A recent crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey is symptomatic of a wider rights regression, according to experts. It's worse under authoritarian regimes, but why is it such a popular policy for these states?
Could artificial intelligence pose an existential threat to humanity? Some leading researchers are warning against an unregulated race toward AI superintelligence.
The Kremlin has hailed an "energy ceasefire" proposed by US President Trump, but has criticized a French initiative to share its nuclear deterrent. Meanwhile, hostilities have continued on the ground and in the air.
Paleontologists in Spain say they have found the first evidence of the long-necked Diplodocus genus of dinosaur outside of North America. They found bones at the rich La Tejeria fossil site in Teruel in eastern Spain.
Saudi Arabia faces growing security and economic problems as it seeks to balance deterrence and diplomacy during its escalating conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis in neighboring Yemen.
The 2022 death of Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody triggered a resistance movement in Iran. Four years later, the Iranian regime endures β but so does the legacy of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests.
Ice hockey legend Alexander Ovechkin has lent Vladimir Putin's party a helping hand in its parliamentary election campaign. It's in keeping with a pattern of support by an athlete who claims not to be political.
Saudi Arabia faces growing security and economic problems as it seeks to balance deterrence and diplomacy amid an escalating conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis in neighboring Yemen.
The pistachios sold across the United States have a surprising history: California's trees trace their roots to Iran. Now, both regions face the same threat β their farmland is sinking as groundwater disappears.
US debt has topped $40 trillion. How risky is the growing debt burden, and will investors keep funding Washington's deficits?
Analysts warn that a US withdrawal from the western Pacific, as recently suggested by a think tank, would weaken deterrence and strengthen China's position.
Manuela Schwesig, of the center-left SPD, has governed the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, on the Baltic Sea coast, since 2017. Ahead of this weekend's election, she is campaigning against the nationalist AfD.
The latest verdict brings to 22 the number of death sentences handed down in cases stemming from the 2024 uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule.
Analysts warn that a US withdrawal from the western Pacific, recently suggested by a US think tank, would weaken deterrence and strengthen China's position.
The death of Jina Mahsa Amini triggered a resistance movement in Iran. Four years later, the Iranian regime endures β but so does the legacy of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests.
The results of the Berlin election are as hard to predict as ever. Three parties are vying for first place, including the socialist Left Party and the far-right AfD. But one issue is most important to Berliners.
Police have found a stash of rifles, pistols and other firearms near a road in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Pistorius is off to the US for talks with his American counterpart.
Manuela Schwesig of the center-left SPD has governed the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, on the Baltic Sea coast, since 2017. Ahead of this weekend's election, she is campaigning as thefar right.