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3 days ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Richard Connor |John Silk |Dharvi Vaid
06/25/2025June 25, 2025Spain expects 'no repercussions' after refusing to meet 5% defense spending targetSpain's Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said that his country does not expect any repercussions after refusing the 5% defense spending target that NATO member countries are mulling in The Hague. "Spain will be a responsible ally," Cuerpo told Bloomberg TV, stressing that the country would meet all its military capabilities commitments towards NATO.
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4 days ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Richard Connor |John Silk |Dharvi Vaid
06/25/2025June 25, 2025NATO summit: What to know if you're joining us nowUS President Donald Trump is in The Hague for the NATO summit, where defense leaders are expected to raise their defense spending to 5% of their national output. This could be a big win for the US president who has for years asked European allies to contribute to their national security.
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4 days ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Richard Connor |John Silk |Dharvi Vaid
06/24/2025June 24, 2025Amnesty chief urges NATO to balance defense spending with human rightsAs NATO leaders increase defense spending, they must also commit to upholding human rights and international humanitarian law, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard told DW. “What counts is the safety and the security of the people, and that cannot just be done through an increase in defense budgets.
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1 month ago | 
dw.com | John Silk |Richard Connor |Kieran Burke |Matt Ford
05/10/2025May 10, 2025'Explosions heard across Srinagar,' Kashmir chief minister saysBlasts were heard across the city of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday, just hours after India and Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire, according to Omar Abdullah, chief minister of the territory Jammu and Kashmir. "What the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Explosions heard across Srinagar!!!" he said on X. In another post, he wrote: "This is no ceasefire.
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1 month ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Kate Hairsine |John Silk
Militer India mengonfirmasi telah melakukan serangan udara terhadap infrastruktur yang digunakan oleh kelompok militan di wilayah Pakistan dan Kashmir yang dikelola Pakistan, pada Rabu (6/5). Langkah ini diambil setelah terjadi serangan bersenjata di Kashmir yang dikelola India pada 22 April. Insiden itu menewaskan 26 orang, yang mayoritasnya adalah wisatawan, di dekat kawasan wisata Pahalgam.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
dw.com | John Silk |Asia Desks
11/13/2024November 13, 2024The Guardian has said it will stop posting from its "official editorial accounts" on X but users can still "share" articles from the daily newspaper on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. https://p.dw.com/p/4mx6bBritish daily newspaper The Guardian said on Wednesday it would no longer be posting content on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The newspaper posted a statement on its website explaining the decision.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | John Silk
10 hours agoBernard Arnault, who the Bloomberg Billionaires Index says is the world’s fifth-richest man, is suing Elon Musk, which the index pegs as the richest. The dispute between the two involves an accusation that one of Musk’s companies, the social media platform X (TSLA+1.37%), republished content from a …
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
dw.com | John Silk |Asia Desks
Breaking10/10/2024October 10, 2024Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has said he will retire after the Davis Cup finals in November, to be held in Malaga. https://p.dw.com/p/4lcFXRafael Nadal said on Thursday he is to retire from playing professional tennis after the upcoming Davis Cup finals in Malaga. "Hello everyone, I am here to let you know I am retiring from professional tennis," he said in a social media post. This breaking news article will be updated.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
dw.com | John Silk |Asia Desks
10/04/2024October 4, 2024India's prisons should not discriminate based on caste, including assigning "impure" work to inmates from disadvantaged communities, the Supreme Court has said. https://p.dw.com/p/4lQd9The Supreme Court in India ordered that caste details of prisoners be deleted from prison registries in a push to combat discrimination. Until now, prisons allocated inmates from oppressed communities to carry out menial jobs.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
dw.com | John Silk |Asia Desks
A macaque remained on the loose in southern Germany on Saturday. The Barbary macaque, also known as a Barbary ape, escaped from the Salem Monkey Mountain wildlife park in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and park manager Roland Hilgartner said he suspects the animal managed to jump from tree to tree in order to get out. "If they're a bit sporty, they can jump over there," he said.
