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 number of illegal border entries in Germany has decreased by more than half over the past two years, according to Federal Police data. DW has more....
Venezuela released a "significant number" of high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists in a gesture to seek peace, just days after the capture of Nicolás Maduro....
The war in Ukraine has not only reshaped borders on the ground but also transformed the airspace above Europe, forcing NATO’s European allies to redefine aerial security by patrolling a tense new fron...
Tens of thousands of households without electricity and heating amid freezing temperatures...
Military would use sensors, drones and satellites to ensure compliance in support of a European-led ‘reassurance force’...
The leader of Yemen's southern separatists has reportedly fled when he failed to turn up for his flight to peace talks in Riyadh, following the flare-up in tensions between Saudi Arabi and UAE forces ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that a series of high-level meetings are scheduled to take place in early January to discuss the latest on the ground, bolster support and coordinate ...
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Iran executed at least 1,500 people last year, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said on Thursday, in what it called an “unprecedented” hike in the use of capital punishment. “It is very alarmi...
US forces captured Venezuela's leader overnight, and President Donald Trump said he was seeking access to the country's oilfields. AFP The US military has experience with oil infrastructure, but guard...
European countries are on high alert following a series of suspected sabotage attacks on underwater cables and pipelines....
Change would hit buyout groups Blackstone and Cerberus that have amassed large residential portfolios...
Trump was responding to a reporter who also asked about pardon requests for other high-profile figures, including Sean “Diddy” Combs....
María Corina Machado said toppling of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was a "huge step for humanity, for freedom and human dignity"....
Faced with large protests and external pressure, ruling elites need domestic reform and a grand bargain with Washington...
With foreign policy turbulence, a blackout in Berlin and a high-profile personnel rejig in the Chancellery, 2026 is off to a stormy start for Friedrich Merz....
Countries in the Baltic Sea region have been on high alert following a string of incidents which saw undersea power cables, telecoms links and gas pipelines damaged....
The large-scale strikes come in retaliation to an ambush attack in December, in which two US soldiers and one US civilian interpreter were killed....
The interim government has released several high-profile detainees, a move the US says came at its request. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is preparing to host oil executives at the White House....