Contrary to a common assumption, the UAE was the hardest-hit Gulf state early in the war. Today things are much calmer over the Emirates – here's why.

US President Trump says he has suspended planned strikes on Iran – subject to a rapid deal. The situation remains volatile.

At the EU's only land border with Africa, thousands reached the Spanish enclave from Morocco in late July. Several people died; Spain returned many.

More than 40 countries vote in 2026. The decisive ballots come in the autumn – from the US to Brazil to Israel.

The conflict is pushing energy prices up – and the World Bank now expects only about 2.5 percent global growth in 2026.

Between desert and skyscrapers lies one of the region’s best-known polo and equestrian addresses. A look at a special place.

Everyone knows them as the Queen's favourite dogs. Yet corgis started out as something quite different – tough herding dogs from Wales.

The influential Republican from South Carolina died in mid-July of an aortic dissection, leaving a gap in US foreign policy.

NASA's Artemis II mission takes four people around the Moon.

A second straight year near record lows – shortfall twice the size of Texas.

A major study shows the vaccine is measurably saving children's lives in Africa.

New telescope data rule out a lunar impact in 2032.

Spain win the 2026 World Cup: 1-0 after extra time against Argentina.

She does it all herself – and the new single „Miss Mango“ shows just how much range she has. A portrait of one of Brooklyn's most exciting young voices.

Editorial: The Jens Spahn case has brought the debate back. Our position is clear – a child must not carry a price, and a woman's body is not for rent.

Design test post: a piece about the people who stay – warm, short, direct.

We just celebrated Sinatra – now let's be honest: New York has more than one anthem. For a whole generation, Alicia Keys sings it.

Why Frank Sinatra's voice still moves us today – and how „New York, New York“ became a whole city's unofficial anthem.

Europe's 55 football associations say they will not play FIFA tournaments as long as FIFA plans to sell World Cup stakes to investors. FIFA chief Infantino defends the plan.

The Rhine gauge at Kaub is nearing a record low. Because every cargo ship must pass there, fuel supply comes under pressure. What the much-discussed centimetres really mean.

A dummy test post: studies on morning coffee — and what's really behind it.

With the years, news arrives more often of people the same age as ourselves. That this confronts us more strongly with our own mortality is a well-researched psychological phenomenon.

Emirates still flies daily, the hotels are open – yet Germany's Foreign Office advises against it. What's true? A sober look at the security situation in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as of today.

After a week of massive protests, India's education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned. The demonstrations had been sparked by education policy.

Through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Greek firefighting aircraft are deployed in Spain to fight the wildfires west of Madrid.

The media group Paramount Skydance has postponed its planned merger with Warner Bros. The combination would create one of Hollywood's biggest players.

The International Criminal Court has removed its chief prosecutor Karim Khan following allegations of sexual misconduct. Khan had denied the allegations.

After the halt in US strikes on Iran, the oil price is easing: Brent is trading around $90 a barrel again, a drop of over eight percent in a day.

To slow the dying of the reefs, scientists are turning to corals that tolerate higher water temperatures – a glimmer of hope for the threatened ecosystems of the seas.

On 12 August the sky darkens: a total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and northern Spain – the first over continental Europe in years.

Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar has won the Tour de France for the fifth time, drawing level with the greatest names in cycling history.

Work less, same pay, same output? Several large trials of the four-day week deliver strikingly positive results – but also open questions. A sober look.

Playing looks like a pastime but is hard developmental work. Why free, unstructured play in particular is so important for children – and why many now lack the time for it.

A year of travelling, working or volunteering before studies begin: the 'gap year' has grown more popular. What it offers – and what to watch for so it doesn't become a lost year.

In a digital world, handwriting seems old-fashioned. But research shows: those who write by hand often learn and remember more than with a keyboard. Why that is.

Many successful people are secretly convinced they don't deserve their success and will soon be 'found out'. Why this feeling is so common – and what helps against it.

Venice, Barcelona, Bali: some places are being overrun by visitors. 'Overtourism' is changing entire cities – and raises the question of what sustainable travel can look like.

Over 9,000 kilometres, seven time zones, a week on the train: the Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest continuous rail line on Earth – and a journey like no other.

The Danes are considered one of the happiest peoples in the world – and have their own word for it: hygge. What lies behind the feeling that barely translates.

An electric car charges its battery not only at the socket but also when braking. How this clever trick called recuperation works – and why it saves range.

Millions of roofs carry them – but how does a solar cell actually turn sunlight into electricity? The process behind it is surprisingly elegant and works entirely without moving parts.

A medicine with no active ingredient that works anyway: the placebo effect is one of medicine's most astonishing phenomena – and it shows how closely body and expectation are linked.

In a few places around the world, strikingly many people live past a hundred. What these 'blue zones' have in common reveals a lot about what makes a long, healthy life.

Beneath every forest lies a hidden network of fungal threads through which trees exchange nutrients and even send warnings. A look at one of ecology's most fascinating discoveries.

They survive heat, cold, radiation and even the vacuum of space: tardigrades are barely half a millimetre long – and tougher than any other known creature.

Every night we experience stories no one wrote. Why the brain dreams is still not fully understood – but science has some convincing explanations.

Researchers are working on vaccines that protect not against a single virus but against whole families of pathogens – even as they mutate. A breakthrough that could prevent future pandemics.

From Wall Street to Asia, chipmaker shares are tumbling. SK Hynix drops up to 13 percent, South Korea's benchmark nine. Investors are asking: do the vast AI investments even add up?

On a single day, the threads of two wars meet at the White House: Israel's prime minister and Ukraine. At the centre is whether the pause in the Iran war can turn into real peace.

The chip giant reportedly wants to give the ChatGPT maker a multi-billion guarantee – for a data center costlier than any before. Critics warn of a dangerous circular loop.