US President Donald Trump has appointed Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia as the new design chief for online government services. Many US public service websites are seen as difficult to use and outmoded.

In 2019, the Bundestag voted to create a memorial for the victims of communism. Progress on the project has stalled, but there are now plans to move forward.

The IAEA has repeatedly warned of the dangers of fighting around nuclear plants in Ukraine and Russia. Meanwhile, Ukraine is celebrating its Independence Day on Sunday. DW has more.

Germany is spending billions to modernize and expand its Bundeswehr, with the Army playing a central role its chief warns it may face conflict before it's fully ready. Follow DW for more.

Despite Finland's warnings that Russia could invade Scandinavia and the Baltic states, Estonians don't want to live in fear — even if some are preparing themselves for the worst.

France aims to more than double the country's reservists amid a broader push to boost military capabilities. Many fear that Russian aggression could spread beyond Ukraine.

Tensions on the Korean peninsula have been heightened in recent days, amid joint US-South Korean military drills and an imminent summit between the South Korean and US presidents.

Bayern Munich opened the new Bundesliga season in style while the chasing pack all faltered. But a new broadcast rights deal with content creators threatens to pit the country's fan culture against a new type of fan.

The West African country has seen an uptick in attacks this year, as well as counter-insurgency operations.

Shut for decades, the revered Le Colisee cinema in Beirut's Hamra district will reopen its doors in September. Its return is a sign of Lebanon's capacity to start anew despite ongoing political and economic crises.

Shut for decades, the revered Le Colisee cinema in Beirut's Hamra district will reopen its doors in September. Its return is a sign of Lebanon's capacity to start anew despite ongoing political and economic crises.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was one of more than 200 people sent to El Salvador's CECOT prison as part of Donald Trump's crackdown on undocumented migrants. Now he's facing a second deportation.

Syria's new Islamist government has said security concerns in three provinces mean citizens won't cast ballots when the rest of the country votes in September. Seats will be vacant until it is "safe" to have elections.

Security forces are brutalizing demonstrators in Serbia, with criminal gangs also said to be involved. Could escalating violence put the country's EU candidacy at risk?

The relationship between Azerbaijan and Russia has soured since December 2024. Other former Soviet states are also distancing themselves from Moscow, developing closer ties with other countries like the US and China.

The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform, putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.

The renaming of a Berlin boulevard to Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse, after Germany's first Africa-born scholar, has finally happened despite a last-ditch legal attempt to stop it.

The renaming of a Berlin boulevard to Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse, after Germany's first Africa-born scholar, has finally happened despite a last-ditch legal attempt to stop it.

Can you change the minds of pro-Russian conspiracy theorists? Czech director Robin Kvapil tried, driving three of them to Ukraine and filming the outcome. The resulting documentary has proved controversial.

Billion-dollar weather disasters in the US have surged fivefold since the 1980s. As climate change fuels more destructive hurricanes, homeowners are adapting to avoid the cost of having to rebuild.