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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

Gerry Adams, probably Northern Ireland's most prominent Republican politician during the internal conflict with the UK known as "the Troubles," testified in London's High Court on Tuesday, accused by victims of being ultimately responsible for bombings in England by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).  Asked by the claimants' lawyer Max Hill, whether he would speak

For many people, the arrival of an electricity bill might be met with a degree of dread. But in the small German village of Feldheim residents barely give them a second thought. "In my old apartment, I used about 2,400 kilowatt hours a year. All this technology needs a lot of electricity," said Jens Neumann

If you thought that the "I was here" style graffiti is a modern-day phenomenon confined to the backs of bathroom stalls, think again! New technologies are unearthing graffiti scratched on ancient sites like never before, giving voice to everyday people of the ancient world — from enslaved individuals to bored soldiers who etched their names onto

US President Donald Trump recently hosted executives from seven major defense contractors in the White House — part of an attempt by his administration to shore up the sector as the war against Iran intensifies. The conflict has exposed strains within the US defense sector. There are concerns over US stockpiles of long-range missiles and air-defence interceptors

The largest US air base outside the United States is located in Ramstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. This state in southwestern Germany is also the ancestral home of US President Donald Trump. It is home to the world's tallest cold-water geyser, which shoots up 60 meters, and, of course, there's the wine. Nearly three-quarters of Germany's wine production

US President Donald Trump said Iran are still welcome to play in the 2026 football World Cup but maybe shouldn't for their safety. Iran have said the United States should be kicked out of the soccer tournament, which starts on 11 June, not them. And FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the World Cup can bring people together.

The corn in the fields stands several feet tall — it hasn’t been harvested in a long time. Villages are destroyed and deserted. Burnt-out car wrecks line the roadsides. There is no sign of fighting — the area in the Kharkiv region near the Russian border looks downright eerie. These images from reconnaissance drones and stationary video cameras are

The US government's decision to banish AI giant Anthropic from its entire supply chain has handed Germany and Europe a "once-in-a-lifetime chance," according to a politician from the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), junior partner in Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government coalition. Anthropic, valued at $380 billion (€327 billion), has developed a series of large language