At first glance, the Ukrainian village of Velyka Dobron looks completely normal on this bright, sunny spring day, with well-kept homes lining its main street. On closer inspection, however, many of these houses seem abandoned. There is hardly anyone around, and almost no working-age men can be seen.
Alican Uludag, a longtime correspondent for DW in Turkey, has been in pre-trial detention since February 20. The proceedings against him have dragged on for weeks — partly because of structural problems in the Turkish judicial system.
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, following the launch of an unidentified projectile on Tuesday, South Korea's military said. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missiles were launched from North Korea's eastern coastal Wonsan area toward the eastern waters.
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Talks in China between Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve an ongoing conflict have seen "useful" progress, according to Afghanistan's Taliban-run Foreign Ministry. The two sides have been negotiating in China's western city of Urumqi since Thursday last week in an effort to end clashes that have left scores killed on both sides.
Russian artillery and aerial strikes across Ukraine killed at least nine people on Tuesday, including a child, officials said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone strikes ona region east of Moscow, and Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine, killed five, also including a child.
A gunfight outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul has left one attacker dead and two others detained, authorities said. Turkey's Interior Ministry said the man who had been "captured dead" and "had connections with a terrorist group that exploits religion." What happened at the Israeli consulate in Istanbul?
The South Korean government has asked the European Union to act as a mediator in talks with North Korea as it seeks to move beyond the present bilateral "distrust and hostility" and achieve a breakthrough in relations with Pyongyang.
Think life is great in Germany? Many of the country's young people disagree. A growing number of Germans aged between 14-29 say they are actively planning to leave their homeland. In the recent study called "Jugend in Deutschland" or "Youth in Germany," some 21% of young Germans surveyed say they are actively planning to leave Germany to find a better life.
U.S. and Iran agree to two week ceasefire, how Iranians are responding to the ceasefire, the effects of the war in Iran give investors around the world whiplash.
Think life is great in Germany? Many of the country's young people disagree. A growing number of people in Germany between the ages of 14-29 say they are actively planning to leave their homeland.
Authorities in the northern French city of Bully-les-Mines say that the driver of a high-speed TGV train was killed early Tuesday morning in a crash involving a loaded semi at a street-level crossing. A large contingent of emergency services and technical crews were quickly dispatched to the scene.