Category: DW News

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a surprise election for the 4th of July – months earlier than expected. Sunak and his Conservatives are [more…]

Washington’s former Middle East negotiator, Dennis Ross, told DW that the Israeli-Palestinian situation is currently worse than he has ever seen. Ross said he believed [more…]

Three European countries, Spain, Ireland and Norway, have all decided to recognize Palestinian statehood. The recognition will officially take effect on May 28. Ireland’s Prime [more…]

The helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, along with other high-ranking officials, has sent shock waves across the [more…]

The United Nations has warned that its humanitarian operations inside Gaza are nearing collapse. The organization says it is no longer able to distribute food [more…]

Palestinians living alongside hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem say that increasing violence has left them worried [more…]

Norway, Ireland, and Spain have said they will recognize Palestinian statehood. Several other European countries have indicated in the past few weeks that they plan [more…]

Russia’s military says it has begun tactical nuclear weapons drills near Ukraine. The exercises are taking place in Russia’s Southern Military District which, according to [more…]

Earlier this month, Russia announced that it had plans to carry out tactical nuclear weapons exercises near the Ukrainian border. On Tuesday, Russia’s military began [more…]

Officers from a Bangladeshi elite unit implicated in the torture and killing of political opponents are being sent on United Nations peacekeeping missions, a joint [more…]