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ASIA A DAY AGO Analysis: General election voting ends, will India get to see PM Modi 3.0? Nearly to 970 million voters were eligible to vote in the six-weeks long general elections in India to determine the next Prime Minister of the country. A Mariyam Alavi MARIYAM ALAVI FILE PHOTO: India's PM Modi addresses supporters in New Delhi / Photo: Reuters REUTERS FILE PHOTO: India's PM Modi...

OPINION 2 DAYS AGO What Trump's conviction will and won't mean for the upcoming US elections The vast majority of American voters have already made up their minds about who should be the next president. But what happens in November still remains to be seen. Aaron Dusso is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University-Indianapolis. Dr. Dusso specializes...

MIDDLE EAST AN HOUR AGO Live blog: Germany’s Scholz urges Netanyahu to improve Gaza situation Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 240th day, has killed at least 36,439 Palestinians — 71 percent of them women, children and infants — and wounded 82,627, officials say. Palestinians walk among the rubble of destroyed buildings as they return home after Israeli forces withdraw from Jabalia,...

ASIA 5 HOURS AGO Maldives to ban Israelis to protest Tel Aviv's war on Gaza The Maldives had lifted a previous ban on Israeli tourists in the early 1990s and moved to restore relations in 2010. A Maldives national flag flutters as pigeons fly past during the morning in Male. / Photo: Reuters REUTERS A Maldives national flag flutters as pigeons fly past during the...

TURKIYE 5 HOURS AGO Turkish photojournalist faces police violence in New York Footage taken by another journalist shows Aktas being forcefully shoved by a police officer while attempting to photograph the protests, causing him to fall hard to the ground. Fatih Aktas experienced police brutality as he was trying to capture images of the New York Police Department’s violent response to the protesters....

Back to homepage / Asia / Pacific Top Indian opposition leader returns to jail, vows to fight ‘dictatorship’ as Modi eyes victory A top opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday to keep fighting "dictatorship" before he returned to jail Sunday, following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for the Hindu-nationalist leader. Issued on: 02/06/2024 - 16:14 3 min Arvind...

Back to homepage / Americas Trump warns prison time could be 'breaking point' for American public Donald Trump has suggested that sending him to prison could prove a "breaking point" for his supporters -- a warning that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5. Issued on: 02/06/2024 - 22:21 3 min Former US President Donald Trump attends...

Back to homepage / Middle East Israel battles Hamas as mediators call on both to accept Gaza truce plan Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip and battled Hamas Sunday as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. Issued on: 02/06/2024 - 11:35 Modified: 02/06/2024 - 21:14 6 min A Palestinian man salvages items...

The Prime Minister receives the ministers concerned with municipal affairs in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries 2:00 AM, Friday, May 31, 2024 Doha - Qena: Yesterday, His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received participants in the 27th meeting of the Committee of Their Excellencies and Excellencies the Ministers concerned with municipal...

30 May, 2024 14:48 HomeRussia & FSU Dmitry Suslov: It’s time for Russia to think about a ‘demonstrative’ nuclear test The US-led bloc has lost its fear of the mushroom cloud, but seeing one would perhaps focus some minds By Dmitry Suslov, member of the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, deputy director of World Economy and International Politics at Moscow’s Higher...

Crops, Drugs, Votes: India’s breadbasket votes as grand election comes to a close Punjabis are disillusioned with politicians and their inability to act on the long-running crop pricing demand or the drug epidemic. This is a problem for Modi’s BJP on the last day of the Indian election Crops, Drugs, Votes: India’s breadbasket votes as grand election comes to a close Farmers...

CONFLICTSGERMANY German government sued over weapons sold to Israel 17 hours ago17 hours ago Human rights lawyer Alexander Schwarz told DW there was "reasonable grounds to believe" Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza with the kind of weapons it is getting from Germany. https://p.dw.com/p/4gShE Human rights lawyer Alexander Schwarz stand behind a DW microphone Schwarz told DW his organization was planning another lawsuit over...

POLITICSIRAN Syria's Assad offers condolences in Iran after Raisi death 15 hours ago15 hours ago Syrian President Bashar Assad has met Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei soon after the sudden death of President Ebrahim Raisi. His visit comes as Iran gears up to choose Raisi's successor. https://p.dw.com/p/4gT0x Bashar Assad and Ali Khamenei sit next to a portrait of Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on May 30 Iran...

CONFLICTSUKRAINE Germany pledges €500 million in arms support for Ukraine 14 hours ago14 hours ago German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new arms package for Ukraine focusing on air defense and including 1 million rounds of small arms ammunition. https://p.dw.com/p/4gTAg A IRIS-T SLM system. Undated archive image. Germany has pledged more ammunition for Ukrainian air defense systems Image: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/picture alliance German Defence Minister Boris...