- 22h ago
Angela Merkel urges Germans to defend democracy ahead of Saxony-Anhalt election
Former Chancellor Angela Merkel called on citizens to actively support democratic institutions as Alternative for Germany led polls ahead of the 6 September vote in Saxony-Anhalt.
- 2d ago
Poll gives AfD 40% lead ahead of Saxony-Anhalt regional election
A ZDF Politbarometer poll places the AfD at 40% ahead of the 6 September regional election in Saxony-Anhalt, seventeen points clear of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU.
- 3d ago
German President Steinmeier visits Gamescom as industry excludes AfD politicians
German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier opened the Gamescom congress in Cologne, where industry group Game excluded AfD figures and debated gaming regulations.
- 3d ago
Australian court grants parentage in rare case of surrogate delivering biologically unrelated twins
The Children's Court of Queensland has approved separate legal parentage for twins born to a surrogate mother after she conceived naturally while carrying another couple's IVF embryo.
- 5d ago
Thorsten Frei rejects Merz resignation speculation amid low approval ratings
CDU/CSU parliamentary leader Thorsten Frei dismissed talk of Chancellor Friedrich Merz resigning, while acknowledging weak polling numbers and pushing to pass federal pension reforms.
- 5d ago
US judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell bid to overturn 20-year prison sentence
A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by Ghislaine Maxwell, leaving her 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking in place.
- 6d ago
German cabinet sets autumn timetable for pension and tax reforms at retreat
Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his ministers concluded a two-day retreat in Brandenburg, committing to pass two-part pension legislation and tax reforms before the end of 2026.
- Aug 23
Putin attributes Tusk remarks on Nord Stream sabotage suspect to economic convenience
Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to Donald Tusk after the Polish prime minister defended a Ukrainian suspect detained in Croatia over the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blasts.
- Aug 23
Italy marks ten years since Amatrice earthquake as residents protest rebuilding delays
Ten years after the 2016 Central Italy earthquake killed 299 people, Italian leaders visited Amatrice while residents held an alternative mass in a container chapel to protest prolonged reconstruction delays.
- Aug 22
Friedrich Merz visits Hürtgenwald wildfire site and links disaster to climate change
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited emergency crews in Hürtgenwald following a wildfire that burned up to 400 hectares, facing resident protests over the timing of his arrival.
- Aug 21
Two teenagers die after 15-year-old crashes car carrying eight youths into truck near Nidda
A 15-year-old unlicensed driver and a 14-year-old girl died on Wednesday after a Mazda CX-5 carrying eight teenagers struck a roadwork trailer near Nidda in Hesse.
- Aug 20
Four European powers demand Israel scrap E1 West Bank settlement tender
Germany, France, the UK, and Italy issued a joint declaration demanding Israel cancel tenders for more than 1,200 housing units in the E1 corridor of the West Bank.
- Aug 20
French prosecutors open new investigation into convicted surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec over 50 offenses
Prosecutor Laetitia Mirande announced a judicial inquiry covering 40 sexual assaults and 10 rapes against 48 victims between 1987 and 2017.
- Aug 19
Israel opens criminal probe into the 2024 Gaza killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab
The Israeli military ordered a criminal investigation after admitting its forces fired on a family car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and shelled an arriving ambulance in Gaza City in January 2024.
- Aug 16
Admiral Cooper praises USS Lincoln crew amid reports of record deployment and mental health concerns
Admiral Brad Cooper visited the USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday, praising the crew's resilience after reports of mental health crises and supply shortages during a record-setting deployment of more than 240 days at sea without a port call.
- Aug 15
Tropical Storm Lala leaves over 111,000 without power and damages 100 homes in Hawaii
Tropical Storm Lala skirted south of Hawaii after bringing hurricane-force winds and over 43 inches of rain to the Big Island, damaging over 100 homes and causing one traffic fatality.
- Aug 14
Flores earthquake leaves 68 dead and 12,800 displaced across eastern Indonesia
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake off Flores Island in Indonesia killed at least 68 people, injured 213, and forced 12,800 residents into temporary camps as aftershocks continue.
- Aug 13
Germany commemorates 65th anniversary of Berlin Wall construction as Klöckner warns of persistent divisions
German leaders commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's construction at a ceremony on Bernauer Straße, with Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner warning that the Wall still persists in people's minds and Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer cautioning against trivializing the DDR dictatorship.
- Aug 12
Prosecutors investigate parents of drowned three-year-old Bella in Preetz
German prosecutors have opened a negligent homicide investigation against the parents of three-year-old Bella, who was found dead in a garden pool in Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein, after being reported missing last week.
- Aug 11
Five years of Taliban rule: women confined, humanitarian crisis deepens in Afghanistan
On the fifth anniversary of Kabul's fall, the Taliban celebrate in the capital while UN Women reports 52% of Afghan women leave home only twice a month or less and 47% of children are undernourished.
