Thailand: Why many men become 'short-term' monks (www.dw.com)
After graduating from university, Palath Dilokloetthanakorn, then 22, did what many other young Thai men do before starting their careers: he joined a Buddhist monastery....
Over 2,500 migrants lost to Mediterranean in 2023: UN (www.dw.com)
Ukraine updates: Russian missile attack targets Odesa (www.dw.com)
Moscow launched 19 missiles via land, air and sea on the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine said on Sunday....
India's Modi calls for African Union to join G20 (www.dw.com)
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the African Union to join the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) on Sunday....
Mexico: Indigenous senator to take on ruling party (www.dw.com)
Senator Xochitl Galvez has been formally nominated as the 2024 presidential candidate opposing President Lopez Obrador's MORENA party.
The French far right's 'outdated' definition of identity (www.dw.com)
The French far right promises to defend French identity. But researchers say the party's definition of the term is outdated.
Spain: 6 injured in Pamplona bull run (www.dw.com)
Pakistan train derailment kills more than a dozen (www.dw.com)
At least 15 people were killed and dozens others injured when a train derailed in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, officials said....
BRICS summit: Leaders eye expansion, common currency (www.dw.com)
Xi calls for accelerating BRICS expansion...
Russia's influence on Africa (www.dw.com)
Russia is trying to undermine democracy in more than two dozen African countries, according to a new study from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, an academic institution within the US Department of Defense....
New Zealand shooting incident sees several hurt (www.dw.com)
ew Zealand police said Thursday a gunman had fired shots in a building in downtown Auckland....
Morocco and Western Sahara: A new conflict brewing? (www.dw.com)
Characterized by vast expanses of dunes and sparsely vegetated plains, Western Sahara is a predominantly desert and arid territory. The United Nations categorizes...
Germany has reached 'a limit' on migration, Steinmeier says – DW (www.dw.com)
Germany is facing difficulties in taking in more migrants, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday....
Europe marks Holocaust memorial day for Sinti and Roma (www.dw.com)
Sinti and Roma people from across Europe gathered at the Holocaust memorial at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on Wednesday to remember the murder of an estimated 500,000 men, women and children by Nazi Germany during the Second World War....
Japanese universities losing battle with foreign rivals (www.dw.com)
US climate envoy Kerry visits China to restart climate talks (www.dw.com)
US climate envoy John Kerry arrived in China on Sunday to restart stalled talks between the world’s two biggest carbon emitters....
Afghanistan's Embassy in India ceases operations (www.dw.com)
New Delhi does not recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, who took power in 2021. The announcement comes amid reports the ambassador and other senior diplomats left India in recent months and sought asylum elsewhere.
Romania: War edges closer to NATO's border (www.dw.com)
Early on Monday morning, barge pilots and workers on the Romanian side of the river opposite the Ukrainian Danube port of Reni stared in disbelief at the skies, filming a swarm of approaching drones on their smartphones....
How Russia drafts migrants to fight in Ukraine (www.dw.com)
Russia needs soldiers, and its authorities are increasingly turning to migrants to fill the military’s ranks. Guest workers from Central Asian countries are often rounded up on the street, taken to recruitment offices and pressured into signing contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry. This process can involve threats and...
Romania: Consternation at state's response to Russian drone – DW – 09/08/2023 (www.dw.com)
Russia has been bombarding Ukraine's Danube River ports close to the Romanian border since late July. Why did Romania first deny and later confirm that a Russian drone had landed on its territory earlier this week?...
Is conservative Islam gaining ground in secular Kosovo? (www.dw.com)
There have been a number of attacks on journalists in Kosovo in recent years. Now, conservative Muslims in the southern Kosovar city of Prizren are agitating against a news portal and a journalist.
Council of Europe votes to recognize Holodomor as genocide (www.dw.com)
French minister says decoupling from China unrealistic (www.dw.com)
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Saturday cast doubt on the possibility that Western countries could ever break with China economically in a bid to avoid over-dependence on a single trading partner and mitigate national security risks....