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In German politics, the rule is supposed to be simple: no cooperation with the far right. The "Brandmauer" — the firewall against the far-right populist AfD party — is treated as a democratic red line, at least at a national level. But in Brussels and Strasbourg, a larger and more unsettling question is emerging: Does Europe's center-right still

The sums invested in different countries around the world by oil-rich Gulf states are astronomical. Sovereign wealth funds belonging to countries like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and other Gulf countries manage around $5 trillion (€4.35 trillion) worth of investments. "The global impact of the Gulf countries is not limited to oil,"

Iran's supreme national security council confirmed the death of its chief, Ali Larijani, on Tuesday evening. Israel said earlier that it had killed Larijani in an airstrike. Larijani was the most senior Iranian figure killed since  Iran's Supreme Leader ​Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in an Israeli strike on February 28.  Larijani was reportedly one of the few people trusted

A US federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to reinstate more than 1,000 employees at "Voice of America" (VOA) and restart the state-funded broadcaster's operations. The decision by District Judge Royce Lamberth comes ten days after he ruled that President Donald Trump's appointment of an official to carry out sweeping layoffs at VOA was

Skip next section Death toll from Israel's Beirut strikes rises — Lebanese Health Ministry March 18, 2026 Death toll from Israel's Beirut strikes rises — Lebanese Health Ministry This building in the Bachoura district was completely destroyedImage: Mohamed Azakir/REUTERS The Lebanese Health Ministry has updated the death toll from Israeli strikes on central Beirut on

Senegal were sensationally stripped of their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title on Tuesday night and tournament hosts Morocco crowned champions instead, two months after African football's showpiece event concluded with a chaotic final in Rabat. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) declared that Senegal had "forfeited" the January 18 final by leaving the pitch in

Joe Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), resigned from his post Tuesday, citing President Donald Trump's decision to go to war with Iran as the reason. "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started

Behind the front lines of every war, those whose survival is dependent on regular medication and vital treatments are often overlooked. The cancer patient Fatemeh S. has been increasingly worried about her future since the start of the war in Iran two weeks ago. "I urgently need surgery," she told DW. While it is hard to

A Brussels court on Tuesday ruled that Etienne Davignon, a 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat, must stand trial over war crimes linked to the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Democratic Republic of Congo. Davignon, a former European commissioner, was among ten Belgians accused by Lumumba's family of complicity in his murder. The

Eighteen days after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the first hours of the war, and eliminating other political and military leaders, it would have been safe to assume the power center of the Islamic Republic had been fatally destabilized. "But as the third week of the