6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (582+ words) The EU is deliberating an official response to the glorification of war criminal Ratko Mladic in Belgrade. The UK, meanwhile, summoned Serbia's charge d'affaires over the display. Both the EU and UK on Tuesday expressed dismay over the funeral in…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (954+ words) With a declining population, shrinking congregations and growing economic pressures, temples are struggling to stay relevant. As more temples are sold or closed, is religion in decline in modern Japan? The 370-year-old structure has all the attributes of a classically…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (606+ words) New monarch Haakon VIII paid an emotional tribute to his late father, Harald V, in his first address to the nation. Vowing to follow his own path, Haakon pledged to uphold Norway’s democracy, unity and inclusive values. King Haakon VIII…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (142+ words) DW.com Harald was Europe's oldest monarch. The popular king modernized the royal house but refused to follow in the footsteps of other aging monarchs who have abdicated in recent years. His son Haakon has now taken the throne. Thousands…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (802+ words) King Harald is succeeded by his son, who has taken the name King Haakon VIII, with Crown Princess Mette-Marit now queen. Norway's King Harald, Europe's oldest living monarch, has died at 89, the royal court said on Friday. The monarch had…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (79+ words) DW Low Danube reveals WWII Nazi shipwrecks in Serbia As water levels in the Danube River hit record lows due to drought, wrecks of Nazi warships from World War II have resurfaced near the Serbian village of Prahovo once again....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (228+ words) Over the past 10 years, climate change has displaced an average of 70,000 people, every day. This, according to figures from the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR. Poorer countries are particularly hard hit. There is no universal legal framework that would offer these…...