This Thursday, the Royal Liverpool Golf Club will host its first Open Championship in eight years. Tiger Woods returns after missing the Masters and the US Open. US Open 2014 Golf Martin Kaymer 14.6.2014. Over the next four days, Germany may well find ...

When the FIFA World Cup started in Brazil, Ghana was in the same group as Germany - and the only team to hold Germany to a draw. Many Ghanaian fans now see Germany as a source of inspiration.

A new international development bank and multi-billion emergency lending pool are set to be launched by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The move comes at a summit meeting of BRICS leaders in Brazil. Heads of BRICS member states.

Ghana's capital, Accra is being overewhelmed by uncollected rubbish and there are serious risks to public health. Residents have petitioned the local mayor.

The International Monetary Fund has expressed concern over Portugal's banking system. Portugal's stock market took a dive amid worries over one of the country's largest financial groups, Espirito Santo. Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo. The IMF on Thursday ...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed for calm in the Middle East, calling for "bold thinking and creative ideas" to end the clashes. Israelis and Palestinians traded blame in the emergency Security Council session. Symbolbild Palästina Israel Flaggen ...

Oranje meets Albiceleste. The Netherlands are seeking the chance to redeem their close-but-no-cigar result from 2010. Argentina want to return to the final for the first time since 1990 and show they're more than Messi. Netherlands celebrate. It's hard to say ...

Al Shabab has carried out an armed assault on Somalia's presidential palace, penetrating the fortified complex. Security had been increased after al Shabab attacked the parliament building over the weekend. Mogadischu Somalia Regierungssoldaten Juli ...

Japan braced for one of the most powerful storms in decades as typhoon Neoguri headed towards the southern Okinawa island chain. Nearly half-a-million people were urged to take shelter as record level winds are expected.

Japan braced for one of the most powerful storms in decades as typhoon Neoguri headed towards the southern Okinawa island chain. Nearly half-a-million people were urged to take shelter as record level winds are expected.

Brazil versus Germany in Belo Horizonte is set to be a fascinating encounter with a spot in the World Cup final up for grabs. DW has a closer look at which players will be most important in tonight's game.

Nearly 500,000 residents haven been evacuated from Japan's southern islands as weather forecasters predict a 14-metre storm surge, torrential rains, landslides and flooding. Super Typhoon Neoguri in the Pacific Ocean, approaching Japan on its northward ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping's South Korea visit sends out a number of messages not only to North Korea but also to Japan and the US, analyst Aidan Foster-Carter tells DW. Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye.

Israeli authorities had been braced for trouble ahead of the funeral, with an Israeli police statement saying that "thousands of police were deployed this morning in east Jerusalem in order to maintain security." Palestinian women are checked by Israeli security ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has left its main interest rates unchanged at record lows, holding off fresh policy action to spur lending and inflation. The ECB is waiting for its latest rate cuts to show an effect. The European Central Bank in Frankfurt, ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in South Korea for talks that have been seen by some as a snub to China's long-standing ally North Korea. Pyongyang staged a series of rocket tests in the run up to the meeting. Xi Jinping in Südkorea 03.07.2014 ...

Palestinians have responded to the killing of a teenager in a suspected revenge murder with riots. The killing is being lamented locally and internationally among rising tensions, with apparent political consequences. Palestinian youth in Shufat after the ...

Palestinians have responded to the killing of a teenager in a suspected revenge murder with riots. The killing is being lamented locally and internationally among rising tensions, with apparent political consequences. Palestinian youth in Shufat after the ...

Health ministers and officials from 11 West African countries are in the Ghanaian capital Accra for a two-day meeting on the Ebola epidemic which has killed scores of people in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Serbian leaders plan to stay away from Saturday's EU-funded commemorations in Sarajevo to mark the assassination that unleashed World War One. Instead, Serbs have unveiled a monument to the assassin. Museum Sarajevo 1878-1918. Vienna's ...