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  • AFCON: Senegal stripped of title, Morocco crowned champions

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76117185_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AZtC Morocco have been crowned African champions after Senegal were declared to have “forfeited” a dramatic AFCON finalImage: Thor Wegner/DeFodi Images/picture alliance Senegal were sensationally stripped of their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title on Tuesday night and tournament hosts Morocco crowned champions instead, two months after African football’s showpiece event concluded with…

  • Senior US intelligence official resigns over Iran war

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76399109_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AZla Joe Kent claims Israel and Jewish-American media bosses are misleading President Donald Trump on Iran [FILE: Decembder 2025]Image: Bonnie Cash/UPI Photo/Newscom/picture alliance Joe Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), resigned from his post Tuesday, citing President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran as the reason.…

  • Are the US and Israel waging a war on Iran’s terms?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76376380_6.jpg”] Are the US and Israel waging a war on Iran’s terms? https://p.dw.com/p/5AZmO What if your enemy could beat you without winning a single battle? Picture a war where $30,000 drones force million‑dollar intercepts; where a handful of naval drones and fast boats can threaten the global oil supply; and where proxy militias, cyberattacks and disinformation…

  • Patrice Lumumba, independence fighter

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/62030674_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AZRk After Patrice Lumumba was killed, his body was dissolved in acid and was never foundImage: Everett Collection/picture alliance A Brussels court on Tuesday ruled that Etienne Davignon, a 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat, must stand trial over war crimes linked to the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Democratic…

  • How will the UAE respond to Iran’s drone attack?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76359853_6.jpg”] How will the UAE respond to Iran’s drone attack? https://p.dw.com/p/5AZS0 In an exclusive DW interview, the top diplomat from the United Arab Emirates in Germany, Ahmed Alattar, discusses what comes next after Iranian drone and missile attacks disrupted key infrastructure in the Gulf state. He says UAE air defenses remain effective and condemns the…

  • Italy’s Catholic abuse survivors demand end to cover-up

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76400757_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AZ8q Despite the jail term, Becciu was a free man pending an appeals process even before Tuesday’s partial mistrial ruling [FILE: September 2025]Image: Gregorio Borgia/AP Photo/picture alliance A Vatican appeals court on Tuesday declared a partial mistrial in the case that led to a jail sentence against a senior Catholic cardinal for…

  • How the Iran war is hurting Ukraine’s chances at peace

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76398882_6.jpg”] How the Iran war is hurting Ukraine’s chances at peace https://p.dw.com/p/5AYBP Latvia’s Defense Minister Andris Spruds says NATO must not lose focus on Ukraine as conflict in the Middle East intensifies. While backing cooperation with the US, he stresses the Iran strikes are not a NATO mission. Spruds warns that shifting resources…

  • In Northern Ireland, Belfast’s murals tell a new story

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76396933_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AYHW Gerry Adams was the leader of Sinn Fein, formerly the IRA’s political wingImage: Aaron Chown/PA Wire/dpa/picture alliance Gerry Adams, probably Northern Ireland‘s most prominent Republican politician during the internal conflict with the UK known as “the Troubles,” testified in London’s High Court on Tuesday, accused by victims of being ultimately responsible…

  • How this small German village got dirt-cheap energy prices

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/62890664_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AY0Q The residents of Feldheim have cheap energy and are largely insulated from global oil and gas price shocksImage: DW For many people, the arrival of an electricity bill might be met with a degree of dread. But in the small German village of Feldheim residents barely give them a second thought.…

  • Iran wants World Cup games moved from US to Mexico

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/71990416_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AXjV Football is hugely popular in Iran, with the national team having qualified for each of the last 4 men’s World CupsImage: Vahid Salemi/AP/picture alliance Iran is pushing to move its 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup matches out of the US. Iran’s football chief, Mehdi Taj, said the country was in talks with…