Khalilur Rahman took the gavel as President of the UN General Assembly's 81st session amid what he calls a crisis of confidence in the organization he has served – in one capacity or another – for 35 years.
Recent raids at India's luxury hotels and a wider crackdown on its food companies have renewed the debate about food safety standards and their enforcement in the country.
El Nino has put India on track for its driest monsoon since 2009. Meanwhile, the Election Commission has barred both Trinamool factions from using the party's name in by-elections. More with DW.
Several people have reportedly been killed in an explosion at a mosque near a police complex in northwest Pakistan.
The threat of catastrophic danger as artificial intelligence develops at high speed has sparked a global debate on how it should be regulated. And Africa is no exception. As governments and businesses look to harness the technology, concerns are…
The biggest AI companies want to slow development together. The real question is what power they gain in return.
Dozens of suspects accused of illegal mining were found dead in custody in Nigeria's north-central Niger State. Officials blame disease, while reports cite overcrowding and poor ventilation.
The rapid shift to electric vehicles in Germany is cutting fuel tax revenue. As EV sales surge, policymakers face growing pressure to find new ways to fund roads and transportation infrastructure.
August 2026 has been a particularly tragic month for women in Cameroon, as eight cases of femicides were recorded in eight days. These figures add to the sixty or so cases already recorded since the start of the year by the Ministry of Women's…
Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold back for Thomas Tuchel in Nations League, but still no place for Phil Foden.
UN probe finds US unlawfully struck an Iranian school and sports centre, killing children; White House rejects findings.
Authorities linked the deaths to disease, but this has been disputed by intelligence reports and relatives of the accused.
Women's football is growing rapidly, particularly in Germany. Nevertheless, equal pay and investment remain major talking points.
A quarter of the world’s population faces a surging cost of living crisis because of the wars in the Middle East.
From Iran to Gaza and Lebanon, assassinations have repeatedly removed figures capable of negotiating an end to conflict.
Russia's first parliamentary election since the invasion opens with no antiwar party on the ballot.
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting leaders of France’s political parties at the Elysée on Friday for talks on the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine and the consequences for the country’s security and energy amid soaring fuel prices.
Attack not immediately claimed, but ISIL and Pakistan Taliban (TTP) active in the region and regularly target troops.
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, September 18: Russia holds its first parliamentary elections since the Ukraine war. Since only parties loyal to Vladimir Putin are running, the elections are seen as nothing but a veneer of democracy. In sports: Zinedine…
A vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque building during Friday prayers, a senior police official told the BBC.
Venezuela has unblocked some news sites that had been censored for years, its telecom regulator said Thursday, as US-backed political transition talks were set to resume. Digital rights group VE Sin Filtro verified access to 17 news sites through…
Voting got underway on Friday in a tightly controlled three-day parliamentary election in Russia which President Vladimir Putin has framed as a barometer of support for Russia's war in Ukraine. It is the first parliamentary election since Russia…
Spanish police in Ceuta on Friday morning started moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of the Spanish enclave to a new tented area. Several thousand migrants remain in Ceuta after tens of thousands of people crossed the border with Morocco…
Bodies of nine women have been found in a Johannesburg neighbourhood in two months, as worries grow over women's safety.
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