Deutsche Welle

Germany plans to deploy a permanent brigade to Lithuania to strengthen NATO's eastern defense. The deployment of the German brigade in the Baltic country is "in full swing.

Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul caused severe flooding, killing 56 people and leaving 68 still missing.

The countries participating in the Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16 will develop a common negotiating position and submit it to Russia as a first step toward a just peace in Ukraine.

The Berlin authorities are considering giving Goebbels' former villa to the new owners free of charge, who will restore and maintain the complex in good condition, as the maintenance of the Nazi facility requires a lot of money.

According to an investigation by Human Rights Watch, since December 2023, Russian soldiers have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers who tried to surrender, and possibly 6 more.

Russian Defense Minister Shoigu called for an increase in the volume and quality of arms supplies to Russian troops to maintain the pace of their offensive in Ukraine.

Protesters against the law "on foreign agents" built barricades overnight after police tried to disperse them, and opposition leader Levan Khabeishvili said he was severely beaten by security forces.

Iran has unveiled a new attack drone similar to the Russian Lancet used in the war in Ukraine.

Hamas has released a new video in which two Israeli hostages, Keith Siegel and Omri Miran, kidnapped last October, speak out under pressure from the militants, calling for their release through a prisoner exchange deal.

Ukrainian refugees can stay in Germany with expired passports, and the decision of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to suspend consular services for Ukrainian men will not affect their refugee status.

Germany assures that Ukrainian men will not be deprived of refugee status in the country, despite Ukraine's decision to temporarily suspend consular services for men aged 18-60 abroad.

A 43-year-old assistant to an AfD MEP was detained in Dresden on suspicion of spying for Chinese intelligence by passing on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament.

According to the head of the IAEA, Iran is a few weeks away from having enough enriched uranium to make an atomic bomb.

German prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Knauf Group in connection with its alleged involvement in the reconstruction of Russia-occupied Mariupol, Ukraine.

Two Russian spies who were planning to sabotage Germany's military aid to Ukraine were detained in Bavaria.

Due to frequent earthquakes caused by gas production, the Netherlands has permanently closed the Groningen gas field, one of the largest in Europe. The decision was made despite legal challenges from Shell and ExxonMobil.

The Georgian parliament passed the controversial draft law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence" in the first reading, despite mass protests in Tbilisi against it.

German airline Lufthansa has suspended flights to Amman, Beirut, Erbil and Tel Aviv until at least Monday and changed routes to avoid airspace over Israel, Jordan and Iraq amid escalating tensions following Iran's attack on Israel.

Somali pirates have released the seized Bangladeshi cargo ship MV Abdullah after receiving a $5 million ransom from the ship's owners.

More than 30 people have been killed and 27 injured in flash floods across Afghanistan caused by heavy seasonal rains, affecting 20 provinces, including the capital Kabul.

At the request of the Ministry of Culture, less than two thousand specialists who are critical to the operation of enterprises were exempted from mobilization. The ICIP emphasizes that culture and media are critically important to the state in times of war.

The Chinese Army conducted patrols and comprehensive exercises in the southern waters with the participation of naval forces and combat aircraft.

The Ministry of Culture granted the status of critical TV channels participating in the United News telethon, which allowed their employees to receive deferrals from mobilization.

Mexico and Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador after Ecuadorian security forces raided the Mexican embassy in Quito and arrested former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was staying there as a refugee.

An international special tribunal to prosecute war crimes in Ukraine could be established by the end of 2024, with options for its creation based on a multilateral or bilateral agreement being considered, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders has said.

At least two companies from Germany - Knauf and WKB Systems - are supplying construction materials for use in Mariupol, according to an investigation by the Monitor program of the German TV channel ARD.

Eurostat reported that inflation in the Eurozone fell to 2. 4% in March, with the lowest rates in Lithuania and Finland and the highest in Croatia and Estonia.

Despite the sanctions, Russian billionaires have earned $18. 3 billion since the beginning of the year, with the largest increase in wealth of Andrei Melnichenko, co-founder of Eurochem and SUEK, by $5.29 billion.

Putin can be invited to the G20 summit in Brazil in November only if all participating countries agree, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

In the coming days, Germany will transfer 10,000 artillery shells to Ukraine as part of the first phase of a three-phase ammunition supply plan, with another 180,000 shells to be transferred in the second half of 2024 and another 100,000 in the fourth quarter.