"African human skull, early 20th century, 2,000 euros." Adverts like this can be seen on social media. The trade is legal in ...

The military alliance's procurement agency is under scrutiny for deals on arms and munitions. In a sector with notoriously patchy oversight, defense boom corruption risks are very real.

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer, his office said on Sunday.

With just four seats left to assign, the center-right Democratic Alliance had secured a 32.7% share of the vote, which means ...

Sunday's runoff pitted George Simion, the leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, against pro-EU Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan. Follow DW for the latest.

The EU and UK are working towards a level of cooperation not seen since Brexit, with new agreements on fisheries, trade and security. Deals were agreed as British PM Starmer hosts EU leaders in London ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to make the Bundeswehr the "strongest conventional army in Europe." Other EU countries also have ambitious plans for their armed forces. DW takes a closer look.

An internal survey about extremist attitudes in the German military now found that it does not have "systemic" extremism in the ranks. But some researchers are skeptical of the safeguards in place.

The nationalist Alternative for Germany is shunned by other parties domestically. But elsewhere in Europe far-right parties are on the rise and some have made it into in government.

Cognac is considered by many to be the best brandy in the world. But those who make it are under pressure from Chinese and US duties, as well as global warming — all of which are forcing them to ...

Pope Leo XIV has met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy also met with US Vice President JD Vance ahead of talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir ...