A French woman and her partner were remanded to custody Saturday after being charged in Portugal with abandoning two young boys in a rural area. The children, French brothers ages 3 and 5, are the woman’s sons.
Authorities in the Russia-occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine said on Saturday that at least 10 people had died after a Ukrainian military drone strike hit a university complex and dorm area. Russia's state-run news agency RIA reported on Saturday that 12 people have been confirmed dead, citing the emergency ministry.
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At least 309,852 people obtained a German passport in 2025, beating the 291,955 naturalizations the previous year, the weekly Welt am Sonntag has reported.
In an era of populism and authoritarian regimes worldwide, fundamental rights are coming under increasing pressure in Germany, a country governed by the rule of law.
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Alexander Lukashenko's regime went to great lengths to arrest Raman Pratasevich. On May 23, 2021, Belarusian authorities forced a Ryanair plane on its way from Athens to Vilnius, in Lithuania, to land in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, sparking global outrage.
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A section of the original spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower was sold at auction by Artcurial in Paris for around €450,000 ($523,000) on Thursday. A French collector purchased the nearly three-meter-high (about 9-foot-high) section of the Eiffel Tower staircase that dates back to 1889. The staircase consists of 14 steps and weighs 1.4 tons.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was handed a considerable boost on Thursday when an appeals court in Ankara annulled the congress which elected Ozgur Ozel as the leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
Ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in the Swedish port city of Helsingborg on Thursday, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stressed Berlin's readiness to assume greater leadership responsibility in NATO.
Ulrich Siegmund, the far-right Alternative for Germany party's lead candidate in upcoming regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, has told DW he wants to create a "domino effect" with a "historic" victory. According to the polls, the AfD is on course to win elections in the state in September, and could even govern alone.