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Iran elections: Runoff to be held July 5 — Interior Ministry

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Middle East updates: Raids, bombing in north and south Gaza

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A young Syrian refugee taps on his tablet PC

A young Syrian refugee taps on his tablet PC

Syrians in Turkey face deportation into an unknown future

Syrians in Turkey face deportation into an unknown future

Turkey is deporting Syrian refugees back to Syria despite international concerns and warnings by rights groups.

A view of a woman salvaging items from a waste dump which is expanding along a tent displacement camp

A view of a woman salvaging items from a waste dump which is expanding along a tent displacement camp

Gaza bombardment leads to trash mountains

Gaza bombardment leads to trash mountains

Israel's bombardment of Gaza has claimed thousands of lives. It has also created a waste mangement problem.

Members of Istanbul's LGBTQ+ community at a party

Members of Istanbul's LGBTQ+ community at a party

Istanbul Pride: 'They want you to be afraid'

Istanbul Pride: 'They want you to be afraid'

Pride marches are banned in Turkey. Istanbul's LGBTQ+ community fears things could get even worse.

Two young Iranian women are walking past electoral posters featuring portraits of Saeed Jalili, Expediency Discernment Council member, former chief nuclear negotiator, and Iran's 2024 early presidential elections candidate, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 27, 2024, the day before Iran's early Presidential elections.

Two young Iranian women are walking past electoral posters featuring portraits of Saeed Jalili, Expediency Discernment Council member, former chief nuclear negotiator, and Iran's 2024 early presidential elections candidate, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 27, 2024, the day before Iran's early Presidential elections.

Polls open in Iran's presidential race to replace Raisi

Polls open in Iran's presidential race to replace Raisi

Iranians are choosing between three hardliners and one moderate candidate. What are voters' concerns?

An Iranian man shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during presidential election

An Iranian man shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during presidential election

Iran elections

Iran elections

Iranians elect a new president following the untimely death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May.

Police removing ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against military conscription

Police removing ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against military conscription

Israel brings in military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews

Israel brings in military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews

The Israeli Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that ultra-Orthodox Jews must also be conscripted into military service.

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An older man with white hair, wearing a striped shirt, stands in the ruins of his house

An older man with white hair, wearing a striped shirt, stands in the ruins of his house

Palestinian home demolitions spike in east Jerusalem

Following the October 7 attacks by Hamas, the demolition of Palestinian homes has surged in occupied east Jerusalem.

An artists version of The Line, a skyscraper city planned in Saudi Arabia.

An artists version of The Line, a skyscraper city planned in Saudi Arabia.

Are Saudi Arabia's plans for a non-oil future too grand?

Ski slopes in a desert and a city of mirrored skyscrapers: Recent events suggest the Saudis can't afford Vision 2030.

A woman stands holding her baby while she waits in a long line of other women

A woman stands holding her baby while she waits in a long line of other women

Sudan siege bears hallmarks of brutal Darfur war

DW spoke to civilians trapped in Sudan's besieged city of El Fasher amid attacks by the Rapid Support Forces.

Smoke billows high into the sky from the site of an Israeli airstrike on a southern Lebanese village

Smoke billows high into the sky from the site of an Israeli airstrike on a southern Lebanese village

Israel-Hezbollah clashes could plunge Lebanon into war

As fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military ramps up, Lebanese locals are dealing with difficult choices.

A dried up reservoir is seen from above

A dried up reservoir is seen from above

Iran's water crisis leads to alarming ground collapse

A drought in Iran is causing the ground to subside, threatening Tehran and hundreds of other towns.

Shepherd faces DW's camera as his sheep and various hills are seen the background

Shepherd faces DW's camera as his sheep and various hills are seen the background

How Israel is displacing Palestinians in West Bank

While the world has focused on Gaza, dozens of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank are being displaced.