Investigative Journalism
There are moments in history that burn themselves into the collective memory because they show how thin the veneer of civilization really is. August 11, 2025, was such a moment ...
Our work is not only an analysis of American domestic policy, but also an early warning system for democracy on this side of the Atlantic. When we document how in the United States academic freedom is being shut down ...
With a single post on his platform Truth Social on August 6, 2025, President Donald Trump made it clear that he is ready to intervene in the self-governance of the capital ...
It is a document that chillingly shows how normalized and at the same time grotesque life around Jeffrey Epstein was. A letter from director Woody Allen from 2016, ...
Donald Trump has once again shaken the foundations of world trade. Starting August 7, punitive tariffs will come into effect in the United States that are unprecedented in their ...
Russlands digitale Verwundbarkeit hat am Montag ein neues, dramatisches Ausmaß erreicht. Die staatliche Fluggesellschaft Aeroflot musste über hundert Flüge streichen, nachdem ein massiver Hackerangriff ihre IT-Systeme lahmgelegt hatte. Mehr als…
Donald Trump is back in Scotland – not as a mere businessman, but as President of the United States. For five days, he will stay at his two golf resorts in Turnberry and Aberdeen, accompanied by a massive entourage of security ...
On July 23, 2025, Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the U.S. state of Delaware against right-wing U.S. commentator and podcaster Candace Owens. ...
It is an unprecedented interplay of power, justice, and media currently unfolding in the United States. Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, on Monday banned ...
The woman speaking sounds calm. Almost casual. But every word she utters is an explosive charge. Stacey Williams, once a model, then mistress to one ...
In the language of power, there is no hesitation. Donald Trump acted, and the world held its breath. In a night that is set to go down in history as "Operation Midnight Hammer," ...
Washington, mid-July 2025. Once again, Donald Trump is at the center of world politics. Amid global unrest and growing doubts about his course, Trump stands alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ...
It was a Saturday morning straight out of the textbook of American unpredictability. Without prior notice, without final talks, without regard for the fragile order of global trade, Donald Trump ...
It was only a sentence, but one that says everything about the new geopolitical thinking in Washington under Donald Trump: "We're sending weapons to NATO, ...
What was planned as a diplomatic meeting between President Trump and five West African heads of state at the White House turned into a linguistic and political flashpoint in seconds.
It was meant to be a lunch at the White House celebrating Africa’s economic potential – and ended, as so often, in a moment of unintended comedy likely ...
It is a sentence so brutal it leaves one speechless – and yet it was delivered in complete calm, at a fundraiser, with laughter and a glass in hand: "If you go into Ukraine, I'm gonna bomb the shit out of Moscow
According to our research, evidence has been mounting that in early June, during internal White House discussions, a phrase was used that later appeared in a modified form across Nigeria’s social networks ...
It was a Monday morning when the pace of the news suddenly intensified – first with a sober decree on the Kremlin’s website, then with a breaking report from a suburb of Moscow.
It is a milestone for China’s leisure industry – and a promise to millions of families: With the opening of Legoland Shanghai Resort, China received its very first Legoland on July 5, 2025.
It was more than just a concert. It was a moment of collective memory, a promise finally fulfilled. On July 4, 2025 – American Independence Day – the United Kingdom celebrated its very own reunion: that of Noel and Liam Gallagher. Oasis is back.
Donald Trump calls it a new "beautiful" trade agreement – but anyone who takes a closer look at the deal with Vietnam announced on Wednesday will see: this agreement is neither finalized nor beneficial, ...
Washington - Our investigation has now definitively confirmed it: The Trump administration has eased key sanctions against Russian banks, including Gazprombank, Sberbank, and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation ...
It was a scene of biblical cruelty, but it did not take place two thousand years ago in Jerusalem – it happened in the spring of 2025 in the Arizona desert. An elderly pastor, William "Bill" Schonemann, 76 years old, ...
It was a performance meant as cultural emancipation - and ended as a historical misstep. When Beyoncé wore a T-shirt at a Juneteenth concert in Paris that portrayed the Buffalo Soldiers as heroes against "the enemies of peace," ...
In Kabul, silence has fallen. Where once the desperate cries of malnourished children echoed off the walls of a therapeutic feeding center, all that remains now is the squeak of empty metal beds...
