Gen Z protests have shaken Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in recent years — but not India. Why? In a Delhi coffee-house chat with DW, young Indians debate power, politics and the future.
Though 2025 saw flagrant human rights abuses across the globe, the year also brought many positive developments.
Tatiana Schlossberg revealed she had been diagnosed with a rare type of leukemia in an essay for The New Yorker last month. She was highly critical of her relative Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US health secretary.
More and more Middle Eastern women thrive as comedians. Could their success on stage, in the film industry, at comedy festivals and on social media foster empowerment for the next generation of girls?
A wave of Bollywood films reflecting the BJP government’s narratives is reshaping Indian cinema and finding major commercial success.
Syrian authorities announced a 13-hour curfew and said the arrest of 21 members of the Alawite community in Latakia. The city is a bastion of Syria’s Alawite minority, of which former President Bashar Assad was part.
Students demonstrated at several universities in Iran, semi-official media reported, after demos by shopkeepers and bazaar merchants moved the president to announce plans for talks with protesters online.
Khaleda Zia has died after battling serious illness at a hospital in the capital, Dhaka. Her Bangladesh Nationalist Party was seen as a frontrunner in next year’s election.
The former Olympic champion was in a car that was involved in an accident in Nigeria. Joshua will face countryman Tyson Fury in 2026.
Myanmar is holding its first election since the 2021 coup, but low turnout, civil war and the absence of real opposition have cast doubt on whether the vote can deliver stability or legitimacy.
