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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76363240_6.jpg”] US calls on allies to help secure Strait of Hormuz https://p.dw.com/p/5AQfQ President Donald Trump is calling on allies to deal with the consequences of the US-Israeli war against Iran. The United Kingdom and France have sent troops to the region to protect the countries that are being hit by Iranian strikes. But…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76367315_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AQaK Zahra Ghanbari is the captain of the Iranian women’s football team and the all-time top goalscorerImage: Dave Hunt/AAP/dpa/picture alliance Iranian media said on Sunday that the captain of the women’s soccer team had rescinded her asylum application in Australia and would return to her home country. Zahra Ghanbari will head from…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76366740_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AQSJ The family of six were hit by Israeli fire, with two only children survivingImage: Ayman Nobani/dpa/picture alliance The Palestinian Red Crescent on Sunday said its teams recovered the bodies of two adults and two children from a car that Israeli soldiers shot at in the northern West Bank town of Tammun.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76366315_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AQKv Russia has reportedly recruited thousands of soldiers from Africa, Asia and the Middle EastImage: Monicah Mwangi/REUTERS Kenya’s Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi departed for Moscow on Sunday to press Russian authorities to end the recruitment of Kenyan citizens into the Russian military for the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has roped in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/75517979_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AQFm Robert Kyagulanyi, als known as Bobi Wine, alleges the outcome of the January 15 election was fraudulentImage: Thomas Mukoya/REUTERS Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Saturday that he had left the country “for critical engagements outside Uganda” two months after disputing the outcome of January 15 elections that saw President…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76311405_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AQ7G Portraits of President Sassou N’Guesso feature prominently in the capital, BrazzavilleImage: Roch Bouka/REUTERS Voters in the Republic of Congo are choosing a new leader on Sunday, with the incumbent, President Dennis Sassou N’Guesso, expected to win again after more than four decades in power in the oil-rich central African country. Three million people from…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76365096_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5APvm Voting in France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia began ahead of the mainland in EuropeImage: Delphine Mayeur/AFP/Getty Images Voters in France are going to the polls on Sunday in muncipal elections that are being considered as a final major gauge of political sentiment in the country ahead of a presidential vote…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76364288_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5APt5 Out of 864 candidates, only 65 are independent candidatesImage: Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images Polls opened in Vietnam on Sunday as millions of voters queued up to cast ballots to elect 500 members of the National Assembly from a list of candidates who mostly belong to the ruling Communist Party. Out of 864 candidates…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76367094_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5APk9 Iran and the US have both set out their opposing conditions to end the warImage: Atta Kenare/AFP Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Trump has said Iran is looking for a deal, but the terms were not good enough Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi said…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/73800266_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AMEo The BKA celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding this weekImage: Björn Trotzki/IMAGO Transparency and self-criticism were long taboo at Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). It wasn’t until 2007 that the agency, Germany’s central federal policy force, began to subject its own history to scrutiny. Anyone visiting the BKA’s website these…