Virtually no part of Europe was left untouched by extreme weather and hotter temperatures in 2025. The continent endured unprecedented heatwaves, experienced its largest wildfire and recorded its hottest-ever sea surface temperatures. Those are the key findings of the European State of the Climate 2025 report , published annually by the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization.
The US State Department has announced on Tuesday that it will produce a limited number of commemorative passports bearing the portrait of President Donald Trump. What do we know about new US passports?
The US Department of Justice has again indicted former FBI Director James Comey. On Tuesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that Comey had been charged with threatening the life of US President Donald Trump.
About half of all women in the European Union have been sexually harassed at least once since their 15th birthday, according to the European Council. In response, the EU has launched several measures to better protect women and girls from sexual assault.
The Southern Interconnection pipeline, designed to connect Bosnia-Herzegovina to a liquefied natural gas terminal in neighboring Croatia, could scupper Bosnian aspirations to join the European Union. The project is strategically important for the country, as it would reduce Bosnia's dependence on Russian gas.
"We've been preparing for exactly this moment," German-Venezuelan businessman Thilo Schmitz tells DW. "I'm certain that we'll do very good business over the next five years," the 59-year-old Caracas-born entreprenur predicts. By "this moment" he means the Venezuela's reopening after years of decline.
Rescuers in northern Germany on Tuesday coaxed the stranded humback whale that's come to be known as "Timmy" towards a specially converted freight barge that they want to use to guide the marine mammal back towards its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean.
Ukraine's president on Tuesday criticized Israel for allegedly purchasing grain "stolen" by Russia, which occupies large areas of Ukrainian farmland amid its invasion. Ukraine first summoned Israel's ambassador on Monday, with Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha bemoaning what he called Israeli inaction in allowing shipments to enter Israel carrying foodstuffs from occupied Ukrainian territory.