Europe

The Belgian army has been criticised over plans to allow homesick recruits to sleep at home rather in barracks during their initial training, as it deals with a major recruitment crisis. The 28,000-strong army has suffered...

The United States and its allies have decided to give Russian President Vladimir Putin a taste of his own medicine. It seems that the Kremlin is unprepared, the Russian journalist Konstantin Eggert writes. It was anything...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to break with tradition for their wedding, with UK and foreign politicians not on the official guest list. Donald Trump, the US president, and his predecessor, Barack Obama, have not been invited...

Deutsche Bank (DB) is expected to oust British CEO John Cryan and replace him with the German head of the private and commercial banking division. Germany’s biggest lender has experienced three years of losses. The German...

In the wake of the deadly attack with a van in Münster, many reports noted that the city was about install bollards in the downtown area. But do barriers really offer protection? Experts say effectiveness has...

Bayern Munich sealed a sixth straight Bundesliga title with a 4-1 win at Augsburg. But their annual procession to the title reflects unfavorably on the teams in their shadow, writes DW’s Michael Da Silva. It’s that...

British and American authorities have been given several chemical analyses of a substance believed to be a novichok nerve agent produced in Russia’s closed Shikhany military facility, a Russian lawyer has told the Guardian. Boris Kuznetsov,...

The UK’s biggest mobile operators have smashed expectations by spending almost £1.4bn in the race to secure spectrum to launch next-generation 5G services. BT-owned EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three have paid close to double what many City...

Sir Martin Sorrell’s iron grip as chief executive of WPP is under threat after the advertising group hired a law firm to investigate an allegation of personal misconduct. Sorrell is one of Britain’s best-known and most highly paid...

Heavy snowfall from the “beast from the east” caused Britain’s construction industry to grind to a halt last month, according to an industry survey showing the biggest fall in activity since immediately after the Brexit vote. Confirming fears that freezing...