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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/73817291_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5Bw5u Expressed as a share of its overall economic clout, the US is now the least generous aid provider in the 34-member Development Assistance Commitee, according to OECD dataImage: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images International development aid fell by 23% in real terms in 2025 to the lowest levels since 2015, the Organization for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76549807_6.jpg”] Ceasefire at risk over Israel’s attacks in Lebanon https://p.dw.com/p/5Bw8R Uncertainty surrounds shipping through the Strait of Hormuz  after a fragile Iran–US ceasefire  faltered. The two‑week truce aimed to reopen the vital waterway, briefly allowing some vessels to pass. But renewed Israeli strikes on Iran‑backed Hezbollah in Lebanon stalled progress. Iranian media say traffic…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76726966_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5Bw2Y Memorial’s lawyers were barred from attending the Russian Supreme Court’s closed-door hearingImage: Anastasia Barashkova/REUTERS Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared the Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group Memorial an “extremist” organization and ordered an immediate ban on all of the group’s activities in Russia under threat of criminal penalty. The move is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76704938_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BmpS Serbian military police officers stand guard near vehicles as explosive materials are reported to be found close to a gas pipeline connecting Serbia and Hungary.Image: Ministry of Defence Republic of Serbia/Handout/Anadolu/picture alliance During Easter, Serbian officials discovered two backpacks containing bombs and detonators near a key gas pipeline that transports Russian gas…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76717327_6.jpg”] Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill, injure hundreds https://p.dw.com/p/5BvmV Rescuers searched for survivors after the heaviest wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon  since the current fighting with Hezbollah  began. Israel says it hit more than 100 Hezbollah sites within minutes, killing hundreds and wounding many more. Evacuation warnings were issued in some areas,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76721366_6.jpg”] Is the Iran truce already unraveling? https://p.dw.com/p/5BvSH Contradictions and mixed messaging have sparked questions and concern over the viability of the truce between Iran and the USA and Israel. So is this a deal that’s destined to last or is it already falling apart? DW talks to Natasha Hall, Associate Fellow with the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76719875_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BuHP After the typical weather-enduced winter lull, dinghies were picking up people off France’s northern coast again this week, in this case in Dunkirk on April 8Image: Gareth Fuller/empics/picture alliance Four people died off France‘s northern coast trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat early on Thursday morning.  The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76716819_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BtmN The 10-day Artemis II mission is almost complete Image: NASA/Handout/REUTERS The four astronauts aboard theArtemis II mission’s Orion spacecraft spoke to the press from space for the first time since completing a lunar flyby that took them a record distance from earth. After becoming the first humans to directly observe the far-side…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76689303_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BtOu A new law introduced last week has failed to curb rising prices [FILE: April 6, 2026]Image: Michael Kuenne/PRESSCOV/ZUMA/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Petrol prices in Germany have risen by around 11 cents per liter since the end of March The spike…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76715640_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5BtKp Regional elections are a major test for Prime Minister Modi’s BJP partyImage: Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Regiona elections are underway in Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry  Bangladesh’s foreign minister has asked India to extradite fugitive and former PM Sheikh Hasina Here’s…