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It is a bitterly cold winter's day in the central Anatolian Turkish city of Tokat. The thermometer says it's -3 degrees Celsius (27 degrees Fahrenheit). Sunduz Akkan, a mother of three, bundles up and heads to the Sik Makas factory where she worked until October. The plant's roughly 1,700 employees stopped getting their paychecks in mid-2025.

The second round of US-backed trilateral peace talks involving Ukraine and Russia will take place next week in Abu Dhabi, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sunday. Zelenskyy said the new round would take ⁠place on February 4 and 5, and that his country is ready for a "substantive discussion." "We are interested in ensuring

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz paid tribute to Rita Süssmuth as a "great politician" and a "guiding light for our democratic society." Süssmuth died on Sunday, less than two weeks before she would have turned 89. As a federal minister and president of the German Bundestag during the 1980s and 90s, Süssmuth had been "a role model

Skip next section German union calls for nationwide transport strikes on Monday February 1, 2026 German union calls for nationwide transport strikes on Monday German commuters are set to face heavy disruptions on Monday, as a leading Cerdi trade union has called for strikes across most of the country's public transportation network. The strikes will

The Taliban are sending more officials to staff its consulates in Germany, leaving many Afghans who fled the Taliban regime with a dilemma when trying to get passports and other documents. This is according to a statement released by the Association of Afghan Organizations in Germany (VAFO) in January. "Without valid passports, they cannot secure

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should testify in the United States Congress, a day after new revelations about the disgraced ex-royal's links to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein created a stir. The US Department of Justice dumped over 3 million documents from the Epstein files on Friday, which included

More than 20 financial institutions worldwide have publicly vowed not to finance deep-sea mining — an activity scientists say could cause irreversible harm to ocean ecosystems. However, a DW investigation has found that some have invested at least $684 million (€581 million) in companies linked to the industry. Hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing into companies

As a rule, prison wardens across Belarus task political prisoners with clearing snow — down to the asphalt — during winter. They are forced to carry sack after sack of snow off site, usually with no opportunity to wash or warm themselves when they are finished.  One person who knows the drill well is Leanid

In the run-up to the Oscars on March 15, all eyes are on Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," nominated for a record-breaking 16 Academy Awards.  The horror film, set in the early 1930s southern United States, follows twin brothers who return to their hometown, hoping to start over by opening a place for the African American community

A recently renovated church in the Italian capital, Rome, has stirred controversy as many noticed that one of the restored angels bore a striking resemblance to the country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Italy's press has posed the question of whether Meloni, of the radical right-wing Brothers of Italy Party, inspired the restorer, Bruno Valentinetti, who