Oil prices rise after Trump says Iranian ship seized
Energy markets have seen wild swings since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February.
Energy markets have seen wild swings since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February.
Energy markets have seen wild swings since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February.
A man in Louisiana fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family on Sunday morning in Louisiana.
Iranian officials are yet to commit to a second round of talks with the US, as ceasefire deadline approaches.
A massive fire in Sandakan, Malaysia, destroyed about 1,000 stilt homes and displaced more than 9,000 people, with survivors now sheltering in temporary camps.
BRYSSEL. EU jublar över premiärminister Viktor Orbáns fall och står redo att släppa iväg de nästan 200 miljarder kronorna i frysta bidrag till Ungern. Men först väntar en känslig balansgång: samtidigt som EU vill...
Video from the US military show an operation by its forces to seize an Iranian-flagged ship near the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump said a Navy destroyer had attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The White House said it is dispatching a high-level delegation, including Vice President JD Vance, to...
Victor Wembanyama set a new San Antonio record for the most points in a playoff debut as the Spurs outlast Portland.
The 39th International Kite Festival in Berck-sur-Mer fills the sky with giant creations and hosts the World Kite Cup, drawing huge international crowds.
The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, running faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps.
Harry Kane helps Munich wrap up a second straight Germany premier division crown with a month still to go in the season.
French prosecutors on Monday summoned tech billionaire Elon Musk for a voluntary interview over allegations that the AI feature Grok disseminated millions of sexualised deepfakes on his X social media platform. It is...
Children from Umm al-Khair in the occupied West Bank protest after setters erect a fence blocking access to school.
Residents of southern Lebanon face a stark choice: stay home and risk being killed, or flee and risk deepening poverty.
U.K. police said Sunday they are investigating whether a string of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London are the work of Iranian proxies, the latest of which caused minor damage on Saturday night.
Oil prices climbed more than 5% while Asian shares also advanced on Monday morning as a stand-off between Iran and the US prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz.
After the US ousted Maduro and effectively seized control of Venezuela's oil industry, the country's economy has been transitioning rapidly. The interim government is wooing investors but lacks democratic backing.
After the Nazis seized power in 1933, many Germans escaped by fleeing abroad. Some ended up in what was then Yugoslavia. German historian Marie Janine Calic tells their story.
Paris Saint-Germain lost (2-1) to Lyon and now see Lens closing in on them at the top of the table. Lyon can still hope to qualify directly for the Champions League.
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Early results put his Progressive Bulgaria on 45%, well ahead of the liberal PP-DB coalition, which stood at 15%.
US strikes on drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean have so far killed a minimum of 181 people. Critics have slammed the Trump administration over the strikes, saying they constitute a violation of...
There is no US-led conspiracy or a ‘Christian genocide’. There is an insurgency that has adapted.
The Canadian leader stressed that his country cannot hinge its future on hope that the US will return to the partner it formerly was to his country and that active steps must be taken to protect Ottawa from the...
The children, aged from one to 14 years old, were killed in a shooting that police are describing as a "domestic disturbance".
Jubilation is turning to disenchantment as young activists arrested after protest calling for election date to be set The arrest of several protesters in Madagascar has increased fears among young people that the...
A photo of an Israeli soldier smashing a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon has sparked widespread outrage.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts South Korean President Lee Jae Myung this week as both countries target $50 billion in trade by 2030.
The US said its naval blockade of Iranian ports will continue despite the ongoing ceasefire, prompting Iran to U-turn on its reopening of the Strait of Hormuz just hours after it declared it open for maritime traffic,...
Brent crude rises more than 7 percent as Washington and Tehran offer conflicting accounts on ceasefire negotiations.
Changes in US Army enlistment standards could be an effort to boost recruitment as numbers have lagged in recent years.
Pope Leo XIV visited a historic Angolan shrine once tied to the trans-Atlantic slave trade on Sunday, recalling the “sorrow and great suffering” endured by generations of Africans. His remarks come amid renewed...
The Israeli military warned residents in southern Lebanon Monday not to move south of a specified line of villages or approach areas near the Litani River, saying its forces remain deployed in the area...
Bulgaria’s ex-president Rumen Radev is on course to win a parliamentary election, according to exit polls, but may fall short of a governing majority. His Progressive Bulgaria coalition leads with, in a vote marked by...
Federal prosecutor says woman is suspected of dealing weapons to Africa on behalf of Iranian government A California woman was arrested at Los Angeles international airport after allegedly trafficking weapons on...
Two senior Hamas officials in Gaza said the group was prepared to relinquish some automatic rifles and other arms, a concession that falls short of Israeli-U.S. demands.
Andrey Kurkov is Ukraine's most prominent living novelist and one of the country's leading public intellectuals. Since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, he has remained in Kyiv and published three volumes of war...
USA har på söndagen attackerat och bordat ett iranskt lastfartyg i Omanbukten, bekräftar den amerikanska militären. Fartyget ska ha försökt ta sig igenom landets blockad som riktas mot Iran i Hormuzsundet. Iran lovar...
Lyse Doucet speaks to Ebrahim Azizi, who says Iran "will decide the right of passage" through the crucial shipping route.
The two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran is set to expire Wednesday. And the two sides seem far from a resolution. President Trump says the US has taken custody of an Iranian vessel.
With its citizens yearning for the kind of prosperous life enjoyed by other Europeans, Bulgaria held its eighth election in five years.
US Marines have seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Hormuz Strait, President Trump has said. Earlier, he threatened to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran if no peace deal was reached. DW has more.
Iran is not currently planning to attend the next round of talks with the US, which has announced that it would send a team of negotiators to Pakistan on Monday, Iranian state television reported on Sunday.
Inside the detailed report by the Atlantic’s Sarah Fitzpatrick raises many questions the alleged excessive drinking and erratic behaviour of the FBI Director. Kash Patel has described the allegations as “fake news”...
Det amerikanska justitiedepartementet har utsett Joseph diGenova, president Donald Trumps tidigare advokat, att ta över utredningen om den tidigare CIA-chefen John Brennan – som anklagas för lögner i samband med en...
After confirming the purchase on Friday, Ford drew critcism from political opponents who called it a "gravy plane" and "out of touch".
Bulgarien kan få en mer Moskvavänlig regering efter söndagens parlamentsval, där en nybildad mittenvänster-koalition ledd av expresident Rumen Radev går mot en jordskredsseger.
Hotet från Iran att utveckla kärnvapen har varit central för att avskräcka motståndare från attacker. Nu har stängningen av Hormuzsundet visat sig vara ett nytt och bestående vapen i framtida konflikter. – Det har...
Manchester City defeated Arsenal 2-1 on Sunday and reignited the title race by beating the league leaders.
En illegal bosättning på ockuperade Västbanken som evakuerades för 20 år sedan har återuppbyggts och ingivits av israeliska ministrar.
An inquiry was opened after a video showed officers fleeing in panic from Saturday’s shooting, which left six dead and many injured. The patrol police chief has resigned.
Kriget i Iran har utlöst en energikris och för de bilberoende irländarna märks krisen direkt vid pumpen. Och stigande priser har lett till omfattande protester. – Om man inte har bil kan man inte leva här, säger...
Authorities say the officers have been suspended and an investigation into their actions is under way.
Bayern Munich are German league champions for a record-extending 35th time after beating Stuttgart 4-2. They have now won 13 of the past 14 Bundesliga titles.
Exit polls put Rumen Radev's new, left-leaning, pro-Russian party far ahead following Bulgaria's eighth election in five years. Radev, a former fighter pilot, stepped down as Bulgaria's president in January.
Åtta barn har dött efter en skjutning i Shreveport i den amerikanska delstaten Louisiana, rapporterar lokala medier. – Det här är en tragedi, kanske den största tragedin vi någonsin sett, säger stadens borgmästare Tom...
A community of stilt homes on the island of Borneo was reduced to ash in an overnight blaze.
The Russian army is advancing on the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka, with the aim of occupying the entire Donbas region. Yet people continue to live and fight in the area, as DW's Hanna Sokolova-Stekh found out.
The police say they are focusing on a shadowy Islamic group that may have links to Iran and which has claimed responsibility for several recent arson attacks.
A "domestic disturbance" in the US state of Louisiana has claimed the lives of eight children, including a 1-year-old, police have said.
Iran says it has placed mines in the Straight of Hormuz to discourage independent traffic. How dangerous are naval mines, and what can be done to clear them?
Residents within a 450m radius of the device were told to leave their homes while it was neutralised.
Det är fortsatt förvirrat och osäkert kring Hormuzsundet. De snabba vändningarna tär på besättningarna som är fast i Persiska viken. – Det är klart att det är en pressad situation, säger Stena Bulks vd Erik Hånell.
Critics say Iran may be creating a “tiered internet” model, where access is limited to the politically and economically privileged.
Trump hotar Iran med att ”slå ut varenda kraftverk och varenda bro” om landet inte går med på ett fredsavtal. På onsdag löper vapenvilan ut och beskeden om Hormuzsundet har pendlat fram och tillbaka. Enligt...
Vita Huset utropar en ny era av amerikansk ”energidominans”. Med ökad produktion och nya borrtillstånd vill Trump-administrationen stärka både ekonomin och nationell säkerhet men har en tydlig uppmaning till Europa. –...
USA:s president Donald Trump uppger att USA skickar en delegation till Pakistan på måndagen för nya fredsförhandlingar gällande Iran.
The brand warned on Saturday that consuming the purées may be potentially "life-threatening".
Genmodifierade grisar ska lösa bristen på organ för donationer, hoppas forskare. På köpet kan människor med köttallergi få äta fläskstek igen.
Many youth-led protests around the world have failed to bring meaningful change. But in Nepal, a new government is promising to do things differently.
The U.S. has taken custody of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz after firing on its engine room, President Trump said in a post on social media.
Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PM Few people foresaw humanity’s quest for the moon as accurately as the 19th-century...
En halv miljard barn – vart femte i världen – lever i dag i krig eller konflikt. För Diane Munyana Nsanzimana, som överlevde folkmordet i Rwanda som sexåring, lever erfarenheterna kvar långt efter att våldet upphört....
Marknaderna kommer sannolikt att backa när de öppnar på måndag. Inför helgen hade de reagerat positivt på aviserad vapenvila i Hormuzsundet, men det dröjde inte länge innan beskjutningen började igen. – Vi kanske...
EU-kommissionen kommer inom kort presentera rekommendationer om bland annat mer distansarbete. Det för att att dämpa energipriserna och minska användningen av fossila bränslen, enligt uppgifter till Financial Times.
The US argues that the waiver is meant to ease the energy supply crunch sparked by the US-Israel war with Iran.
BUDAPEST. Ett familjedrama kickstartade hans politiska karriär. Kulmen för Péter Magyar blev en jordskredsseger över Viktor Orbán. Hans talanger som politiker väcker beundran, samtidigt som många är tveksamma till...
The gas-rich Gulf nation is in a state of “strategic shock” after the war dealt a serious blow to its economy, sending ripples around the world.
Over the past year or so, young people have rallied across continents to oust old-guard governments. What’s happened since?
The pontiff says his remarks have been misinterpreted after a spat with the US president.