World | Deutsche Welle https://www.dw.com/english/?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf hourly 4 2002-05-01T00:00:00Z 2026-08-29T15:14:01Z https://rss.dw.com/images/DW-L-RGB_whitebg.png https://www.dw.com/english/?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-leans-toward-military-conscription-for-women/a-78547426?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf Facing a population decline, fewer potential service members and calls for social equality to be extended to national military service, Korea is inching closer to breaking the taboo on women on the front line. 2026-08-29T07:21:00Z World en 78547426 https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-keeps-eu-russia-in-play-ahead-of-key-election/a-78543495?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf As Serbia heads toward an uncertain election, President Aleksandar Vucic is balancing ties with Russia and EU ambitions. But growing geopolitical tensions and pressure at home are narrowing his room to maneuver. 2026-08-29T07:19:00Z World en 78543495 https://www.dw.com/en/what-next-kurds-say-yes-druze-still-say-no-to-united-syria/a-78549925?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf The Druze minority in Sweida, Syria, is now the only group that hasn't accepted central government authority. How does the end of an independent Kurdish area impact Druze plans for a different, divided kind of Syria? 2026-08-28T16:47:00Z World en 78549925 https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-world-s-youngest-monarch-dies-aged-34/a-78549208?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf Oyo Nyimba, once recognized as the world's youngest reigning monarch, has died in his mid-30s. As one of Uganda's traditional monarchs, he took the throne of the Tooro kingdom in 1995, aged just 3. 2026-08-28T14:50:00Z News en 78549208 https://www.dw.com/en/africa-s-aging-autocrats-fight-to-stay-in-power/a-78487210?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf As some of Africa's longest-serving leaders grow older, they are using different tactics to extend their rule. But age, succession battles and public pressure pose new challenges. 2026-08-28T14:02:00Z World en 78487210 https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-citizen-led-school-audits-test-limits-of-activism/a-78545789?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf The student-led "Cockroach" movement is taking its campaign for accountability to government schools, but the activists' methods are encountering growing resistance from authorities. 2026-08-28T11:52:00Z World en 78545789 https://www.dw.com/en/nepal-tibet-flood-deaths-pass-500-thousands-still-missing/a-78539559?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf The Red Cross says more than 93,000 people are affected by the deadly floods and landslides on the China-Nepal border. Rescue efforts were temporarily paused after an overflowing lake threatened to trigger more floods. 2026-08-28T11:04:00Z News en 78539559 https://www.dw.com/en/norway-s-king-harald-dies-at-89/a-78524572?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf King Harald is succeeded by his son, who has taken the name King Haakon VIII, with Crown Princess Mette-Marit now queen. 2026-08-28T08:28:00Z News en 78524572 https://www.dw.com/en/protesters-set-fire-to-migrant-camp-in-ceuta/a-78538847?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf The unrest comes one month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish exclave in North Africa. 2026-08-28T00:34:00Z World en 78538847 https://www.dw.com/en/spain-thieves-steal-bronze-age-gold-in-lightning-raid-on-villena-museum/a-78538027?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf One of the world's greatest Bronze Age gold collections has been swiped, almost in its entirety, from Villena Museum. A highly professional group of thieves were in and out in four minutes flat before the museum opened. 2026-08-27T19:38:00Z News en 78538027 https://www.dw.com/en/the-man-behind-srebrenica-ratko-mladic-dies-at-84/a-78536491?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf For many, Ratko Mladic represented the horrors of the Bosnian War. He was convicted of genocide for the Srebrenica massacre and of other war crimes. Now he has died in detention at The Hague. 2026-08-27T19:28:00Z World en 78536491