Japanese stocks fell on Monday as incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba called for snap elections on October 27. He recently won the race for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Rescuers were air dropping food and water to areas affected by Hurricane Helene across the southeastern US, where hundreds of ...

A wildfire fanned by strong winds tore across a rugged mountainous area in the Corinth region of central Greece. Several villages were evacuated overnight.

Police in Germany say they have arrested a man over two arson attacks and a van collision. Two children were critically ...

A court in the South Korean capital has imposed a fine on the K-pop star Suga for riding an e-scooter while drunk.

A heavy monsoon downpour has triggered floods and landslides in the Himalayan nation. Over a hundred people have died and ...

As Russia's war on Ukraine continues, ever more Ukrainians are adopting orphans. DW spoke to foster parents about the process ...

Spanish authorities continued their search for 48 migrants who were aboard a boat that capsized near the Canary Islands. Nine people had already been reported dead.

The militants killed in two September strikes in Syria were affiliated with the extremist "Islamic State" group and an al-Qaeda-linked group, the United States military said.

Pakistan's Balochistan province has been rocked by a series of attacks on Punjabi workers by separatist militants. Baloch nationalist groups accuse the central government and China of stealing the ...

Mark Rutte takes the helm at NATO on October 1, after more than a dozen years as Dutch prime minister. He'll need all his diplomatic skills to manage the alliance in testing times.

The Turkish public has been shocked by the murder of an 8-year-old girl. But Narin's case is by no means an isolated one. Experts say the government must do more to combat the problem of violence ...