Wonsan, June 26, 2025 – It was a spectacle straight out of a postmodern dystopia: North Korea’s ruler Kim Jong-un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju and daughter Ju Ae, ceremoniously cut the red ribbon on Tuesday ...
It was a moment that, even in the era of Donald Trump, remained a rarity. On an open stage, under the full spotlight of the NATO summit in the Netherlands, political seriousness dissolved completely - with just one single, adoringly inappropriate word: "Daddy."
It was a nighttime strike of immense symbolic power - and yet its echo could not sound more hollow. On June 22, 2025, in a military operation titled "Operation Midnight Hammer," ...
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), there are indications of localized contamination and chemical hazards resulting from additional impacts at the nuclear sites in Fordo and Natanz...
Tel Aviv / Tehran / Washington - It was a morning between hope and rubble: On Tuesday, Israel and Iran agreed to the ceasefire plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, thus marking - at least for now - an end to an unprecedented twelve-day war ...
Washington / Tehran / Tel Aviv – In the early hours of June 24, 2025, the war between Israel and Iran seemed to have reached a turning point – at least according to U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Washington / Tel Aviv / Tehran / Doha - Amid one of the most dangerous escalations in decades, U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced a complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran late Monday evening...
Doha / Tehran / Jerusalem - It was only a matter of time before the shadows of the new war fell over additional countries. In the early hours of Monday, several explosions shook the Gulf region - of all places, ...
Tehran / Tel Aviv / Washington – With targeted airstrikes on three military sites in Iran, the U.S. military directly entered the war between Israel and the Islamic Republic on Sunday evening ...
Jerusalem / Tehran – June 23, 2025 - Following the massive airstrikes by the United States and Israel on Iran’s nuclear facilities, signs are mounting of an escalating power struggle within the Islamic Republic...
There are moments when global politics outpaces itself. And then there are moments like this one - when the United States, under the leadership of President Donald Trump, calls on China ...
It was a massive yet limited strike - a show of force with calculated restraint. No political targets, no command centers, no air defense systems were hit. According to official Pentagon statements, Fordow was heavily ...
Washington / Tehran / Tel Aviv - In the early hours of June 22, 2025, the world changed. Three targeted U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear core sites - Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan - struck not only military objectives ...
There are moments in history when a single command is enough to destroy decades of diplomatic work - and to plunge the world into an abyss whose depth no one can truly fathom...
Washington / Tehran / Tel Aviv - June 22, 2025 - In an escalation with unforeseeable consequences, US President Donald Trump confirmed that American forces struck three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday night ...
Zapopan / Washington / Mexico City - About the moment when Valeria Márquez, 23 years old, was shot dead during a TikTok livestream in her beauty salon in Zapopan. We had reported on this case several times. About her last words ...
London / New York / Tehran – When Zahra tried to call her mother in Tehran, no familiar voice answered. Instead, she heard an unnaturally sounding female voice in English: ...
Geneva - While sirens wail in Tehran and shelters fill in Jerusalem, leading European diplomats met on Friday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for a crisis meeting in Swiss neutrality...
A night that changed the Middle East – and the world with it. On June 13, 2025, Israel launched a large-scale military operation against Iran’s nuclear program. What initially appeared to be a targeted strike on uranium enrichment ...
Vienna – Amid growing tensions between Israel and Iran, Europe is opting for de-escalation. As confirmed on Thursday, the foreign ministers of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom plan to meet directly with Iranian Foreign ...
Washington, June 19, 2025 – U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a comprehensive military strike plan against Iran but is hesitating to give the final order to carry it out. According to government sources, ...
Early Thursday morning, an Iranian missile struck the Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Be’er Sheva - the central medical facility serving over one million people in southern Israel. The impact caused significant damage, ...
Megrih - In a night drenched in sirens and hopelessness, the quiet evacuation began. While another missile alert echoed over Tel Aviv and beachgoers ran barefoot across the hot asphalt, a government plane took off from Israeli ...
As Israeli airstrikes hit key facilities of Iran’s nuclear program, something is beginning to stir inside the Islamic Republic as well. Pressure is mounting not only internationally ...
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