Europe Edition

Despite his success in Hollywood, Sizemore struggled with serious substance dependency, abuse allegations and multiple run-ins with the law, which ultimately devastated his career....

Hong Kong has undergone dramatic changes since the imposition of the national security law in the summer of 2020. Many pro-democracy politicians and activists have been arrested....

The Hamburg-based rock band, known for their extravagant costumes and spectacular performances, emerged victorious and will take the stage for Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest....

The IAEA chief's visit comes amid deadlock in talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers....

A group of researchers made the assessment based on analyses of hundreds of human skeletons in Central Europe. They say it could explain the rapid geographic expansion of the Yamnaya people from modern-day Ukraine....

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Biden praised transatlantic unity and vowed to keep up their joint cooperation to support Ukraine during Scholz's visit to the White House....

Borussia Dortmund's remarkable 100% start to 2023 continued with victory over RB Leipzig on Friday night. Emre Can scored Dortmund's decisive second goal, delivering the perfect performance at the perfect time....

A controversial prisoner swap deal with Iran could go ahead under a Belgian court ruling. But the conditions attached mean the future of a Belgian aid worker remains unclear....

Russian troops have made Bakhmut their primary objective in Donbas. How long can the Ukrainian army defend the city, and what direction is the war likely to take in the coming weeks and months?...

Reporters from one of Egypt's last remaining independent media outlets are preparing for what activists criticize is a politically motivated trial. The international community should be doing more to help, they say....

The country's top court ordered the government to extend a deadline for citizens to swap old bills for new ones. A judge said the president had behaved like a "dictator" in his rush to carry out the banknote redesign....

The fire broke out in a storage area and later engulfed the entire building. Seven workers were treated and the building and its inventory were lost....

The fire broke out in a storage area and later engulfed the entire building. Seven workers were treated and the building and its inventory were lost....

The fire broke out in a storage area and later engulfed the entire building. Seven workers were treated and the building and its inventory were lost....

A big fire at a fuel storage station located near a densely packed neighborhood in northern Jakarata killed several people and injured dozens....

Renewed Fridays for Future marches came as Germany's smallest coalition party blocked an EU-wide plan to end the use of combustion engines. Activists have also called for more investment in public transit....

A new poll in Germany suggests six people in 10 would approve of investing more still in the armed forces, even if it meant making cuts elsewhere or borrowing. They were much less keen on giving up a bank holiday for it....

Turks will elect a president in May but the opposition alliance cannot agree on a candidate to challenge incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Now the nationalist IYI has left the six-party bloc....

The suspect has been charged with violating several firearms laws. The Reichsbrger are a far-right group that believes the German government and constitution are illegitimate....

One in six children in Germany is overweight. Now, Food and Agriculture Minister Cem zdemir wants to ban advertising for unhealthy food. But the candy industry is fighting back....

Saudi Arabia is courting Greece and Egypt for a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. According to media reports, Riyadh is offering to cover the costs of the required construction but it remains far from a done deal....

Hundreds of schoolgirls in Iran have been reportedly poisoned. The United Nations and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock have called for a thorough investigation....

Former women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk will play under the Swiss flag in future chess competitions. She's one of several top Russian players to have left the country or criticized the invasion of Ukraine....

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, Cristina Burack leads you through a musical journey featuring Mozart's arias and music by 20th-century Austrian composer Alban Berg....

A civil rights group in Malawi has launched a crowdfunding campaign for women and girls stranded in Oman who had travelled to the country for job opportunities....

A Cambodian court has convicted the leader of the country's only viable opposition party of treason. The move comes just four months before a general election and a long-planned dynastic handover of power....

Many companies produce huge amounts of CO2. Now that courts in some countries have ordered politicians to do more to protect the climate, businesses are increasingly being sued. Are large claims for damages looming?...

Hoffenheim will once again adhere to the 50+1 rule after benefactor Dietmar Hopp's decision to relinquish his majority voting rights. What does this mean for the self-styled 'village club' and German football as a whole?...

A series of documents thought to be from Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the army officer who tried to assassinate Hitler, have been declared probable fakes. A police raid turned up typewriters, ink, and old paper....

A monthly survey of German voters finds they still support Ukraine but are disenchanted with the three-way coalition government. Ahead of International Women's Day they are lukewarm on the new feminist foreign policy....

King Charles III's first trip abroad as king will take him to major European partners France, and then Germany. The German president's office said he would visit from March 29-31 after several days in France....

An EU vote scheduled for next Tuesday on stopping the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2035 has been delayed. Sweden announced the postponement amid hesitancy from one party in Germany's ruling coalition, the FDP....

Revised versions of Ian Fleming's novels will modify outdated racial references, but misogynous descriptions remain untouched....

For Kashmiris, the only way to get to the winter resort of Gulmarg is through heavily-guarded checkpoints. But the standoff between India and Pakistan is not stopping them from enjoying the slopes....

As China's rubber-stamp parliament gathers in Beijing this weekend, President Xi Jinping is expected to officially kick off his third term. China's Communist party will likely initiate further institutional reform....

A bus has crashed headfirst into an oncoming truck after it changed lanes in a southern German town. The injured are being treated in hospital....

Despite war and a pandemic, nothing can dampen the German population's desire to travel. What drives Germany's wanderlust?...

Following election defeats, the business-oriented Free Democrats (FDP) in the German government are seeking to sharpen their profile — by blocking the sales ban for combustion engine vehicles in the European Union....

Local public transport across much of Germany is not running amid a round of public sector strikes in six states. The climate change activist group Fridays for Future was planning parallel demonstrations as well....

Student organizations have called for more protests as railworkers extend their 24-hour strike. Anger has been directed toward the government after 57 people were killed in a train crash....

Wayne Shorter was considered one of the greatest representatives of jazz. The saxophonist, who played with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died at the age of 89....

The pro-democracy activist is the founder of Viasna, the authoritarian country's most prominent human rights group. He says he is being targeted for political reasons....

Top US diplomat Blinken told his counterparts from the Quad group that Moscow's threat to use nuclear weapons was "inadmissible." Meanwhile, Germany's Scholz is traveling to Washington to meet Biden. DW has the latest....

For the first time in three years, the major German airline has turned a profit as millions of travelers return to the skies. But continuing workforce issues may hamper expansion in 2023....

The one-day visit will be without pomp and ceremony — or even a joint press conference. The two leaders will discuss the war in Ukraine and China's possible involvement....

The latest four-member crew to reach the International Space Station includes two US astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the UAE....

A team of international archaeologists used high-tech instruments to find a sealed-off chamber above the entrance to the Pyramid of Khufu. They expect to find more such chambers in the future....

Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Republican Senator John McCain, has been tapped to lead the world's leading humanitarian organization at a pivotal time....

DW got a close-up look at how Ukrainian soldiers continue to risk their lives in their war against Russia. They rely on mortar shell attacks despite the dangers of short range combat and need more powerful artillery....

"Messi, we're waiting for you," read a note left at a crime scene in soccer star Lionel Messi's hometown of Rosario. The supermarket that gunmen shot up belongs to his in-laws....