Skip next section Iran threatens Red Sea, Gulf trade if US blockade continues April 15, 2026 Iran threatens Red Sea, Gulf trade if US blockade continues Over 10% of the world's maritime trade goes through the Bab al-Mandab Strait in Yemen (FILE: August 10, 2018)Image: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images The head of Iran's military central command
French carmaker Renault has said it plans to reduce its number of engineers by 15 to 20% percent in the coming two years. This means that up to 2,400 of the current 11,000 to 12,000 engineers worldwide would have to leave the company. A Renault spokesperson said the cuts would be made without forced layoffs.
Spain's left-leaning government on Tuesday finalized its plan for an amnesty measure that could pave the way for hundreds of thousands of unauthorized migrants to apply for legal temporary residence permits. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government first announced the plan earlier this year.
Pilots with Germany's flagship carrier Lufthansa have announced plans to once again go on strike on Thursday and Friday, after a 48-hour strike on Monday and Tuesday led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The airline is also facing a cabin crew work stoppage on Wednesday and Thursday.
Since the start of the war on Iran, fears have grown in Ukraine that the country could be left to fend for itself in its war of defense against Russia.
At the heart of Peter Magyar's victory in the Hungarian parliamentary election on April 12 was more than just anger at high-level corruption and economic hardship. His win was also a repudiation of Viktor Orban's "illiberal democracy," a rejection of his drift away from the European mainstream and a warning not to stray too close to Moscow's orbit.
Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he celebrates a Mass in the Saint Augustine Basilica in Annaba, Algeria, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, on the second day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa.
A white Beluga whale has been spotted in the narrow straits around the Flensburg Firth, the waterway which divides Germany from Denmark near the northern German city of Flensburg.
Haiti entered a three-day period of mourning on Tuesday over a fatal stampede that left 25 people dead over the weekend at a historic mountaintop fortress in the north of the country. National police said on Monday they arrested seven people in the town of Milot, at the foot of the citadel, suspected of involvement.
Skip next section The impressions of DW's correspondent at the press briefing April 14, 2026 The impressions of DW's correspondent at the press briefing Wearing a simple black suit, black shirt and black sneakers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stood at the podium during a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin.
"I know I did something terrible and that it has had terrible consequences," Zhongyi J*, a 27-year-old Chinese student, told a Munich court in February. Today, J* was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder and seven counts of aggravated rape and sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is in China for his fourth visit in the past four years. Spain presents itself as a bridge between China and the European Union at times when Europe's ties with the United States have been strained.