The latest attacks on Caracas suggest regime change is top of the White House agenda when it comes to Venezuela. But the ultimate purpose may not be purely to restore democracy....
Explosions have been heard in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. Eyewitnesses reported seeing smoke rising from military installations and hearing aircraft overhead. Follow DW for more....
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European countries are on high alert following a series of suspected sabotage attacks on underwater cables and pipelines....
Switch from defined benefit to defined contribution model aims to ensure long-term sustainability...
Mamdi Doumbouya secured almost 87% of the vote, while several opposition figures were either barred from contesting or were in exile. Doumbouya seized power after staging a coup in 2021....
Tatiana Schlossberg revealed she had been diagnosed with a rare type of leukemia in an essay for The New Yorker last month. She was highly critical of her uncle Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US health se...
For the first time in decades, Somalia is abandoning its clan-based political system and allowing residents of Mogadishu to choose local representatives directly under the "one-person, one-vote" princ...
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Arthur Johnson, a North Carolina high school teacher, attended an institute on democracy and capitalism amid Americans' declining views on capitalism over time. Jesse Barber for BI Pop quiz: The airli...
The governor's mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky. traveler1116/Getty Images Forty-five of the 50 states have official mansions, which governors can live in rent-free. Some governors' mansions are open to...
Across thousands of miles, the Lebanese militants forged illicit business links with a Caracas regime frozen out by the US...
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Syrian army forces have taken control of the Kurdish-dominated districts in Aleppo after a ceasefire was announced....
The brother of Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, didn't say how many political prisoners would be released. Meanwhile, the US Senate has voted to curb further military operations in Venezue...
The proposal narrows Florida’s crypto ambitions, effectively limiting eligible assets to Bitcoin and distancing itself from pension exposure....
Beijing’s intelligence used Salt Typhoon to access communications used by top panels in US Congress...
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Crude revenues to be funnelled to American banks as Washington lifts some sanctions on Caracas...
The US president has argued that control of Greenland is a "strategic" necessity. The Danish government has warned a takeover of Greenland would mean the end of NATO....