The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela landed in Caracas on Thursday, seven years after the US Homeland Security Department indefinitely suspended operations, citing security risks. Operated by American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air, the flight took off at 10.26 a.m.
"Backsliding ," "pressure ," "political influence over editorial policy" — this is how numerous international reports describe the state of the media in Serbia.
The UK's terror threat level has been raised from substantial to severe after two Jewish men were attacked in the northern London neighborhood of Golders Green on Wednesday. "Today, the national threat level has increased to 'severe,' which means a terrorist attack is considered highly likely," British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood in a statement on Thursday.
Strolling out to Notorious B.I.G.'s Hypnotize for his matches, Hossein Vafaei looks right at home on snooker's biggest stage. It's been a long time coming. For years, diplomatic red tape stalled his career, but he's now making up for lost time at the age of 31.
It's one of the first warm days of the year. The first harbingers of spring are cautiously poking their heads out of the ground, the cappuccino in the street cafe tastes of new beginnings. Winter seems to be over.
US President Donald Trump has said the United States will shortly decide whether to cut its forces in Germany, where it maintains a major military presence.
The boy has tears in his eyes. He stares blankly at the floor, having long since given up any resistance. But the classmates standing around him show no mercy. One by one, they step out of the semicircle and punch him in the face, while the rest of the group laughs mockingly.
Russia is this year planning to celebrate its World War II victory over Nazi Germany with parades that do not include the standard display of weaponry, for the first time in nearly two decades. The Kremlin on Wednesday made the announcement, citing an increased threat of Ukrainian attacks. What is Russia's Victory day parade?
Police in the United Kingdom are officially treating the stabbing of two Jewish men in the northern London suburb of Golders Green on Wednesday as a "terrorist incident" with officers investigating "whether this attack was deliberately targeting the Jewish community."
While they're not representative, comments like these have been increasingly popping up on DW's social media accounts when the posts concern the United States: "Should we really be interested in what's happening in the US?
Arriving in Hong Kong as a penniless 12-year-old stowaway from southern China, Jimmy Lai sought only freedom and a future. At the time, Lai could never have imagined how his life would become forever intertwined with this former British colony.
Isreal has intercepted more than twenty aid ships with 175 activists on board, Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The ships were on their way to the Gaza Strip before being stopped in international waters near Greece. This flotilla mission carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza comes after a fleet of around 45 boasts was intercepted last year.