Category: DW News

North Korea has fired another intercontinental ballistic missile – just hours after it launched its previous one. Japan says the missile had the potential to [more…]

A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, prompting the civil defense to be put on high alert. The eruption appears to have [more…]

A volcano has erupted in south-western Iceland, spurting lava fountains more than 100 metres into the air. It began on Monday not far from the [more…]

Russian President Vladimir Putin is among the world leaders who did elect to visit the Winter Olympics in Beijing. He met his counterpart Xi Jinping [more…]

Relations between North and South Korea remain tense a day after Pyongyang threatened to restart military exercises in the demilitarized zone bordering South Korea. Citing [more…]

France took over the EU’s rotating presidency on Saturday, ringing in the new year by taking the reins of the 27-member bloc. French President Emmanuel [more…]

For a decade German soldiers had been deployed to Mali as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force. But Mali’s ruling junta demanded the end [more…]

EU leaders are heading into a high-stakes summit for Ukraine. They need to decide unanimously whether to open accession talks with Ukraine and on further [more…]

Professional football is big business in Germany – and it has hopes of becoming even bigger. The Bundesliga is one of the world’s most popular [more…]

The UN General Assembly’s recent vote on a cease-fire in Gaza has had overwhelming backing. Yet Israel still insists it will continue its air and [more…]