Afghanistan's women: A national soccer team without a home
The Afghan women's national football team has finally been officially recognized by FIFA. Now the players want to make history both on and off the field.
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BSW and AfD – a political love-hate relationship in Germany
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) could help the Alternative for Germany (AfD) into power in Saxony-Anhalt. But the BSW is riddled with infighting
EU sports commissioner says FIFA is 'damaging to football'
Speaking to DW, EU Commissioner Glenn Micallef hit out at world football's governing body over its "poor governance."
The Bayeux Tapestry in London: What's behind the hype?
The exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum is eagerly anticipated across the UK, as the medieval masterpiece is considered by many to be a symbol of the country's identity.
The billion-euro trade driving Europe's eels to extinction
Traffickers are making big bucks smuggling millions of critically endangered eels across continents, using suitcases on planes and legal loopholes to deliver them to dinnerplates. Where are the smuggling hotspots?
LIV Golf in financial turmoil: What's next for the sport?
Six months after Saudi Arabia pulled funding from the breakaway organization, LIV Golf have filed for bankruptcy protection. Several of the world's best players signed on to LIV, so where does that leave golf?
Conspiracy theories can provide answers but not peace
Twenty-five years after 9/11, conspiracy theories about the terrorist attacks persist. But even as an attempt to make sense of a tragedy, psychologists say the benefit in conspiracy ideation or belief is short-lived.
Why we're still looking for dark matter
When physicists said they may have spotted evidence of dark matter almost 100 years after it was proposed as a theory, the internet lit up. Here's why we're searching for the thing that holds everything else together.
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How Belarusians still find hope in a silenced country
The documentary "Letters from the Silenced Country" depicts the ongoing repression under the authoritarian regime. Director Andrei Kutsila talked to DW ahead of the film's Venice premiere.
Oktoberfest 2026: Everything you need to know
This year, AI will be used to manage overcrowded situations. Find all the numbers surrounding the fest — including the price of water!
India: Are food safety rules too much to swallow?
Recent raids at India's luxury hotels and a wider crackdown on its food companies have renewed the debate about food safety standards and their enforcement in the country.
France’s Yellow Vests to return as fuel prices soar?
Eight years after fuel taxes helped spark the Yellow Vest movement, calls for a return to the streets are gathering momentum in France amid soaring energy prices. Recent days have seen fishermen blockading ports and oil terminals in protest at price hikes, but they are far from the only group feeling the squeeze.
Prized Aztec codex returns to Mexico on loan
A cherished 16th-century Mexican manuscript that tells the history of the Aztecs in pictograms went on display Thursday in Mexico City, nearly two centuries after it was whisked off to France. France's National Library, which has maintained possession of it for over a century, loaned it to Mexico to commemorate 200 years of relations between the two countries, although Mexico is pushing for its permanent return.
Who is Colombian businessman Alex Saab, ally and supposed testapron of Nicolás Maduro who pleaded guilty to money laundering in the US
The Colombian businessman, whom Maduro became Minister of Industry, pleaded guilty before a federal court in Florida in a case involving millions of Venezuelan public funds.
Why a new wave of North Korean soldiers could fight in Russia's war in Ukraine
North Korea will continue to send its soldiers to fight in Russia's war, but only as long as it remains profitable, writes BBC Quentin Sommerville.
Why is it concerned that the IA can threaten humanity and how real is that fear?
The calls to regulation of the IA increase as concerned researchers and managers issue disturbing warnings about the potential of this technology.
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Bab al-Mandeb Strait: Could the Houthis advances trigger a maritime crisis in the Red Sea?
About 12 per cent of world trade in oil by sea through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. As the Strait of Ormuz is heavily disrupted by the war, Iran's allies threaten to further disrupt world trade by closing this second crucial maritime route in the Middle East.
What do we know about the Geran-3, the new combat drones Russia uses against Ukraine that hit Kiev hard?
These new models can reach speeds of up to 480 km/h, faster than Ukrainian air defence interceptors.
What's the reason we get sleepy after lunch (and why having a coffee is not the best way to get scared)
The evening fall is due to the convergence of several different biological factors, and it is not exactly by eating heavy.
Hyrox apologizes for allowing the race to continue after an athlete's fecal accident
Some doubts were expressed about the hygiene measures put in place during this event, but the athlete was also praised for continuing the race to the end, despite the difficulties.