Europe's far-right leaders are rallying around Marine Le Pen – the figurehead of France's National Rally party. On Monday she was found guilty of embezzling European Parliament funds and banned from standing for public office for five years. That decision effectively stops her from running in France's 2027 presidential election. US President Donald Trump has even compared the case to his own legal
Donald Trump is slapping sweeping tariffs on US trading partners on what he's dubbed 'Liberation Day' for America. Trump has long claimed the US economy is being 'ripped off' by the world. So is he right to take punitive action? Or will the strategy, as many economists fear, set off a chain reaction of retaliation, triggering a global trade war. Who'll be the winners and losers in Trump's tariff g
As another round of US tariffs looms, countries from China to Canada are announcing plans to combine forces to maximize their negotiating power against the world's largest economy. Natixis chief economist Alicia Garcia-Herrero says nations must work together against the United States' onslaught of economic firepower.
Myanmar's military regime says more than two thousand seven hundred people are now confirmed dead after last Friday's earthquake. The country has held a nation-wide minute of silence to honor the victims. There are fears the death toll could rise further as rescue efforts expand to more isolated regions. Thailand was also hit by the quake as emergency workers continue to focus on a collapsed build
Conservatives and Social Democrats are debating a tougher stance on asylum seekers in Germany, including proposals to turn them away at the border. DW’s Michaela Küfner speaks with Daniel Thym, a leading expert on immigration law, about the potential changes ahead for migrants in Germany.
More than 100 people have been injured in the huge explosion of a gas pipeline near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. According to the emergency operations center, the flames were at times as high as a 20-story skyscraper.
DW speaks to Peter Boehm, Senator for Ontario in Canada and former Canadian ambassador to Germany, on how US-Canadian ties have become increasingly complicated by President Donald Trump’s trade war and sovereignty threats to Canada. How best to repair the relationship, while standing up for Canada's interests?
A space mission has blasted off, taking people into orbit around the North and South Poles for the first time. Leading the mission is pilot Rabea Rogge. The engineer and polar researcher has become the first German woman in space. She's hoping the research onboard will help enable future distant space travel - perhaps one day even to Mars. But she also wants to be an inspiration to other women an
The United Nations says settler attacks intended to drive Palestinians out of their communities in the occupied West Bank have surged since the October 7th terror attacks.
Human-rights groups say stealing sheep is one of the methods Israeli settlers use to deprive Palestinians of their livelihoods and to force them off their land. DW Correspondent Tania Kraemer...
China called the drills — involving air, sea, and rocket forces — a "severe warning and forceful containment against Taiwan independence” and a meant to "safeguard China's sovereignty and national unity.
The European Union has accused China of increasing cross-strait tensions by holding military drills around Taiwan. It called on all parties to exercise restraint. Taiwan has deployed its own navy in response to the drills - which some are calling a dress rehearsal for an invasion. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to take it over.
