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US President Barack Obama has announced that American combat operations in Iraq have come to an end after more than seven years. Deutsche Welle spoke with analyst Michael Lueders about the consequences of this move.

A top Swedish prosecutor says she will reopen the probe into an alleged rape commited by the founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. It's the latest twist in an ongoing investigation.

The Venice Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday. German director Tom Tykwer's "Three" is among the films vying for the Golden Lion award.

Barack Obama has seen important domestic issues take precedence over external affairs in recent months. While hailing the end of US combat operations in Iraq, his foreign policy has come under criticism from all sides.

German scientists have developed a new MRI technique that allows doctors and researchers a detailed look at the beat of your heart.

Tony Blair has released his memoir, "A Journey," and with it a scathing review of Gordon Brown's leadership in the Labour Party and as prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Germany marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the treaty that sealed German unity, even as some eastern politicians were questioning the deal, which they say was more like annexation than unification.

Prosecutors in the Netherlands said two men of Yemeni descent were arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Tuesday for questioning after US security found a mobile phone taped to a bottle in their luggage.

Riot police in the Russian capital, Moscow detained opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and dozens of others during protests on Tuesday, according to a delegation of European Union officials.

Comments by German central banker Thilo Sarrazin show how urgently Germany needs a debate about racism in the country, according to Hendrik Cremer of the German Institute for Human Rights.

Any suspicion of the mistreatment of children by church officials will in future be reported to prosecutors immediately, according to new guidelines presented by Germany's Catholic bishops on Tuesday.

With the transfer window's close, three of the Bundesliga's bigger clubs have brought in highly touted reinforcements. But last-minute acquisitions sometimes don't bring the intended benefits.

Germany's market regulator is using new powers to remove "underqualified" or "unreliable" individuals from 10 banks' supervisory boards. With new appointees being audited, state-run banks may face particular problems.

Two German nationals and one Sri Lankan have been charged with belonging to the Tamil Tigers, a banned separatist group. The men are believed to have raised millions of euros from Germany-based Tamils for weapons.

Around 12,000 Germans are waiting for an organ donation. Some politicians think that a model where everyone is presumed to be a donor unless they have said otherwise could give a much-needed boost to organ donation.

Microsoft, Google and others want the EU to pass a law that would create a single standard for data retention, much in the same way that there is a single standard for analog goods and services.

A Website launched in Pakistan uses crowd-sourcing technology to voice the needs of hundreds of flood victims seeking food, water and shelter. It's also helping coordinate the provision of aid in the flood disaster.

The Venice Biennale is one of Europe's most significant international architecture exhibitions. This year, the German pavilion gets to the root of the creative impulse that drives every architect: namely, desire.

German media group Bertelsmann has posted a record mid-term operating profit as advertising revenues recover from the global economic crisis.

High-profile banker and Social Democrat Thilo Sarrazin has defended his theory that Muslim immigrants are undermining German society. Meanwhile, calls for him to leave his job and political party are mounting.