Germany rejects G20 proposals that would see national central banks contribute reserves to an IMF-backed vehicle designed to boost the financial firepower of the eurozone rescue war chest.
Nigeria is on high alert again after the radical Islamic group Boko Haram launched a fresh wave of terror attacks in northeastern Nigeria. The group is reportedly strengthening its ties to al Qaeda militants.
Barack Obama's followers are calling on the US president to block a new controversial pipeline that would transport crude from Canada's tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico. Proponents say the project will create jobs.
Israeli media, politicians and analysts have been discussing for a week the possibility of a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, but the country and its allies are far from a unified stance.
Utöya was an idyllic vacation island in a lake 40 kilometers from Oslo, the capital. Then came this summer's horrible massacre. Local residents are still traumatized by what they witnessed.
Every three seconds someone starves to death. DW-WORLD.DE takes a deeper look at the politics, the economy and the science of hunger. Each Monday anew. The causes and the answers.
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