Russia is this year planning to celebrate its World War II victory over Nazi Germany with parades that do not include the standard display of weaponry, for the first time in nearly two decades. The Kremlin on Wednesday made the announcement, citing an increased threat of Ukrainian attacks. What is Russia's Victory day parade?
Police in the United Kingdom are officially treating the stabbing of two Jewish men in the northern London suburb of Golders Green on Wednesday as a "terrorist incident" with officers investigating "whether this attack was deliberately targeting the Jewish community."
While they're not representative, comments like these have been increasingly popping up on DW's social media accounts when the posts concern the United States: "Should we really be interested in what's happening in the US?
Police in London arrested a man with a knife who had stabbed two members of the public, according to a Jewish community organization Shomrim, as well as the BBC and newspaper The Times.
The convoy grinds through New York City traffic, sirens blaring, horns honking, New Yorkers complaining. In the end, the German foreign minister arrives at the United Nations with only a couple of minutes to spare. Johann Wadephul is in the heart of the 80-year-old institution, its most powerful body, the Security Council.
Incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar is set to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for informal talks in Brussels on Wednesday. It comes as he pushes to reboot Hungary's ties with the EU, which took a major hit during Viktor Orban's tenure. What to expect from Magyar's Brussels visit?
Police in Greece's capital were searching for a gunman who opened fire at a social security office and a courthouse on Tuesday, wounding several people. Greece's public broadcaster ERT reported that the alleged gunman was an 89-year-old man and a police operation was underway to locate the armed man.
A man accused of plotting a terror attack at one of Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna in 2024 pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Austrian outlets Kurier and Kronen Zeitung reported the trial proceedings against the Austrian man identified as Beran A. Prosecutors also tried the man on various terrorism-related offenses and ties to a terrorist organization.
In autumn 2024, Russia launched massive aerial assaults on Ukraine, pounding its energy system and raising fears about the safety of its nuclear power plants. Several reactors were disconnected from the grid. One shut down entirely. "It wasn't that we were scared," said Shaun Burnie, recalling that night. "It was that we were terrified."
There's money to be made in defense, and many Portuguese companies have recognized this. The defense sector generated around €2.1 billion ($2.4 billion) in revenue last year, according to Jose Neves of the industry association, AED Cluster Portugal, which involves more than 160 Portuguese organizations working in aeronautics, space and defense.
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Global military spending rose for the 11th year in a row in 2025. Governments spent a total of $2.887 trillion (€2.47 trillion) on ships, aircraft, missiles and other weapons, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). That's the highest level of military spending ever recorded.