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The AfD won the election in the eastern German state by a wide margin.

Ratko Mladic’s funeral in Belgrade, attended by Serbian and Bosnian Serb leaders, has deepened regional tensions and could affect the upcoming election in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) could help the Alternative for Germany (AfD) into power in Saxony-Anhalt.

The Afghan women's national football team has finally been officially recognized by FIFA.

The PISA 2025 results reveal record-low student performance, with digital distractions and AI use raising concerns.

A team from a small southwestern German town of just 7,000 inhabitants made history by sealing promotion to become the 59th club to play in the Bundesliga.

Spain's football federation is set to join a handful of clubs in paying for female players to freeze their eggs.

As his latest movie, "Bucking Fastard," premiered at the Venice Film Festival, DW talked to the boundary-breaking director.

Germany has asked the International Court of Justice to dismiss the case on jurisdiction grounds.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the Saxony-Anhalt state election but without an absolute majority in parliament.

Following its record election success, the far-right Alternative for Germany aims to form a government.

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide in Srebrenica, has been buried in Belgrade.

A visibly shaken but also determined Friedrich Merz spoke in Berlin about the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt and the CDU's bitter defeat.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, seeking to revive efforts to end the war.

With well over 40% for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Saxony-Anhalt has witnessed a landmark election night.

False and misleading claims are raising questions about the integrity of the election in Saxony-Anhalt.

The state election could have major consequences for Germany's government.

The AfD has emerged as the strongest party in Germany's eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt by a wide margin.

Germany has high-security labs while Kosovo has Hyalomma ticks and experience with the deadly Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

Several German cities will receive rapidly deployable units capable of defending against drone strikes on critical infrastructure, according to Bild am Sonntag newspaper.

Hungary's new prime minister promised he would recover billions stolen or diverted by the previous administration.

The Zagreb demonstrators demanded that the government come up with a plan to clear illegal toxic waste in 20 days.

Migration is a sensitive topic in Germany, with public debate dominated by the fear of uncontrolled immigration.

Ahead of Saxony-Anhalt's state election on Sunday, a democracy festival by civil society groups has been held in Magdeburg.

Detention centers for deportation, mandatory work for asylum-seekers, vigilante groups — the AfD wants to drastically overhaul Saxony-Anhalt.

Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech has been found not guilty of complicity to murder journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The far-right AfD has good odds of winning an absolute majority in Saxony-Anhalt's parliament this state election, enabling them to govern alone.

As data centers multiply to meet AI demand, they're straining power grids, draining water supplies and reshaping the land and air around them.

As the Serbian government leaves the decision about Ratko Mladic's funeral arrangements to his family, international pressure on the country is mounting.

Germany's far-right AfD party has long claimed that the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt has been left behind.

North Korea's young footballers enter the U-20 World Cup in Poland as defending champions — the 2024 title was their third.

The motto of this year's classical music festival in Bonn is "Home/At Home," featuring musicians from diverse cultures presenting pieces from their homelands.

The struggling German carmaker plans to cut up to 100,000 jobs from its 630,000-strong workforce.

Authorities in Norway have seized a Russian ship, the Professor Molchanov, on a court order sought and obtained by Naftogaz in Ukraine.

Despite a slew of negative headlines, the German economy has posted its best figures in years.

French President Emmanuel Macron is on a shorter-term visit to the UK than the renowned on-loan 11th century tapestry.

Austria are getting ready for their first Women's Ice Hockey World Championship.

The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the attempted attack had "all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism."

Nicole Anyomi has joined Alexia Putellas and other star names in signing for the ambitious English club London City Lionesses.

Any escalation in the Baltic region will lead to a significant response, Moscow said.

Rising temperatures are increasing the risk of floods and avalanches in mountain regions.

John Ternus is just the third Apple CEO in 30 years.

With works about Gaza, Ukraine and Elon Musk, political cinema is in the spotlight at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.

Canada is facing new US import penalties after Prime Minister Mark Carney refused to match US tariffs on China.

A quiet multimillion‑dollar black market is exploding across the Indian Ocean, driven by one unlikely animal: the sea cucumber.

Novak Djokovic has exited in the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time in over two decades.

The EU wants to lift a decades-old ban on spraying pesticides from the air, allowing drones to be used for greater precision.

She's young and she says what she thinks: Caroline Wahl is topping Germany's bestseller lists with her novels.

The Bronze Age collapse may have started with a water crisis.

The prestigious German cultural award recognizes the artistic work and commitment to cultural dialogue of Arvo Pärt, Anita Raja and Prodromos Tsinikoris.