As the German city of Cologne evacuates some 20,000 people to defuse three World War II bombs, DW looks at the problem of ...

Buildings across the center of the western city of Cologne have been evacuated after the discovery of three WWII bombs. The ...

Russia's new "Global Fact-Checking Network" (GFCN) claims to fight fake news — but experts criticise it as propaganda in fact-checking clothes. Who's behind GFCN and why does it not meet global ...

The Netherlands is heading for a new election after far-right firebrand Geert Wilders' party quit the coalition over an ...

Left-wing opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has promised to "move forward" after coming out on top over conservative opponent ...

A German court has handed a life sentence to a Syrian man for crimes against humanity, including murder and torture. The man ...

On Italy's island of Sicily, Mount Etna has spewed lava almost continuously for thousands of years, threatening inhabitants, ...

A Nobel prize laureate, literary exile and conscience of a nation in the wake of Nazi rule, Thomas Mann remains a cultural icon 150 years since his birth.

Right-wing conservative historian and euroskeptic Karol Nawrocki has won the Polish presidential runoff by a whisker. The ...

Debate around the cost of climate change often focus on green policies being too expensive. But what will it cost to put off the action that needs to happen? A lot more.

Newly elected Polish President Karol Nawrocki is known as an EU skeptic. How can he sway Poland's EU policy, and how is he viewed in Brussels?

Saudi authorities will use drones, AI and other tech for safety at this year's Hajj pilgrimage. But this increases other risks — for data privacy, hackers and of turning a spiritual journey into a ...