Analysis & Opinion

Nigel Farage says the British government blocked any contact between him and Donald Trump during the president’s visit. But a face-to-face meeting wasn’t necessary. Mark Hallam says they did their damage via the press. Thursday nights...

The whole world appears to be following the rescue of 12 boys from a cave in Thailand. This says a lot about the human condition at a time when we risk sinking into cynicism, writes DW...

I’ve been warning my party of its “Muslim problem” for far too long. Which is why I can only welcome a change in tone from some senior members of the party in recent weeks. Theresa May condemned...

The outcome of the US-North Korea summit in Singapore is a headache for Japan. None of Tokyo’s priorities were addressed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Japan must now reorient itself, DW’s Martin Fritz writes....

Whether human beings survive this century and the next, whether other lifeforms can live alongside us: more than anything, this depends on the way we eat. We can cut our consumption of everything else almost to...

It was billed as Germany’s answer to Prime Minister’s Questions in the UK — one hour with Angela Merkel answering direct questions in the Bundestag. PMQs addict Mark Hallam wasn’t captivated by the inaugural session. Sixty...

Yulia Skripal has said she wishes to return to Russia “in the longer term” despite the nerve agent attack on her and her father Sergei, which she described as life-changing. In her first appearance since being discharged from...

The European Parliament has embarrassed itself by letting Mark Zuckerberg off the hook so easily. The Facebook CEO apologized again, but only clear regulations can contain the internet giant, says DW’s Barbara Wesel. This was the...

By Sonia Sodha Young people born or raised in the UK are being ensnared by Kafkaesque bureaucracy – and paying an extortionate price for it. The new home secretary, Sajid Javid, has wasted no time in disowning...

By Nesrine Malik In the mid-20th century, a socialist movement began to develop in many parts of colonial Africa and the Arab world. In Arab countries, the goal of the socialist movement was, broadly, liberation through fighting imperialism, opposing...