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A man on death row in the US may become the first to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia, or asphyxiation with pure nitrogen. Here's what you need to know.

The 2015 Algiers Accord brought stability to the north of the country as jihadist violence was on the rise. The military took control of Mali following two coups in 2020 and 2021.

Despite China-led peace talks between opposition and junta forces, the situation remains delicate. Myanmar has been in chaos ever since the military overthrew the democratically elected government in February 2021.

Almost 3.5 million Jews lived in Poland before World War II. Now, eight decades after the Holocaust, about 20,000 people there have Jewish roots.

There have been nationwide protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD). DW's Peter Hille went to a small town where AfD representatives and their opponents faced off.

A video has gone viral on social media, claiming to show booby-trapped cans of food being dropped over the Gazan people by the Israeli military, at a time that they are suffering from what the UN calls "catastrophic hunger."

French President Emmanuel Macron is wrapping up his two-day visit to India, where he paraded through the streets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and talked business, amid calls from human rights groups not to overlook India's authoritarian shift. For more, we speak to Subir Sinha, Director of the South Asia Institute at SOAS University of London.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged vigilance as Germany marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day with numerous events commemorating the victims of National Socialism.

Most women only learn what it is when they are diagnosed with it. But preeclampsia is a top contributor to maternal mortality. Here's what you need know.

Call it the "crisis crisis". A record surge in the number and frequency of extreme climate events afflicting millions of human beings is stretching Europe's disaster response system to the limit, a top EU official has warned.

Migration, identity and borders are always big issues in European politics, but perhaps never more so than in European elections. A cornerstone of the current five-year political programme has been the EU's pact on asylum and migration.

Studies show that group behavior therapy is among the most effective of all smoking cessation techniques. Smokers in these programs are supported for a whole year. Half of all participants succeed in kicking the habit using this method.