Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a decisive election victory in opposition-held West Bengal, a key eastern state of more than 100 million people, marking a dramatic shift in a state long seen as resistant to the party's rise.
"I believe this move toward Europe is a historic step for Armenia," Varduhi Gasapryan, a young Armenian woman, told DW. "It will bring many positive things," she said while enjoying the sun on Republic Square in Yerevan. The Armenian capital is currently bustling with activity.
At 45, Jens Spahn occupies a high-profile but polarizing place in German politics.
The minesweeper Fulda has set sail from the Kiel-Wik naval base on the Baltic Sea bound for the Mediterranean where it will initially be integrated into a NATO mine countermeasures group.
A neighborhood of Beit Lahia was destroyed in Israeli strikes in October 2024, including a strike on a building that killed 132 members of the extended Abu Naser family. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR Editor's note: This story contains descriptions of human remains.
This photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, shows the site of an aerial guided bomb strike after Russia's air attack in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
Members of Australian families at Roj Camp in eastern Syria, housing people with alleged ties to Islamic State militants, prepare to leave for Damascus as part of a second repatriation effort by Syrian authorities, Friday, April 24, 2026.
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A couple accused of stealing millions from parking meters in Bavaria fully confessed at the start of their trial on Tuesday. The pair, one of whom was employed to empty the machines, admitted to a decade-long scheme that allegedly netted nearly €1.9 million. What were the allegations?
"These days, Europe is losing its significance in global politics and the economy," a law student shouted from the audience during a recent political TV talk show broadcast on Shanghai Media Group (SMG), a Chinese state media outlet. "Are the European elite and the public aware of this?"
Like many other Germans, Adolf Hitler had neither blond hair nor was he particularly tall. The Nazi ideal of the "Aryan" with roots in Northern Europe was more the exception than the rule.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday that the self-governed island had the "right to engage with the world," as he landed back in Taipei after a trip to its sole African ally, Eswatini.