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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has rejected speculation that the US is ending its membership in the NATO alliance. "I don't see the US leaving NATO," Rutte said in an interview with the Sunday edition of Germany's Die Welt newspaper. The NATO chief said he also does not question contnued US nuclear protection of Europe.

It was the shelling that drove Syrian man Imad Omar Qashit from his home again. Fourteen years ago, he fled from Syria to Lebanon. This time, it was the other way round. "When Israeli missiles destroyed entire homes in my neighborhood in southern Lebanon's city of Tyre, we decided it was time to save our

Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says the Iran war has so far not triggered a wave of migration to Europe Antisemitism commissioner Felix Klein has called on festivals to make a stand against what he says is rising antisemitic rhetoric in the cultural sector

Live Published April 18, 2026 last updated April 18, 2026 Indian government's bid to redraw voting boundaries tied to quotas for women legislators was blocked in a parliament vote. It is the first major legislative setback for PM Modi's government. DW has the latest. https://p.dw.com/p/5CPbP Had it passed, the measure could have significantly reshaped India's

The Trump administration on Friday renewed a waiver allowing the purchase of Russian oil and petroleum products at sea for about a month. The monthlong waiver on Russian oil and petroleum products came two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had no plans to extend the sanctions relief. The license issued late Friday

Skip next section Lebanese PM condemns attacks on UN peacekeepers April 18, 2026 Lebanese PM condemns attacks on UN peacekeepers Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday condemned what he said was an attack on French United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. "I condemn in the strongest terms today's attack on members of the French

Football fans trying to get to MetLife Stadium from New York City for the World Cup matches this summer will have to pay $150 (€127) for a round-trip, according to local transportation officials. The price is almost 12 times higher than the usual $12.90 fare for the 15-minute trip from Penn Station in Manhattan to

France and the United Kingdom have said they are ready to lead a multinational mission to help restore freedom of navigation and trade in the Strait of Hormuz, only to be deployed once peace had been agreed in the region.  But at a meeting of the coalition of nonbelligerent states in Paris on Friday, the mood remained one of

Democrats are pushing to remove Donald Trump from office under the 25th Amendment after he threatened that "an entire civilization will die" if Iran didn't back down, a statement many have described as a potential war crime .  The US president's handling of the Epstein files and, in the past week, social media posts and statements lashing out against Pope Leo XIV have only intensified the discussion. What is the 25th Amendment?  The 25th Amendment

While walking through Berlin's western neighborhood of Spandau, a 13-year-old made a discovery that has been hailed as highly significant in Germany's archaeological history. He found a small bronze coin, which experts have since dated 2,300 years — back to the ancient Greek city of Troy, in present-day Turkey. For archaeologist Jens Henker of Berlin Heritage Authority