Author name: Deutsche Welle

Rescue helicopters have been unable to land in affected areas due to high flood waters. The leaders of Nepal and China ordered major rescue operations.

Passengers became stranded high up in the air after a swing carousel malfunctioned in Hamburg.

Germany’s plans for a sugar tax are facing growing opposition amid claims that it’s more about raising revenue than health. DW has the latest.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani voiced opposition to an upcoming event featuring RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, calling the Hindu nationalist group’s ideology “exclusionary” while acknowledging the city can’t block a private event.

The US military killed four people in a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean, the latest in a campaign that has killed more than 200 people and drawn condemnation from rights groups.

A fire broke out in the third floor of a maternity ward in Islamabad. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for an immediate investigation into the tragedy.

Sculptor Gao Zhen was charged under China’s “Law on the Protection ⁠of Heroes ​and Martyrs.” His supporters have called for his immediate release.

The UN Secretary General has condemned a violent attack which left at least 47 dead and saw over 50 more kidnapped.