"African human skull, early 20th century, 2,000 euros." Adverts like this can be seen on social media. The trade is legal in ...

European, democratic candidate Nicusor Dan has been elected president of Romania. He intends to strengthen the rule of law and supports Ukraine.

In India, a boycott of Turkey over Ankara's support for Pakistan in the current conflict is widening, hitting tourism, trade, education and aviation.

Nigerian women are demanding that more seats be reserved for them in the country’s parliament. They argue women are systemically excluded from the political process and a change is long overdue.

Japan pays the US $1.4 billion each year for the bases in Okinawa, which underpin their military alliance. But does the presence of American troops actually benefit the local population?

The EU and UK are working towards a level of cooperation not seen since Brexit, with new agreements on fisheries, trade and security. Deals were agreed as British PM Starmer hosts EU leaders in London ...

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer, his office said on Sunday.

With just four seats left to assign, the center-right Democratic Alliance had secured a 32.7% share of the vote, which means ...

The military alliance's procurement agency is under scrutiny for deals on arms and munitions. In a sector with notoriously patchy oversight, defense boom corruption risks are very real.

An internal survey about extremist attitudes in the German military now found that it does not have "systemic" extremism in the ranks. But some researchers are skeptical of the safeguards in place.

The nationalist Alternative for Germany is shunned by other parties domestically. But elsewhere in Europe far-right parties are on the rise and some have made it into in government.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to make the Bundeswehr the "strongest conventional army in Europe." Other EU countries also have ambitious plans for their armed forces. DW takes a closer look.