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South Africa to ask ICJ to halt Israel's Rafah offensive

Sudan facing 'inferno of brutal violence': UN

Canada: Evacuations as wildfire closes in on oil sands town

Switzerland: 'Several' wounded in knife attack

New Caledonia: France declares state of emergency amid riots

Netherlands: Right-wing parties to form government

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico being transported from a helicopter by medics to the hospital

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Slovak PM Robert Fico shot and injured

Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico has undergone hours of surgery after being shot on Wednesday.

Slovakia: PM Fico shot in 'an attack on democracy'

Slovak PM Fico severely injured after being shot

Slovakia: What's changed in Fico's first 100 days in office?

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Africa

A girl stands on a pile of debris next to a damaged car buried in mud in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in Kenya in 2024

The race to fix Africa's poor weather forecasting

Most of Africa's 1.3 billion people have little advance knowledge of the weather. Knowing the forecast could save lives.

Asia

A police officer walks in front of a row of loading machinery in Chabahar

Is India taking a risk with Iran Chabahar port deal?

Despite the US's warning of sanctions, India has signed off on the continued development of a port in southern Iran.

Germany

A rainbow flag on a football pitch, in the background footballers are warming up

Will there really be a group coming-out in football?

Critics of the initiative to combat homophobia say it has little chance of creating long-term change.

Europe

Demonstrators hold a Georgian national flag in front of an Eternal flame at the Square of Heroes during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi

Georgia's president plans foreign agent law veto as 'symbol'

Although her veto can be overridden, President Salome Zourabishvili tells DW she will veto the bill as a "symbol."

Middle East

Palestinians carry national flags and symbolic keys as they rally to commemorate Nakba or "catastrophe" in Arabic, in the West Bank city of Ramallah

What is the Palestinian Nakba and why does it matter?

On May 15, Palestinians mark 76 years of having lost their homeland. What is the Nakba, and why is it relevant?

North America

A bag of pills containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The pills are disguised as prescription oxycodone painkillers.

Illicit fentanyl is entering the US at highest rates ever

More than 115 million illicit pills containing fentanyl were seized by US law officials last year.

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Israel-Hamas war

Israel and Hamas have been at war since October 7, 2023, when the militant Islamist group attacked Israel. Gaza is bearing the brunt of most of the fighting.

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Ukraine can still win the war against Russia if the West steps up its game, the Baltic country's top diplomat tells DW.

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Pakistan's Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad administrates the oath of office to Ayesha Malik

Pakistan: Why are there so few female judges?

Across Pakistan and South Asia, women are struggling to become judges and rise up to senior judiciary positions.

Why Putin chose an economist as Russia's defense minister

Andrei Belousov is a longtime ally of President Vladimir Putin. His job will be to strengthen Russia's arms industry.

Kharkiv's bombed-out central square and city hall after Russia's failed 2022 assault

Why Kharkiv is an important city in Russia's war in Ukraine

Russia has launched an offensive targeting Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.

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Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro dies aged 92

The first Canadian author to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Alice Munro, has died at the age of 92 in Ontario.

Germany's far-right AfD under mounting pressure

Pressure is now mounting for the party to be banned.

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Afghan children receive medical treatment in Germany

Even with the Taliban ruling in Kabul, this charity is still helping children from Afghanistan to be treated in Germany.

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Extreme weather

Heavy flooding, severe storms, record heat waves, extreme weather is on the rise due to climate change. This is affecting people, ecosystems and economies around the world.