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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78471350_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JFz2 Nigerian authorities are battling several extremist groups on multiple fronts [FILE: July 31, 2026]Image: AFP Extremists attacked and abducted a number of worshipers in Nigeria’s Niger State, authorities said on Saturday. Police said the armed men attacked the villages, including Gidan-Zana and Kpenya, before storming the latter village’s mosque during Friday…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76852330_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JFIz Lightning finished the 21-km Beijing half-marathon in April with a time faster than the human world record [File: April 19, 2026]Image: Shi Gangze/VCG/IMAGO A Chinese humanoid robot finished a 100-meter practice race in just 9.32 seconds, beating the human world record, Chinese media reported on Saturday. That put the robot, called Lightning, at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78468632_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JFBa According to war observers, Myanmar’s military is increasingly targeting public buildingsImage: Ko Nway Oo/AP Photo/picture alliance At least 14 people were killed when a military airstrike hit a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region, an opposition group and local witnesses said Saturday. Friday’s attack, by the ruling military regime that seized power in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78438019_6.jpg”] Are the Iran and Ukraine crises morphing into a world war? https://p.dw.com/p/5JF1g The US has threatened to impose ‘the toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran in an effort to bring the war to an end. But so far, neither bombing nor economic pressure has made Tehran budge. And Russia seems just as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78467468_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JF1F The plane went down in the Velebit mountains, Croatia’s largest mountain rangeImage: Dalibor Brlek/Zoonar/picture alliance Two people were killed when a small aircraft registered in Germany crashed near Croatia’s coastal city of Zadar, local media reported on Saturday. Croatian police said the two-seater motor glider, which can fly with a small engine or…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78060025_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JEgf US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has increasingly restricted press access to the Pentagon since taking office last year [FILE: Jul 21, 2026]Image: Eric Lee/REUTERS The US Pentagon has sacked the editor, publisher and a reporter of military newspaper Stars and Stripes after they publicly objected to potential editorial interference, they said…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/77055592_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JEdw Beyond the fine, the Justice Department did not specify any action against TikTok [FILE: March 23, 2026]Image: Rüdiger Wölk/IMAGO TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance agreed on Friday to pay $400 million (roughly €342 million) to resolve allegations by the US Justice Department that the platform violated children’s online privacy laws. “Under…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78465252_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JEAw Some signs of the show’s popularity in Ukraine could even be seen in the ruins of homes damaged by the 2022 Russian invasion [FILE: March 2022] Image: Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo/picture alliance Ukrainian Culture Minister Tetyana Berezhna on Friday said Kyiv had imposed sanctions on the “producers and distributors” of the Russian children’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78462971_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5JDmH The thought might not be uppermost in your mind when the time comes, but condoms sold in the EU and European Economic Area should always carry the CE marking on the packaging showing they have passed relevant safety and standards checksImage: Robin Utrecht/ROBIN UTRECHT/picture alliance France‘s anti-fraud and health agencies issued…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/78437264_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5J6cC The price of food-grade wheat has declined by 30 to 35% in UkraineImage: Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/ABACA/picture alliance Russian attacks on civilian ships have effectively brought the ports in the greater region of Odesa to a standstill. Until recently, they handled about 90% of Ukraine’s agricultural exports. The Ukrainian government has been working…