Russian shelling has hit a hotel in the eastern city of Bakhmut, killing at least five people. Russia has also launched missile strikes on the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions for the first time in weeks. Meanwhile Ukrainian forces are stepping up their efforts...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is on a four-nation tour to Africa. After visits to Egypt and the Republic of the Congo, Sergey Lavrov landed in Uganda on Tuesday and will continue onto Ethiopia. Like many African nations, Uganda, Ethiopia and Cong...

After World War II, rising consumerism and a reduction in trade barriers led to an ever more deeply connected and interdependent global economy. As more goods got to more people more quickly, the United States emerged as the world’s undisputed economic su...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Republic of Congo on an official visit. He praised African leaders for rejecting Western pressure, to cut ties with Moscow. It's the first visit by a Russian foreign affairs minister to the oil-ri...

Ukraine's military says it is preparing a counter-offensive in the southern Kherson region, now occupied by Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to take back the region. But Ukrainian troops are still outgunned by Russian forces, and sa...

Nigeria and its oil wealth is a complicated story. The west African nation is the continent's biggest oil producer, and it ranks eleventh in global terms.But...

The US says Russia is planning to annex more of Ukraine. White House national security Spokesman John Kirby said Moscow intends to organize sham referendums ...

kraine authorities say a Russian missile attack on the southern city of Odesa has injured at least six people, including a child. A spokesman for the local military administration said Russian forces fired at least seven cruise missiles from the Black Sea...

As the crisis in Ukraine continues to intensify, so does the relentless war of words in and around the conflict. Vladimir Putin shocked many by saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has only just begun. One thing is for sure: with heavy shelling targeting...

Ukraine's border with Belarus is seeing a troubling military build-up. Western intelligence agencies say Russian soldiers and weapons systems are ready and waiting in Belarus to open a new front against Ukraine — something that would stretch Kyiv's forces...

Wednesday's discussions in Istanbul ended with a tentative agreement about how to transport the grain across the Black Sea. Stockpiles stuck in Ukraine have ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is set to dominate a meeting of G-20 foreign ministers. The group of rich and developing nations have begun their talks on the I...

In the war in Ukraine, defense forces are preparing for a ground assault by Russian troops in the Donetsk industrial region in eastern Ukraine. The local governor says there is now no safe place left, and is urging the remaining 350-thousand residents to...

Ukrainian officials now anticipate more attacks against the city of Slovyansk, as Russian forces move further west. Russia now occupies all of Luhansk, and about half of Donetsk - the two regions which make up the Donbas. But a defense advisor told DW Mos...

Amplified by human-induced climate change and water over-consumption, southern Europeans are feeling the consequences of more extreme heat waves and longer droughts.