By Roman Goncharenko

13 July 2019; DW: Turkey is set to become the first and so far the only NATO member to use Russia's advanced S-400 missile system. What is so special about this weaponry — and why is Turkey risking its US ties over it? DW has the details.

By ZEKE MILLER

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was defiant and declarative, with all the hammer-on-anvil subtlety that has charted a now-familiar pattern of his presidency: create a crisis, retreat, declare victory, move on.

“Not only didn’t I back down, I backed up,” Trump insisted Friday. However he may phrase it, though, Trump walked away from his earlier vow to include a contentious question about citizenship on the 2020 census.

By JON GAMBRELL

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s first government minister born after its 1979 Islamic Revolution is a carefully manicured, charming internet engineer who posts Instagram pictures of his weekends with his family and spends 30 minutes a day reading letters from his constituents.

He also used to work for the Intelligence Ministry.

by Ben Knight

6 July 2019; DW: Germany may soon ban the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 as a terrorist organization. Given Germany's history, and a recent killing allegedly tied to neo-Nazi circles, the main mystery may be why it hasn't been banned yet.

By SARA BURNETT

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg stunned the Democratic presidential field with a nearly $25 million second-quarter fundraising haul. Now he needs to figure out how to use that money to build a campaign that can go the distance against nearly two dozen rivals — many of them better known — and ensure that enthusiasm from donors is matched by support from voters.

by Sabine Peschel

5 July 2019; DW: Is liberal democracy at its end? How should we deal with the rise of populism fueled by fake news on the internet? Yale historian and world-renowned author Timothy Snyder discusses these burning issues with DW.

by Emily Sherwin

2 July 2019; DW: Kazakhstan has given itself seven years to transition from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet, in a push to modernize the Central Asian country. But at a village school, not everyone is so sure about the mammoth change.

by Eric J. Lyman

ROME, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Italy next week could be the first step toward thawing economic tensions between the European Union and its neighbor to the east, analysts said, though few expect quick progress on that front.

Putin's support for Italy's strong anti-migrant policies could also help bolster anti-migrant forces in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at a time when they are under fire from European allies and advocacy groups, analysts told Xinhua.

by Teri Schultz

Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck thought it was a bit odd the German 13-year-old she was quizzing about politics had such strong opinions about the then-upcoming United States presidential election — and particularly why she said her classmates were so enthusiastic about Donald Trump. So von Reppert-Bismarck asked the student where they were getting their information about the American candidates. "Instagram" was the answer.

by Brian Thomas

20 June 2019; DW: The Saudi journalist's killing was conducted by state officials, the UN's rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard, told DW. She also says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated.

DW: How did you reach the conclusion that there is "credible evidence" that Saudi authorities were involved in Khashoggi's death?

by Wesley Rahn

18 June 2019; DW: The UN's "World Population Prospects" report released on Monday predicts that the world's population will grow by nearly 2 billion people over the next 26 years. Although the world's population is getting older and growing at a slower pace, it is still expected to increase, as a few countries will experience a surge in population.

by Rainer Sollich

16 June 2019; DW: After the attacks on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the US is blaming Iran. How credible is the accusation, asks DW's Rainer Sollich, and could there be other powers at play?