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WAFCON is thrilling fans but faces familiar problems

A year later than planned, the Women's Africa Cup of Nations is taking place in Morocco. The star players are impressing fans, but the familiar...

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Jonathan Harding

Angola: Mass protests over rising prices

Activists are calling for a stay-at-home strike as they prepare for the next protest over rising fuel and transport prices. Police used rubber...

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Antonio Cascais

EU-China trade tension on display ahead of Beijing summit

The summit was moved from Brussels to Beijing, then reduced to one day from two. As the European Union struggles to curb China's unfair trade...

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Nik Martin

Music industry faces censorship after Bob Vylan controversy

The UK punk duo who chanted "Death to the IDF" at Glastonbury festival are facing concert cancellations. Event organizers feel the pressure to...

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Stuart Braun

US drone war: Berlin not absolved of all responsibility

Germany's top court has decided that the US air base in Ramstein may be used for lethal drone strikes, but that Germany also has a duty to protect.

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Marcel Fürstenau

Berlin to change racist street name after legal battle

The renaming of a Berlin boulevard that has used a racist term to Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse, after Germany's first African-born scholar, highlights...

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Stuart Braun

Europe walks tightrope amid intensifying US-China rivalry

Can the EU still trust the US after President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat? And can it risk closer ties with China?

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Dang Yuan

Air India crash: Boeing aircraft in the spotlight

India and South Korea have ordered comprehensive checks of Boeing aircraft following the Ahmedabad crash which killed 260 people. A preliminary...

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Darko Janjevic

Germany's Constitutional Court becomes political football

The Bundestag was supposed to elect three new judges to Germany's highest court. But the vote was canceled due to a dispute over one of the...

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Marcel Fürstenau

West Bank: Deadly Israeli settler attack on Palestinians

Following two deaths after another settler attack in the West Bank, the victims' families said ambulances were prevented from helping the young...

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Tania Krämer

Muhammadu Buhari: A legacy of 'praise and pain'

Muhammadu Buhari died at 82 in a London clinic on July 13. The strongman-turned-democrat led Nigeria twice — as a military ruler from 1983 to 1985...

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Privilege Musvanhiri

Can Trump revoke Rosie O'Donnell's US citizenship?

In an escalating feud, the US-born actor has fired back at the president's threat to take away her citizenship. But could Trump even legally do it?

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Elizabeth Grenier

After huge US cuts, who pays for aid in the Middle East now?

For the first time in 30 years, in 2024, some of the world's biggest spenders on aid and development cut funding. Now aid organizations in the...

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Cathrin Schaer

Can debt-laden NATO members spend billions more on defense?

NATO members plan to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 — a "quantum leap," according to the military alliance's chief, Mark Rutte. But...

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Arthur Sullivan

Will nuclear powers help keep nukes out of Southeast Asia?

With uncertainty rising in Southeast Asia, some regional leaders are doubling down on the decades-old SEANWFZ treaty aimed to keep out nuclear...

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David Hutt

German Chancellor Merz goes into summer in crisis mode

Just over two months in power — and already facing a political crisis. Recently, Friedrich Merz's coalition has been thrown into turmoil. What does...

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Christoph Strack

Club World Cup final: A win for Chelsea, FIFA and Trump

A sensational display from Cole Palmer and Chelsea stunned Paris Saint-Germain, with a 3-0 win securing the Club World Cup title. FIFA boss Gianni...

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Matt Pearson

Bundestag boss wants rainbow flags out of German parliament

Bundestag President Julia Klöckner has said rainbow Pride flags must be removed from deputies' offices.

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Jens Thurau

Peace with PKK could boost Turkey's status in Middle East

After its four-decade insurgency against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party has symbolically laid down its arms. The historic...

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Elmas Topcu

Malaysia grapples with growing religious conservatism

There has been a surge in support for conservative Islamic policies, particularly among younger and more religious Malay voters.

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Murali Krishnan

Japan steps up earthquake, tsunami defenses amid quake swarm

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks.

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Julian Ryall

For France's far right, US ties demand careful balancing act

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally is eyeing the 2027 elections. But the party is wary of the fallout for France from the Trump...

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Elizabeth Bryant

Germany debates quota for immigrant students

Education Minister Karin Prien has proposed limiting the number of immigrant children in Germany's schools. This has been met with both approval...

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Oliver Pieper

Tunisia president's far-reaching clampdown targets opponents

Tunisian President Kais Saied enters his fifth year of authoritarian rule by sentencing politicians to lengthy jail terms. Is he taking aim at...

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Jennifer Holleis

Germany's business elite and the illusion of meritocracy

Germany sees itself as a meritocracy, meaning that, if you work hard, you can make it to the top. But — considering who generally sits in executive...

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Insa Wrede

Is Serbia in for a summer of civil disobedience?

After eight months of peaceful demonstrations, there are signs that the protest movement in Serbia is changing tack. As police violence...

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Sanja Kljajic

Outrage in Brazil as Donald Trump threatens tariffs of 50%

US President Donald Trump plans to impose hefty tariffs to punish Brazil for what he calls a political "witch hunt" against authoritarian former...

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Ines Eisele

Kidnapped, abused: Reports of missing Alawite women in Syria

Dozens of Syrian Alawite women are missing — thought to have been abducted or worse. Motives behind the suspected abductions are thought to be...

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Maissun Melhem

Myanmar's armed rebel groups lose edge in drone warfare

Jammers and supply chain troubles are crippling resistance groups' drone fleets in Myanmar, new research shows. At the same time, the junta is...

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Zsombor Peter