Schools in many parts of Germany have closed their doors amid warnings of extremely icy conditions. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has started his first state visit to India. DW has more....
Berlin's energy supplier says power will be restored in the southwest of the city today after a major blackout. The group claiming responsibility for the outage has issued another statement, media say...
At least 40 people died and over 100 others were injured, police say, after a fire tore through a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations. Switzerland's president has said most of the victims were youn...
January 7 marks one year since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area in California. It killed 31 people and destroyed about 13,000 homes and other residential properties. To improve i...
The initial quake was followed by a sizeable number of aftershocks....
A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left people dead and injured during New Year’s celebrations...
Officers in Ohio raced to save a man trapped inside a burning car, who was badly injured and couldn't move....
Jordan Shipley is in critical condition after a machine that he was operating caught fire at his ranch near Austin, Texas....
Authorities were able gradually to reconnect many to the network but several days of work were required to repair the damage....
Two 18-year-olds have died after suffering facial injuries in separate accidents involving homemade fireworks a western German city. DW has more....
Police said a gas explosion at a home following a wedding reception in Islamabad killed at least eight people, including the bride and groom....
Officers rescued an 8-year-old boy after he fell through the ice on a pond on Long Island, New York, on Christmas Day....
Cole Hutson was briefly hospitalized after a puck appeared to strike him near the back of his helmet during Saturday's World Juniors game against Switzerland....
A 56-year-old Minnesota woman has died after a suspected shark attack Thursday afternoon at Dorsch Beach in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to police....
Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was involved in a car accident that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday...
Several explosions were heard in Venezuela's capital Caracas in the early hours of Saturday. The southern area of the city, near a major military base, was reportedly without electricity....
Thousands of households in Berlin might have to wait several days for power, amid freezing temperatures after an outage caused by possible arson. Mayor Kai Wegner called the attack "terrorism."...
A body has been discovered near where a swimmer who may have been attacked by a shark went missing last week, officials in California said in an update on Sunday....
The fire that tore through a bar in Crans-Montana was likely started by sparklers in Champagne bottles coming too close to the ceiling, authorities have said. Follow DW for more....
The appeal came after injuries and outbreaks of violence linked to New Year’s Eve fireworks, both public and private. Meanwhile, a spate of black ice has caused numerous accidents across Germany....