Marie-Louise Eta has been appointed as the head coach of German football club Union Berlin, becoming the first woman to hold the role in any of European football's top professional men's leagues. Eta will lead the Bundesliga side until the end of the season after former coach Steffen Baumgart was sacked.
China announced a series of measures to boost ties with Taiwan on Sunday following a rare visit by the island's opposition leader Cheng Li-wun. Among the 10 measures announced, China said it would explore setting up a regular communication mechanism between the ruling Communist Party and Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT).
Skip next section Human head found in German forest April 12, 2026 Human head found in German forest The grim discovery was made during a litter cleanup operationImage: Berthold Stamm/dpa/picture alliance Investigators have launched a murder inquiry after a human head was found in a forest in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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A court in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Friday convicted nearly 400 terrorism suspects in a mass trial that took place over four days. Many of those convicted received prison terms of up to 20 years after appearing before a panel of 10 judges.
Anyone in Germany who thinks they have seen an unidentified flying object, or UFO, can notify the Central Research Network for Anomalous Phenomena, better known as CENAP — a UFO research network. One of CENAP's hotlines, run by Hansjürgen Köhler and a five-person team of volunteers, is based in Germany's southwestern Odenwald region.
The British government said Saturday it has paused its plans to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius following criticism from US President Donald Trump. The small collection of islands in the Indian Ocean is home to a military base used by both the UK and US.
Lufthansa pilots are set to strike next week on Monday and Tuesday, the pilot's trade union announced on Saturday. Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Cityline and Eurowings are all included in the call to down tools. The work stoppage is expected to run from 12:01 am on Monday (22:01 UTC on Sunday) through to 23:59 pm on Tuesday, the union said.
Russia's Supreme Court announced on Telegram on April 9 that the activities of human rights organization Memorial were now banned throughout the country. This came after a closed-door hearing that was treated as "top secret."
The coalition of Merz's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to "a comprehensive rollback of bureaucracy" in its agreement last April. What did the survey say?