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Iran Signals Willingness for Conditional Nuclear Talks with the U.S.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that he'd instructed his foreign minister to "pursue fair and equitable negotiations" with the United States on some kind of nuclear accord to succeed the one President Donald Trump canceled in his first term.  Pezeshkian made no mention of the widespread unrest in Iran in recent weeks and

Germany Deepens Ties with Gulf Over Energy and Arms

The fact that the key Gulf states — Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — are currently held in high regard by the German government is evident from the steady stream of ministerial visits to their capitals. Only recently, Environment Minister Carsten Schneider of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) traveled to Saudi Arabia;

Mapping preventable cancers: WHO study highlights global risks

"We now have the information to prevent cancer before it starts," said Isabelle Soerjomataram, a cancer surveillance specialist at the International Agency on Research on Cancer (IARC).  Speaking to the press last week, Soerjomataram and her colleague Andre Ilbawi were presenting the findings of a study involving 36 cancer types in 185 countries. The two co-authored

Are Berlin Wall Souvenirs Genuine or Fake?

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, it sealed the fate of East Germany. People wasted no time and started hacking away at the monstrosity with hammers and chisels. Those people chipping away at the former border barricade were known as "Mauerspechte," or wall woodpeckers. By June 1990, most of the Berlin Wall had been

Trump and Petro Meet at White House; Ties Strained, Talks Positive

Colombian President Gustavo Petro met US President Donald Trump for the first time at the White House on Tuesday with tensions between the two leaders taking center stage after the US operation that captured Venezuela's president last month.  The talks were private and lasted for about two hours. However, after the meeting, Petro said Trump offered

Mandelson to Quit Lords After Epstein File Revelations

Peter Mandelson, a former heavyweight of the UK political scene, is stepping down from his position in the House of Lords in light of new revelations in the Epstein files, the speaker of the house announced on Tuesday. Mandelson's connection to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was already known about, but newly released files showed that

Uhlaender Exhausts Olympic Appeals After CAS Rejects Jurisdiction

US skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender has told DW that she is "extremely disappointed" after her last-ditch attempt to compete at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics appeared to fall short, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling it did not have the "jurisdiction" to consider her appeal. On Monday, CAS said its ad hoc division, set up for

Balochistan Violence Surges: Security at Lowest Point

A wave of simultaneous gun attacks and suicide bombings targeting schools, banks and security installations in Pakistan's Balochistan province over the weekend has killed 50 people, mostly civilians, including women and childrenin the insurgency-hit region. The coordinated nature of the attacks and their scale expose the enormous security threats facing the region, according to Michael Kugelman

Eyewitnesses Describe Chaos and Force in Tehran Protests

Mass protests, a deepening economic crisis and a tense military standoff with the US have strained Iranian officials' hold on the Islamic Republic in recent weeks. As clashes between demonstrators and security forces grew deadly in early January, authorities imposed a sweeping communications blackout, making real-time verification of events and reported deaths nearly impossible. While the unrest

Can Venezuela Replace Russia in India’s Oil Supply?

What oil deal have the US, India agreed? After months of pressure over India's purchases of discounted Russian and sanctioned Iranian crude, New Delhi appears to have bowed to US President Donald Trump's demand by agreeing to phase out Russian oil imports and shift toward buying more barrels from the United States — and potentially Venezuela.
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