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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76362314_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5APMD The flag was lowered lowered when Caracas severed ties after the US refused to recognize Maduro’s disputed 2018 re-electionImage: Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo/picture alliance Staff at the United States embassy in Venezuela raised their national flag for the first time since a 2019 breakdown in diplomatic relations. Relations between the two countries…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76356644_6.jpg”] Iran’s oil hub on Khargh island hit by US overnight strikes https://p.dw.com/p/5APDB The war in the Middle East has entered its third week with a major escalation by US forces. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes against Iran’s critical oil terminal on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, claiming that the island’s military…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/62684073_6.jpg”] What we know about Iran’s nuclear program https://p.dw.com/p/5APBw The reason for starting the attacks on Iran  was to stop it from building a nuclear bomb — or so we were told by the US and Israel. This after previous attacks in summer last year, when US President Donald Trump had told the world…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76361335_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AP9a Kolesnikova was physically handed the Charlemagne Prize nearly four years after being awarded it in absentiaImage: Thomas Banneyer/dpa/picture alliance Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova was personally handed the Charlemagne Prize on Saturday after having been awarded it in absentia in May 2022. The ceremony was held in the western city of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76359505_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AOei Debris from one of the downed drones reportedly hit a residential house in Pakistan’s QuettaImage: Naseer Ahmed/REUTERS Pakistan said on Saturday that it shot down a number of drones fired by the Taliban in Afghanistan amid an ongoing war between the neighboring countries. Some of the drones targeted Pakistan’s military headquarters…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76358465_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AOLz Police have CCTV footage showing a suspect placing an explosive device at the scene, the mayor saidImage: Michel van Bergen/ANP/picture alliance A Jewish school in Amsterdam was hit by an explosion early on Saturday in what the city’s mayor called “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community.” No injuries were reported…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76360057_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5ANyX West Bengal is one of the Indian states where Modi’s BJP have not been able to dominate the political sceneImage: Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Two Indian nationals were killed by drone strikes in Oman, India’s Foreign Ministry has said…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/75381551_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5AO4Z North Korea frequently ramps up its own military actions during US-South Korean drills [FILE: January 4, 2026]Image: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images North Korea fired around 10 ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. Seoul’s military detected “around ten unidentified ballistic missiles launched from…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76355747_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5ANnc Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has remained unflappable in the face of relentless attacks by US President Donald Trump and his Department of JusticeImage: Saul Loeb/AFP US Federal Judge James Boasberg on Friday slammed the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) investigation into purported cost overruns at the US Federal Reserve as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76355639_6.jpg”] Germany’s Merz criticizes US oil sanctions move https://p.dw.com/p/5ANb1 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/germanys-merz-criticizes-us-oil-sanctions-move/video-76355667″]