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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a decisive election victory in opposition-held West Bengal, a key eastern state of more than 100 million people, marking a dramatic shift in a state long seen as resistant to the party's rise.   According to results announced Monday, the BJP secured 206 of the 294 assembly

"I believe this move toward Europe is a historic step for Armenia," Varduhi Gasapryan, a young Armenian woman, told DW. "It will bring many positive things," she said while enjoying the sun on Republic Square in Yerevan. The Armenian capital is currently bustling with activity. Earlier this week, dozens of European leaders and representatives of key EU

Each day, Reint Jan Renes commutes from the regal main station of the Dutch capital Amsterdam to his office, weaving through the city's tree-lined canals on foot. He often finds the walk frustrating.  "We have this very, very beautiful old city, and you really have to look past all those signs that try to sell

Despite being still only 45, Jens Spahn has a tumultuous career behind him. Germany's COVID-era health minister — a job that left him under investigation over misuse of public money — was on Tuesday re-elected leader of the parliamentary group of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU)

The minesweeper Fulda has set sail from the Kiel-Wik naval base on the Baltic Sea bound for the Mediterranean where it will initially be integrated into a NATO mine countermeasures group. Its highly specialized equipment for tracking down and destroying sea mines could lend significant support to NATO's anti-mining operations, should Germany's conditions for participating in

The Mainz-based company BioNTech that shot to global notoriety amid the COVID-19 pandemic for its work on one of the first mRNA coronavirus vaccines has announced drastic restructuring plans.  The company is winding down its COVID vaccine production entirely, leaving the production to US partner Pfizer going forward. "In the course of this year we will produce

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A neighborhood of Beit Lahia was destroyed in Israeli strikes in October 2024, including a strike on a building that killed 132 members of the extended Abu Naser family. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR Editor's note: This story contains descriptions of human remains. BEIT LAHIA, Gaza Strip — An Israeli drone buzzes