday.
21 Jun 2018
Outrage over the US policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border has ballooned, with the revelation that babies are being held in "tender age" shelters.
21 Jun 2018
Last year, Japan granted refugee status to just 20 people, out of nearly 19,000 applicants. Officially, Japan refuses to allow mass immigration and remains one of the most closed countries in the world.
20 Jun 2018
The German government no longer sees any reason to delay deportations of rejected Afghan asylum-seekers, although the situation in Afghanistan remains unstable. DW meets a man who may have to return to the country his family was forced to flee.
20 Jun 2018
In an interview with FRANCE 24, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg talked of the upcoming July NATO summit in Brussels, saying he believed it would be less divisive than the recent G7 summit in Canada.
20 Jun 2018
According to US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, the United States is pulling out of the UN Human Rights Council.
20 Jun 2018
It's a sit-down in a castle north of Berlin that was supposed to be finally put eurozone reform on the rails, but the migrant crisis again steals the show.
20 Jun 2018
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Monday evening that would restore penalties on the Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp., complicating President Donald Trump’s efforts to ease sanctions on the company.
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The French president said military cooperation with the West African nation would end and France's soldiers stationed there would return home by the end of the year.
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was taken into custody in 2019, after India revoked Kashmir's autonomous status. Farooq gave a speech at a mosque following his release, where he said he aims for peace in Kashmir.
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The foreign minister of Mali told the UN General Assembly that any military intervention in Niger would threaten Mali's security. The juntas in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a mutual defense pact last week.