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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to tighten weapons laws and speed up the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers. 00:00 DW Report on demonstrations in response [more…]

In Beijing, US President Joe Biden’s national security advisor has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The rare direct meeting with China’s leader caps three [more…]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to hunt down the leaders of Hamas after the military said it had recovered the bodies of six [more…]

Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, was arrested by French authorities. Is that an overdue step against criminal activity on the platform? Or a threat to [more…]

The UN secretary-general is calling on Israel to immediately halt its large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank. For now, Israel presses ahead, and [more…]

German politicians are making their final campaign pushes ahead of Sunday’s elections in two eastern states — which could have a dramatic impact on the [more…]

A court in Hong Kong has convicted two journalists of sedition. The former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-Kuen and his deputy Patrick Lam, who worked for the [more…]

The far-right Alternative for Germany party has won its first ever state election in the eastern state of Thuringia. It’s the biggest electoral victory for [more…]

Gaza has started vaccinating children against polio a day before the expected start of a massive vaccine campaign. This comes after Gaza recorded its first [more…]

Voters are going to the polls in the two eastern German states in what is seen as a barometer for the federal elections next year. [more…]