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The head of the OSCE’s election observation mission for the US midterms told DW that voter registration disputes have had an impact on the debate about the polls. She also discussed why journalist safety is a...

The Democratic Party, divided into different camps since its bruising presidential election defeat, has come together recently. But Democrats disagree on whether Donald Trump played a role in the party’s newfound unity.      Melissa Byrne is...

New German legislation taking effect on November 1 is enabling duped VW car owners to fight for compensation in the country’s first-ever class-action suit. But angry consumers will have to hurry up. German carmaker Volkswagen is...

The Albanian Foreign Ministry summoned the Greek ambassador for a second time in three days, demanding clear condemnation of anti-Albanian incidents in Greece sparked by the shooting of a Greek-Albanian. Albania lodged a new protest with...

At a meeting with Moldova’s pro-Russian President Igor Dodon, who was seeking his backing before elections, Vladimir Putin overestimated the amount of Moldovan exports to Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday gave inflated figures for...

Dwindling print advertising, scandal-mongering headlines and hidden ownership are tarnishing popular trust in the country’s leading political newspapers, says a new market analysis of Bulgarian media. A new study carried out for the Bulgarian branch of the Association...

Pakistan’s supreme court has struck down the death sentence for blasphemy handed down to Christian woman Asia Bibi, in a long-delayed, landmark decision that has seen the judiciary praised for its bravery in the face of...

A UK-based Iranian TV station is being funded through a secretive offshore entity and a company whose director is a Saudi Arabian businessman with close links to the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Guardian can...

The European Union is pressing ahead with plans for a no-deal Brexit, amid uncertainty about when high-level negotiations will resume. With 149 days until Brexit day, time is running out to secure a deal that the British...

My friend Kate has become very basic lately. She seems to have a bottle of alkaline water with her at all times and, the way she goes on about it, you’d think it was the elixir...