An explosion at Qatar's main LNG processing plant in Ras Laffan on Sunday injured 54 people, with 18 reported missing, according to state-owned QatarEnergy and the Interior Ministry.
France's government has imposed a ban on alcohol consumption on public streets in parts of the country due to high temperatures.
After a 3-0 opening loss to Argentina at the World Cup, Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane has faced criticism. Coach Vladimir Petkovic is now publicly defending him.
At least one person was killed and four others injured in a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov.
Schleswig-Holstein's Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) has demanded the resignation of Luigi Pantisano, the newly elected co-chair of the Left Party, after Pantisano compared the CDU to fascists in a newspaper interview.
Thousands of people demonstrated in Prague on Sunday against the Czech government's austerity plans for public broadcasting. According to the CTK news agency and Czech media, protesters fear political dependence of television (ČT) and radio (ČRo).
Germany have already secured top spot in their World Cup group after a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast. In the ZDF studio, Per Mertesacker and Christoph Kramer discussed possible changes to the starting lineup for the final group match against Ecuador.
British voucher company Wowcher has apologized for an email whose subject line appeared to reference a crocodile attack on a three-year-old boy at a zoo.
France faces Iraq for the first time in World Cup history. Kylian Mbappé is chasing the title and has praised teammate Ousmane Dembélé.
A new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Israelis believe Iran emerged as the victor in the recent war, while confidence in Benjamin Netanyahu is crumbling.
US Donald Trump issued harsh threats during the first US-Iran talks in Switzerland, prompting Iranian negotiators to walk out of the meeting prematurely.
In the Russian-occupied city of Sevastopol in Crimea, sweeping restrictions will take effect from June 22. Occupying chief Mikhail Razvozhayev announced drastic limits on fuel sales and store opening hours, among other measures.
A Russian missile strike on an agricultural enterprise in the Odesa region on the evening of June 21 killed one person and injured three others, according to Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration.
Belgium's Leandro Trossard did not receive medical treatment during the World Cup match against Iran despite visible injuries, due to a new tournament rule.
Thousands of yoga enthusiasts transformed New York's Times Square into a giant yoga studio on June 21, rolling out their mats beneath the iconic billboards for free classes from dawn to dusk.
The newly unveiled Kini monument in Munich was vandalized with paint just one week after its inauguration. The initiator expressed his frustration over the act of vandalism.
Hamburg's finance senator Andreas Dressel (SPD) anticipates job cuts in the city's public service ahead of budget deliberations. The reason is slower-growing tax revenues and rising costs, as reported by NDR.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) has expressed caution about a quick parliamentary decision on a Bundeswehr deployment in the Strait of Hormuz.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused his Polish counterpart Karol Nawrocki of exploiting anti-Ukrainian sentiment for domestic political gain, after Nawrocki revoked Zelenskyy's Order of the White Eagle.
Tens of thousands of people visited the German government's open house in Berlin over the weekend, despite intense heat and occasional storms. The government counted more than 80,000 guests, according to its own figures.
The UN Security Council has warned of atrocities in Sudan, a country in a state of war, according to Deutschlandfunk.
Friedrich Merz says he no longer files criminal complaints for insults, and is open to debating the law protecting politicians from defamation.
Romanian President Nicușor Dan has nominated a new prime minister without consulting the governing parties, drawing accusations of breaking democratic rules.
A Russian drone struck a multi-story residential building in Kharkiv, causing a fire and injuring several people, local authorities said.
Russian forces struck the Dnipropetrovsk region with over 30 drone and artillery attacks on Sunday, wounding five civilians, among them a two-year-old boy, according to Governor Oleksandr Hantscha.
The Russian occupation administration on the Crimean peninsula is introducing scheduled power cuts and has banned gas stations from selling fuel to ordinary citizens and businesses.
Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party (PP) has secured a landslide victory in Ethiopia's parliamentary election, winning 438 of 501 seats, according to the national election board.
Around 6,500 cyclists demonstrated in Hamburg on Sunday with a star-shaped ride for bicycle-friendly transport policy. Organizers reported 13,500 participants.
Austrian children's author Renate Welsh, known for works like 'Das Vamperl', speaks in an interview with ZEIT about her childhood during World War II, a stroke that nearly silenced her, and the power of books.
On what would have been her 100th birthday, the family of the late Johanna Quandt announced a ten-million-euro jubilee fund. The Herbert Quandt Media Prize was also awarded at the ceremony.
Three people have died in swimming accidents in Germany this weekend, and three more swimmers are missing, according to the German Press Agency.
Ukrainian forces hit an oil refinery in the Russian city of Tyumen overnight on June 21, the General Staff of Ukraine reported on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
Hertha BSC's women's football team has secured promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. Eight days after a 4-1 first-leg victory at 1. FC Saarbrücken, the team coached by Tobias Kurbjuweit could afford a 2-3 (1-1) loss in the return leg.
Sebastian Eder loves going to the stadium but can barely remember match sequences. In his column, he explains why football still feels like home to him.
The far-right Free Saxons party is contesting the official result of the mayoral election in Aue-Bad Schlema, where CDU candidate Marcus Hoffmann won the runoff against Stefan Hartung of the Free Saxons.
US investment firm Apollo Global Management aims to invest up to $100 billion in German companies over the next decade. Scott Kleinman gives a first interim assessment in Handelsblatt.
The agreement between Israel and Hezbollah is a ceasefire – a temporary halt to fighting. An armistice would be more binding under international law, and a peace treaty would be the best outcome.
Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research (Berlin), has criticized the pension commission's proposals released over the weekend as insufficient. He told the Rheinische Post that the recommendations are not enough to stabilize the statutory pension system.
Unknown attackers sent a fake highest-level disaster warning to numerous cell phones in Brazil. The government is calling it a cyberattack.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) plans to significantly increase the number of deportations to Afghanistan. Three charter flights per month would be possible, a ministry spokesperson told the German Press Agency.