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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76256983_6.jpg”] How Iran’s border closures are hitting traders in Pakistan https://p.dw.com/p/5CA3Z To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video [analyse_source url=”https://www.dw.com/en/how-irans-border-closures-are-hitting-traders-in-pakistan/video-76780277″]

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76776655_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C99k While the exact cause of the stampede is not entirely clear, it is confirmed that most of the victims died of suffocationImage: Ketlain Difficile/AP Photo/picture alliance Haiti entered a three-day period of mourning on Tuesday over a fatal stampede that left 25 people dead over the weekend at a historic mountaintop…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/75181543_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C8Pr Several South Koreans have been arrested in Cambodia, like the defendant’s son, for various crimes [FILE: Oct, 18, 2025]Image: Hwawon Ceci Lee/Anadolu/picture alliance A South Korean court has sentenced a 90-year-old woman to one year in jail for helping her jailed son launder drug proceeds, the Korea Herald reported. The son…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/75170470_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C7UV Ukrainian President Zelenskyy last visited Berlin in December 2025 for this meeting with German Chancellor MerzImage: Maryam Majd/AP Photo/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Europe had to be involved in any peace deal the US and Russia make…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76770800_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C7di Begona Gomez (left) is currently on a visit to China alongside her husband (center)Image: Andres Martinez Casares/REUTERS Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’ wife, Begona Gomez, has been formally charged with corruption, following a years-long criminal investigation into charges she and her husband deny. Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, who has been investigating…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/64871198_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C7L5 Authorities say the herd of ‘cocaine hippos’ first brought in by drug lord Pablo Escobar are an invasive species.Image: Juancho Torres/AA/picture alliance The Colombian government authorized plans on Monday to cull up to 80 free-roaming hippopotamuses that scientists say are threatening local communities and ecosystems. The animals displace native species and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76770086_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C7Rj Carney, a political outsider, took office last year replacing Justin Trudeau as prime minister [FILE PHOTO: April 11, 2026]Image: Andrej Ivanov/AFP Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a parliamentary majority late on Monday after his Liberal Party won two key by-elections in Toronto. In Toronto, Liberal candidate Danielle Martin won the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/66567119_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C7Ri Evergrande’s rise was propelled by decades of rapid urbanization and rising living standards [FILE: Sept26, 2021]Image: Aly Song/REUTERS The founder of China’s Evergrande Group, the most indebted property developer in the world, has pleaded guilty to charges including fraud and bribery, a Chinese court in the southern city of Shenzhen has…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76769868_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C7L6 The Strait of Hormuz has become a focal point in the Iran warImage: NASA/The Visible Earth/dpa/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Iran’s ambassador to the UN has said the US blockade of Iranian ports violates international maritime law US President Donald Trump…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76479843_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C7Fk Romuald Wadagni has won Benin’s presidential election in a restricted field of candidates [FILE: October 2025]Image: Yanick Folly/AFP/Getty Images Benin‘s Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni has won Sunday’s presidential election in a landslide victory with 94% of the vote. That’s according to preliminary results based on more than 90% of counted votes, the…