Major winter storm sweeps across Nordic states
A falling branch killed one person near a Swedish ski resort. Thousands of homes in Finland, Sweden and Norway were left without power....
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A falling branch killed one person near a Swedish ski resort. Thousands of homes in Finland, Sweden and Norway were left without power....
Israel has been tightening oversight of humanitarian groups in Gaza, warning that dozens of organizations face suspension for failing to submit lists of their Palestinian employees....
Though 2025 saw flagrant human rights abuses across the globe, the year also brought many positive developments....
Protesters gathered in major European cities in solidarity with the ongoing demonstrations in Iran amid a communications blackout. Protests erupted in Tehran and across Iran two weeks ago over dire ec...
In March 2025, Ahmad Naghibzadeh told Euronews that much of what he foresaw for 2025 would come to pass. Now, he predicts a "big storm coming" Tehran's way....
The group representing train companies in the UK, National Rail, also warned passengers to change their travel plans and move their bookings to a different date....
A deadly blast tore through an Alawite mosque during Friday prayers in the western city of Homs. A little-known militant group has claimed responsibility as Syria's sectarian tensions erupt again....
Immigration authorities say the woman was trying to ram ICE agents with her car. Minneapolis' mayor has rejected the claims and called for ICE officers to leave the city....
Malaysia on Thursday moved to bring some of the world’s biggest social media and messaging platforms under its licensing regime, closing a year-long gap in which several tech giants had operated witho...
In the text of his New Year's address, the Chancellor describes a world in permanent crisis mode and insists on his ability to act. The speech will be broadcast on 31 December....
Entrepreneurs seek to steal march on bigger rivals that are still weighing risks of re-entering country...
Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in on Thursday to take over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump. After the clocks struck m...
Syria's Kurdish fighters said Sunday that they agreed under a ceasefire to withdraw from Aleppo after days of fighting government forces in the city. Hours earlier, Syria's military said it had finish...
Syrian army forces have taken control of the Kurdish-dominated districts in Aleppo after a ceasefire was announced....
Russia will free Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher serving a three-year prison sentence for flouting laws requiring "foreign agents" to register with authorities. Vinatier will be exchanged for...
An unusual agreement on a temporary ceasefire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was reached between Ukraine and Russia to allow repairs and prevent a potential nuclear accident....
As Ukraine continues to negotiate a deal which could put an end to Russia’s ongoing war, Moscow has kept attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity an...
Russian strikes on Ukraine have left more than one million people without water or heating in the east-central Dnipropetrovsk region and knocked out power for thousands more in the neighbouring Zapori...
DW has all the updates as the world celebrates the end of 2025 and looks forward to 2026....
The leadership in Damascus signed a deal with the SDF in March for it to merge with the Syrian army by the end of 2025 but there have been disagreements over how that would happen....