Germany's Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkey's ambassador to Berlin over the arrests of human rights activists, including German citizen Peter Steudtner. The Foreign Ministry issued a sharply worded statement. Go to article
The EU executive has warned it will launch legal procedures and sanctions against Poland if controversial judicial reforms are passed. The EU said it views the reforms as an assault on judicial independence.
New reforms to Poland's judiciary would put it under more political influence. Waldemar Zurek, the spokesman for Poland's National Council of the Judiciary, told DW that the rule of law is under threat.
The parent company of "Die Welt" newspaper has filed a complaint with Turkey's top court over the detention of Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yucel. Yucel's detention is a source of tension between Berlin and Ankara.
A Thai court has found dozens of people guilty in the country's biggest ever human trafficking case, which began in 2015 after the discovery of 30 mass graves. The dead bodies are believed to be of Roghingya migrants.
The latest findings into the decades of abuse in the Regensburg Domspatzen Catholic boys choir implicate 49 church members. Victims described their time in the choir as like "a prison, hell and a concentration camp."
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said questions must be answered over the fatal shooting of a Sydney woman by Minneapolis police. The officer who fired the bullet has refused to speak to investigators.
German authorities are trying to find out if a 16-year-old who converted to Islam and disappeared from her home near Dresden last year is one of 20 women found in a tunnel in Iraq. She had been under investigation.
Until now, the consensus about Tyrannosaurus rex is that it could run at similar speeds to today's Olympians. A new study shows that the Cretaceous carnivore's bones would have buckled under the strain.
Seoul police are investigating how a North Korean defector who fled south ended up back in the North. Appearing tearful in a North Korean television interview, Lim-Ji-hyeon told viewers she had escaped a capitalist hell.
Astronomers in Puerto Rico have discovered unusual radio transmissions, apparently coming from a red dwarf star only 11 light-years away from Earth. The star, Ross 128, is not known to have planets.
The cost of the damage caused by street battles between protesters and police at the recent G20 summit in Hamburg may come in at about 12 million euros. Both sides still blame the other for the fighting.
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a second meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg in early July, according to reports. The White House has since confirmed the meeting.
As "Brexit ambassadors," William and Kate are visiting Germany with their children, George and Charlotte. Here's more on what makes the family so charming.
Four soldiers are challenging their dismissal for alleged sexual abuse and hazing in the Bundeswehr. The outcome of the case may put further pressure on Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen.
The Trump administration is "considering all options," including banning Venezuelan oil imports, officials said. The US is trying to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to abandon plans to rewrite the constitution.
Pooh Bear went missing on Chinese social media, most likely because he looks so much like one of the country's most powerful men - President Xi Jinping.
ECB chief Mario Draghi is expected to highlight the euro area's strengthening economy while underlining the need for caution as the bank inches toward ending its stimulus. But interest rates will not rise anytime soon.
Trump and the GOP’s bungled efforts to get rid of Obamacare would be comical, if they weren't deadly serious.
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Both the Spanish and English-language versions of the Puerto Rican artist's song have been dominating airwaves. Music streaming has helped the reggaeton hit gain worldwide popularity beyond its Latin roots.
France has overtaken the US and Britain to be ranked the country with the most non-military global influence. The annual Soft Power 30 index links polling and data to measure a country's global impact.
For the "Degenerate Art" exhibition sponsored by Hitler, the Nazis confiscated modern art from museums in 1937. The works were ridiculed before they were destroyed. The impact of the purges can be felt to this day.
And we're off! Really we are. OK, now we're off and running! After the first round of talks, the negotiators are finally ready to address the technical aspects of Brexit for the first time this week.
The Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania is Africa’s largest wildlife reserve and a World Natural Heritage site. But will it remain one? The government wants to build a dam there. Environmentalists are raising the alarm.
Seventy five years after an ill-fated cow-feeding mission, the mummified corpses of a couple have been found in Switzerland. As the glacier retreats further, more bodies could be uncovered.
Amsterdam-based fashion designer Nawed Elias wants to reclaim Afghan identity from terrorists. With his innovative designs, he wants to give the global image of Afghanistan a radical makeover.
In Ukraine, the Maidan spirit lives on in a pro-European society and cultural scene.
