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Critics say it could hasten forced assimilation, lead to targeting of critics outside China. Beijing rejects charges.

⁠An explosion is ​heard ⁠in ​Damascus but the ⁠nature of ⁠the ​blast isn't immediately clear.

Research finds that trade deal requiring UK to buy more medicines from US takes away money from other parts of NHS.

Police say 11-year-old boy who took his parents' vehicle without permission is now in custody and will be questioned.

Vatican stresses only pope may approve bishop consecrations to safeguard apostolic ties to Jesus's original disciples.

Under fire amid surge in far right, German chancellor unveils tax and pension reform package in bid to revive economy.

The Vatican’s watchdog authority has imposed severe disciplinary measures on an ultratraditionalist Catholic group. The move comes after the group, the Society of Saint Pius X, consecrated bishops without papal consent.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says his coalition has cleared a reform package as pressure grows to deliver growth. Meanwhile, a top court rejects complaints against the criminalization of childlike sex dolls. DW has more.

German prosecutors believe the Ukrainian national suspected of sabotaging Baltic Sea gas pipelines in 2022 acted “on the orders of state authorities in Ukraine.” The suspect was officially charged on Wednesday.

Qatar says the next meeting will take place after funeral processions for Iran's former supreme leader.