DW’s Jefferson Chase says that many aspects of German politics mitigate against a German equivalent of Donald Trump. And the reasons why help explain how he was so successful in the American political system. As an American citizen in Germany, I was in great demand among my friends as a conversation partner after Donald Trump’s surprise election as US president. ...

From late January, Donald Trump will have all the authority of the American executive, and the support of a unified Republican Congress, behind him. He will, therefore, be in a position to deliver profound and lasting change. The near-term economic effect of a Trump presidency is perhaps not of foremost concern to vulnerable racial and religious minorities in America, or ...

While the proxy war in the middle-east rages, a curious, and largely under the radar pivot has been taking place in one of the countries directly impacted by Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy: Egypt. In mid-October, it was reported that, for the first time ever, Russia and Egypt would conduct joint military drills. This followed news that Russia will sell attack ...

We are made of pretty much the same stuff as the stars, so it’s no surprise the moon can make us mad and a lack of sun can make us sad. More and more, researchers are understanding the affect of the sun on our physical, emotional and mental health. It’s the best and most natural form of vitamin D and, ...

FIFA’s president says the U-17 Women’s World Cup hosted by Jordan shows that “women’s football is not only confined to some parts of the world.” Gianni Infantino spoke late Friday, after attending the final match in which North Korea defeated Japan 5:4 in a penalty shootout. The competition was the first international women’s soccer tournament to be held in the ...

Egypt has made fighting Islamic militants its overriding foreign policy objective, a decision that has brought it closer to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russia and Iran, in turn antagonizing its chief financial backer, Saudi Arabia. The policy is risky at a time when Egypt is struggling to contain a homegrown Islamic insurgency and tackling its worst economic crisis in decades. ...

Poland’s defense minister said he thinks Egypt has sold two French-made Mistral warships to Russia for the symbolic price of $1, a claim Russia on Friday dismissed as “nonsense.” Antoni Macierewicz made the assertion during a parliamentary debate on Thursday. He later told reporters he had the information “from good sources,” but did not reveal any other details. On Friday, ...

Saad Hariri, former premier and longtime opponent of Shiite terror group, reportedly decides to endorse the appointment ebanon’s powerful ex-premier Saad Hariri is expected to endorse Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun for president, a post that has been vacant for almost 30 months, a senior politician said Wednesday. Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the mandate of ...

BADANA PICHWK, Iraq — Kurdish forces on Monday morning began advancing on a string of villages east of Mosul, the start of a long-awaited campaign to reclaim Iraq’s second-largest city from the Islamic State, which seized it more than two years ago, officials said. About 4,000 Kurdish pesh merga troops are involved in the operation to retake 10 villages, the ...

A former SAS sergeant has said he is being investigated for murder after admitting he shot dead enemy fighters in what he called a “mercy killing”. Colin Maclachlan, 42, from Edinburgh, wrote about how he had killed “two or three” mortally wounded enemy soldiers in Iraq in 2003 in a new book. Killing mortally wounded soldiers is against British military ...