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Clashes between supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and the police have killed at least 15 people. The violence erupted after he was sentenced to two years in prison.

Five of those hurt are children, of whom three are in a serious condition, a Ukrainian official says.

At least 288 people were killed in the collision of two passenger trains and a goods train in Odisha.

A group of Ugandan children is on the verge of glory after reaching the final of Britain’s Got Talent.

Women in Sudan’s few remaining maternity wards are having babies to the sound of gunfire.

A trickle of Russians leaving became a stream after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022.

A top-flight match in Argentina is abandoned after a fan falls to their death from a stand at the stadium.

Protesters returned to the streets as President Aleksandar Vucic ignored their calls to resign. The latest rallies come amid public anger following two deadly mass shootings.

World number one and defending champion Iga Swiatek took just 51 minutes to reach the French Open fourth round on Saturday as Coco Gauff ended 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva’s memorable Paris debut.

Hong Kong has banned a vigil for the victims of the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing. Pro-China groups have put on a carnival in the park where the anniversary would usually be commemorated.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan was inaugurated for another five-year term, calling for reconciliation with his political opponents after a bitter election battle. In a cabinet reshuffle, Mehmet Simsek was named finance minister.

Tens of thousands gathered on Saturday for the fifth anti-government protest this month in Serbia’s capital Belgrade after two back-to-back shootings that killed 18 people, half of them children.

Lionel Messi is leaving Paris Saint-Germain after their final match of the season on Saturday, the Ligue 1 champions said on social media.

A collision between three trains in Odisha state left at least 288 people dead and over 800 injured.

The US president signs the package into law on Saturday after it cruised through Congress.

The incident came after a drug smuggling operation was thwarted at the border, the army says.

Lebanon’s foreign ministry said Saturday it would send an investigation team to Paris following reports that Beirut’s ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, has been accused of rape and intentional violence.

A major effort to identify bodies has begun in India’s eastern Odisha state as the death toll from Friday’s railway disaster climbed to 288. A high-level investigation into the accident is underway.

Dogged by accusations of proximity to the Kremlin, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference in French politics. But a draft report on the committee’s findings, which was leaked to the press this week, shows the move backfired spectacularly, finding instead that Le Pen’s policy stances sometimes echo the “official language of Putin’s regime”.

Russian wine suppliers have been facing difficulties due to EU sanctions. But Putin’s favorite vintners have been trying to import material from Portugal and France through third-party countries. DW investigates.

The Ukrainian president warned of huge casualties unless Western allies can deliver more Patriot air defense systems. The IAEA meanwhile said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is "extremely vulnerable." DW has the latest.

Authorities in Hong Kong have been actively removing books about the Tiananmen Square Massacre from library shelves to silence the past. But communities overseas are keeping the legacy alive.

Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egypt’s security forces have died in a fairly rare exchange of fire near the two countries’ border, their militaries said. The countries said they were investigating together.

A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers and the Egyptian officer dead Saturday, officials said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier.

A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in Spain interfered at times.

The train collision in India’s Odisha state on Friday evening is the country’s worst this century.

Global negotiators have agreed to craft an initial draft treaty to end plastic pollution, a preliminary but crucial step toward tackling one of the most lasting sources of human waste.

The French businessman whose personal tale of friendship in adversity inspired an award-winning film has died. The directors said his story "changed our lives and the lives of many vulnerable and fragile people."