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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76965583_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JVaF Mladic was dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [FILE: June 8, 2021]Image: Jerry Lampen/REUTERS Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for war crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war has died, a United Nations official said.  Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78155253_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JOcT The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is leading strongly in the polls and hopes to form a state government for the first timeImage: M. Gränzdörfer/Agentur Matthias Wehnert/IMAGO The Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 could make history. For the first time, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could become the strongest party…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/63323822_6.jpg”] Will Elon Musk give Ukraine Starlink’s eyes over Russia? https://p.dw.com/p/5JThE Despite Elon Musk‘s polarizing reputation and controversial involvement in US politics, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded him the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine’s highest honors. The reason is Starlink, Musk’s satellite internetnetwork, which has become vital to Ukraine’s defense against Russia.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78521468_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JSkq Khalid Shiekh Mohammed in US detention in 2017Image: AP Photo/picture alliance Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the terror attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, has been given a trial date. Mohammed was captured in 2003 and has spent nearly 20 years in detention at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. A…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78518329_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JSCL Police in Caen are investigating whether the incident was intentional [File photo: April 2025]Image: Sébastien Dupuy/AFP A person drove a car into a crowd in the northwestern French city of Caen on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring about a dozen others, firefighters and police said, according to the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78284700_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JQzi As temperatures climbed past 40 degrees Celsius across southern Europe this summer, scientists say such extreme heat is increasing due to human-caused climate changeImage: Tiziana Fabi/AFP As a summer of European extreme heat draws to a close, politicians are looking back at the toll. Germany recordedaround 14,000 heat-related deaths, almost two-thirds in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78514912_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JRK5 Tim Curry had a stroke around 10 years ago and suffered severe health issues ever since [FILE: August 2016]Image: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Photo/picture alliance Actor Tim Curry died at the age of 80, Variety, TMZ and other celebrity news outlets reported on Wednesday.  A cause of death was not immediately given but…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78399283_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JQZU Anopheles mosquitoes are most active between dusk and dawn, which can make bites easy to missImage: Roger Eritja/Visually/picture alliance At least one Frankfurt Airport employee has died after contracting malaria in an outbreak believed to have been caused by an infected mosquito brought into Germany on an aircraft. Germany’s DPA news agency…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78509208_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JPgT Ratcliffe had also served as national intelligence chief during Trump’s first administration [FILE: April 2026]Image: Bonnie Cash/UPI Photo/Newscom/picture alliance The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that US foreign intelligence chief John Ratcliffe had held a series of high-level talks the previous day in Moscow, but denied reports that he had spoken with…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78508615_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JOsy Dozens of people were left missing after the incidentImage: Prabin Ranabhat/AFP Several people were confirmed dead and hundreds more are missing after a flash flood swept through remote valleys in Nepal and Tibet on Wedensday. The floodwaters washed away villages, damaged bridges and destroyed electrical infrastructure on both sides of the…