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At least two sailors have died after a suspected Houthi attack in the Gulf of Aden, according to the British Embassy in Yemen.The incident marks the first time the Houthis’ attacks in the Red Sea and surrounding areas have caused fatalities. Earlier today, the True Confidence was hit by a missile about 50 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Aden.In a statement on X, the British embassy wrote: “At least two innocent sailors have died.”This was the sad but inevitable consequence of the Houthis recklessly firing missiles at international shipping.” The Barbados-flagged True Confidence is no longer under…

Moscow plans to contribute its expertise in “nuclear space energy” to a joint lunar program with China, including a nuclear power plant on the moon,  Russia’s space agency chief Yuri Borisov said on Monday. Borisov warned that solar panels would not be enough to ensure a reliable supply of electricity to potential lunar settlements. “Today we are seriously considering a project — somewhere at the turn of 2033-2035 — to deliver and install a power unit on the lunar surface together with our Chinese colleagues,” Borisov said during a youth event. Borisov (r) served as Russia’s deputy prime minister before taking…

The killing of Chad’s opposition presidential candidate Yaya Dillo, came as a shock to rights activists and critics of interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. Dillo — a cousin of Mahamat Deby — was killed under circumstances not fully disclosed when security forces attacked the headquarters of his Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF) in Chad’s capital city of N’djamena last Wednesday. “I’m devastated,” Max Loalngar, exiled leader of the Chadian Human Rights League LTDH, told DW the following day.President Mahamat Deby is widely expected to win the May 6 presidential electionImage: AFP ‘Death of democrats’ “This death is the death of all of us democrats, all of us who…

Germany’s ambassador to the UK has said there is “no need” for his country to apologise after a recording leaked by Russia revealed the head of the air force discussing secret details about alleged British troops in Ukraine.UK military sources and other NATO allies have expressed serious concerns over the security breach which German chancellor Olaf Scholz described as “very serious”. Berlin has launched an investigation after Russian media obtained a recording of the intercepted conversation between Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, the head of the German air force, and three senior German air force officers.Follow latest: Russia considering putting nuclear…

Several days after the leak of a recording of a discussion between high-ranking German officers regarding the war in Ukraine, this topic remains on the front pages of the Russian media. An uninformed viewer of local TV might even think it is Russia that has been attacked by Ukraine, and not vice versa. The leak coverage mostly reflects the traditional Russian state media narrative about the country fighting the entire western world in Ukraine, which aims to explain why the attempts to capture the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in three days failed two years ago.German Defense Minister warns it’s all “Putin’s game” referring…

“Europe has been so popularized by pop culture so it was definitely on my bucket list to do a Europe trip,” 30-year-old Kritika Goel told DW. The social media content creator from Vellore, a city in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state, said that she has always been fascinated by European history, culture and its stunning landscapes. So much so, that the 30-year-old finds herself returning to explore the continent every three or four months. And Goel is not the only Indian who has discovered the joys of exploring Europe across its railways.  India is now the second-largest market for Rail Europe,…

Real Madrid football manager Carlo Ancelotti is facing nearly five years in prison after being accused of tax fraud in Spain.Spanish state prosecutors are accusing the Italian coach of using a “confusing” system of shell companies to hide parts of his income during his first stint at the LaLiga club a decade ago. The former Chelsea and Everton manager is accused of two counts of tax fraud, which is punishable by up to four years and nine months in prison.They accuse the coach of having defrauded €1million (around £855,000) in 2014 and 2015.The prosecutors claim that during the period in…

“Europe has been so popularized by pop culture so it was definitely on my bucket list to do a Europe trip,” 30-year-old Kritika Goel told DW. The social media content creator from Vellore, a city in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state, said that she has always been fascinated by European history, culture and its stunning landscapes. So much so, that the 30-year-old finds herself returning to explore the continent every three or four months. And Goel is not the only Indian who has discovered the joys of exploring Europe across its railways.  India is now the second-largest market for Rail Europe,…

Former Boko Haram fighters have warned that they could return to their previous terrorist activities as they complained of abandonment by the Nigerian authorities. The ex-fighters, who now live in camps in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, are discontent that their essential needs haven’t been cared for properly for months. Some told DW that they were better off fighting for the militant group than residing in camps. “Honestly, if the government does not fulfill what they promised us, there is going to be a serious problem,” one of the former insurgents told DW. “Look at how I lost weight and lost my shape. Sincerely speaking, I prefer going [back] to the bush.”…

After a recent visit to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana, renowned Brazilian liberation theologian Frei Betto expressed deep concern about Cuba’s current economic situation. The Dominican friar and former intermediary between the Catholic Church and the government of late communist leader Fidel Castro, painted a bleak picture, describing it as the most challenging he has ever witnessed since the Cuban revolution in the 1950s. Betto also works for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and his assessment was underscored by recent news that the Communist Party-led government in Havana was seeking food aid from WFP. Operating in Cuba…