Berliner Volks-Zeitung - News from Berlin and the world for the people

Berlin -

IN THE NEWS

Sudan's RSF, allies sign charter for rival government

Sudan's RSF, allies sign charter for rival government

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to form a parallel government, they said Sunday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country.

Read more
Hamas says Gaza truce gravely endangered after Israel's prisoner delay

Hamas says Gaza truce gravely endangered after Israel's prisoner delay

Hamas on Sunday said Israel has gravely endangered a five-week-old Gaza truce by delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners under the deal because of the manner it has freed Israeli hostages.

Read more
Ex-PM Thaksin apologises over massacre in southern Thailand

Ex-PM Thaksin apologises over massacre in southern Thailand

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra apologised Sunday over the deaths of scores of Muslim protesters who suffocated in army trucks two decades ago in the country's south.

Read more
France makes arrests after deadly 'Islamist' knife attack

France makes arrests after deadly 'Islamist' knife attack

French police have made several arrests since a man went on a stabbing rampage, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an "Islamist terrorist act", anti-terror prosecutors told AFP Sunday.

Read more
Shiffrin in hunt for historic 100th World Cup win in Sestriere

Shiffrin in hunt for historic 100th World Cup win in Sestriere

Mikaela Shiffrin will fight for a historic 100th World Cup win on Sunday after topping the times in the first run of the Sestriere slalom, with world champion Camille Rast crashing out.

Read more
Prayers for Pope Francis, 'critical' in hospital

Prayers for Pope Francis, 'critical' in hospital

Pope Francis's ninth night in hospital was peaceful, the Vatican said Sunday, the day after revealing the 88-year-old was in a "critical" condition.

Read more
Sudan's RSF, allies sign charter for rival government: sources

Sudan's RSF, allies sign charter for rival government: sources

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to set up a parallel government, sources said Sunday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country.

Read more
Tens of thousands pour in for Beirut funeral of slain Hezbollah leader

Tens of thousands pour in for Beirut funeral of slain Hezbollah leader

Tens of thousands of mourners dressed in black, some waving Hezbollah flags or carrying portraits of the group's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, flocked to his funeral Sunday in a stadium on the outskirts of Beirut.

Read more
Ukraine contends with how to heal from three years of war

Ukraine contends with how to heal from three years of war

When the physiotherapist at the rehabilitation centre in Kyiv asks the group of wounded Ukrainian veterans to all stretch out their legs, some chuckle.

Read more
Pope Francis, in critical condition, had quiet night: Vatican

Pope Francis, in critical condition, had quiet night: Vatican

Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said Sunday, the morning after revealing the 88-year-old was in a "critical" condition.

Read more