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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76293520_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5CBKr Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is travelling to Saudi Arabia, along with Qatar and Turkey [FILE: December 12, 2025]Image: Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/REUTERS Pakistan has secured $3 billion (€2.54 billion) funding from Saudi Arabia to help shore up its foreign exchange reserves ahead of a major debt repayment to the United Arab Emirates…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76775166_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5CBD7 Police described the shooting as an isolated incident and confirmed that the school has been securedImage: Sukru Dolas/REUTERS A teenage attacker opened fire inside a vocational high school in Siverek, in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province, before taking his own life with the same shotgun, local authorities said. The attacker was identified as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76784002_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5CB1r Critics say data centers could strain local power systems, raise household electricity bills, and consume large amounts of land and water [FILE PHOTO: January 13, 2026]Image: Mike Stewart/AP Photo/picture alliance Maine became the first state in the US on Tuesday to call for a temporary halt to the construction of large…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76783828_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5CB0O Renault is planning to launch 36 new models in the next five yearsImage: Francois Greuez/SIPA/picture alliance French carmaker Renault has said it plans to reduce its number of engineers by 15 to 20% percent in the coming two years. This means that up to 2,400 of the current 11,000 to 12,000…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/75693343_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5CAfC Spain’s government says the move will tackle the shadow economy and increase tax revenues, among other thingsImage: Luis Soto/ZUMA/IMAGO Spain‘s left-leaning government on Tuesday finalized its plan for an amnesty measure that could pave the way for hundreds of thousands of unauthorized migrants to apply for legal temporary residence permits.  Prime…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76761143_6.jpg”] How Hungary’s election weakens strongmen in Eastern Europe https://p.dw.com/p/5CAtL The Hungarian opposition’s win against Viktor Orban  may not only pause the anti-democratic turn domestically. It will likely shore up fragile democracies across Eastern Europe. Slovakia, Bosnia, and Kosovo all stand to benefit, while increasingly autocratic, pro-Russian countries such as Serbia lose an ally. The European Union also stands to win. It’s often sole spoiler on issues such as Ukrainian security might  be more willing to work with the other member states.  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The Hungarian opposition’s win against Viktor Orban  may not only pause the anti-democratic turn domestically.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76730333_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5CAqd Hundreds of flights were canceled on Monday, with the major hubs of Frankfurt and Munich hit hardest, in the fourth strike of 2026 at the airlineImage: Hannes P Albert/dpa/picture alliance Pilots with Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa have announced plans to once again go on strike on Thursday and Friday, after a 48-hour strike…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76782881_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5CAYt Over the weekend, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the prime minister’s headquarters to protest Lebanon talking to Israel Image: Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/picture alliance According to some conservative commentators, the Israeli attack on Lebanon last week, which left over 300 people dead and more than 2,000 injured, actually disrupted a potentially…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/75530427_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5CAQd A memorial to mark lives lost during the Bondi Beach mass shooting during a Hanukkah event in 2025 in Sydney, AustraliaImage: Jeremy Piper/REUTERS The number of people murdered as a result of antisemitic violence in Western countries reached a record high in 2025, according to figures compiled by Tel Aviv University.  The new report, published ahead of Israel’s Holocaust…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://static.dw.com/image/76780871_6.jpg”] https://p.dw.com/p/5C9wG All of Sudan’s diesel comes from the Gulf region, and queues and crowds at filling stations have been commonplace this monthImage: Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua/picture alliance Aid officials gathered in Berlin for a conference on Sudan on Tuesday warned that the war in Iran and the wider Middle East has put even greater…