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Senegal were sensationally stripped of their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title on Tuesday night and tournament hosts Morocco crowned champions instead, two months after African football's showpiece event concluded with a chaotic final in Rabat. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) declared that Senegal had "forfeited" the January 18 final by leaving the pitch in

Joe Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), resigned from his post Tuesday, citing President Donald Trump's decision to go to war with Iran as the reason. "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started

Behind the front lines of every war, those whose survival is dependent on regular medication and vital treatments are often overlooked. The cancer patient Fatemeh S. has been increasingly worried about her future since the start of the war in Iran two weeks ago. "I urgently need surgery," she told DW. While it is hard to

A Brussels court on Tuesday ruled that Etienne Davignon, a 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat, must stand trial over war crimes linked to the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Democratic Republic of Congo. Davignon, a former European commissioner, was among ten Belgians accused by Lumumba's family of complicity in his murder. The

Eighteen days after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the first hours of the war, and eliminating other political and military leaders, it would have been safe to assume the power center of the Islamic Republic had been fatally destabilized. "But as the third week of the

A Vatican appeals court on Tuesday declared a partial mistrial in the case that led to a jail sentence against a senior Catholic cardinal for the misappropriation of Church funds for a property deal in the United Kingdom. The court said the judgment against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, over a botched London real estate deal

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that international attention must stay on Ukraine despite the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran. "There's obviously a conflict in Iran going on, in the Middle East, but we can't lose focus on what's going on in Ukraine and the need for our support," Starmer said as he

On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu expressed grief over the multiple suicide blasts that occurred on Monday, offering condolences to the families of the victims. The blasts happened less than 24 hours after the Nigerian military repelled a separate militant attack on the outskirts of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria. Tinubu also directed his top

Skip next section Thanks for reading March 18, 2026 Thanks for reading We've now moved our live coverage of Iran war here.  https://p.dw.com/p/5Aa2l Skip next section Wrapping Up: The most important war updates from March 17 March 18, 2026 Wrapping Up: The most important war updates from March 17 Iran's supreme national security council confirmed that

While international attention is focused on the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States, an "open war" is escalating between nearby Afghanistan and Pakistan, which could have a strategic ripple effect throughout the region. Taliban rulers in Afghanistan on Tuesday accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike that killed at least 400 people at a