This year, Oulu, Finland, and Trencin, Slovakia, will become Europe's cultural flagships. Learn more about how Europe's Capitals of Culture program brings lasting change to cities....
DW has all the updates as the world celebrates the end of 2025 and looks forward to 2026....
After 14 years, Cyprus takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on January 1. It will lead during a politically sensitive moment, and aims to shape the EU's role on the ...
Prime Minister Kurti's governing Self-Determination party won nearly 50% of the vote, results showed with most of the votes counted. It is not yet clear whether he will be able to form a cabinet witho...
US president to meet Ukrainian counterpart in Florida...
Russia launched missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions, ahead of President Volodmyr Zelenskyy’s key meeting with US President Trump. Follow DW for more....
These are the key developments from day 1,400 of Russia’s war on Ukraine....
International conflict is pushing some Americans to consider relocating abroad. Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images Some Americans are looking to move abroad amid global and domestic tensions, ...
For around two weeks - and despite an internet blackout - thousands of Iranians have been mobilising in large protests that threaten the future of the ruling regime. But some internet users are castin...
Voting has resumed in Myanmar's multi-phase election, which the country's military junta is promoting as a return to democracy. Critics have derided the election as a sham by the junta to legitimize i...
A Spanish official wore blackface at an Epiphany celebration on January 5, drawing criticism. Meanwhile, countries like the Netherlands have begun moving away from blackface traditions, signaling chan...
Ayatollah Khamenei laid the blame on the US president for fomenting unrest as protests across Iran continued despite the internet blackout after exiled Crown Prince Pahlavi called for mass demonstrati...
Shanghai, mainland China’s commercial and financial hub, has pledged to step up policing its manufacturing sectors to curb prolonged payment cycles that affect thousands of supply-chain vendors. Gu Ju...
Commerce ministry assessing whether deal for Chinese-founded group violates technology export controls...
Cyprus, Greece and Israel are set to step up joint military exercises and training. Turkey seems more concerned about the two EU members' growing procurement of advanced weapons systems from Israel....
Best known for large-scale burlap sack installations, Ibrahim Mahama is helping shift power in the art world to the Global South while redefining art as a collective practice....
More than half of the victims were under 18, with two as young as 14 years old. Switzerland will hold a day of mourning on Friday in memory of the victims....
China political analyst Victor Gao argues that the US has come to terms with China’s growing power....
Though 2025 saw flagrant human rights abuses across the globe, the year also brought many positive developments....
China's military exercises come less than two weeks after the US announced a record $11.1 billion arms package to Taiwan. Taipei condemned the drills as irresponsible but said it would not escalate te...