Stichwahlen in NRW: Final Round Determines Mayors and District Administrators
Voters across North Rhine-Westphalia returned to the polls on September 28 for runoff...
Bayern-SPD Elects New Leadership Duo Amid Persistent Crisis
Bayern's Social Democrats have elected a new dual leadership team in an effort to steer the...
Gelsenkirchen Rejects AfD Bid as Henze Wins Mayoral Runoff with Two-Thirds Majority
Social Democrat Andrea Henze has been elected as the new mayor of Gelsenkirchen, defeating AfD candidate Norbert Emmerich in Sunday's runoff election. The 49-year-old SPD politician secured 66.9 percent of the vote compared to Emmerich's 33.1 percent, according to final results. Henze succeeds longtime SPD mayor Karin Welge, who did not seek reelection after completing her term. The...
India Rejects Pakistan's Human Rights Criticism as Hypocritical
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in...
German Police Investigate Fatal Clash Involving Weapons in Gelsenkirchen
A violent confrontation in the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck district of...
Vereinigung Cockpit Delays Strike Decision Amid Lufthansa Negotiations
Lufthansa passengers received temporary relief as the Vereinigung...



India Rejects Pakistan's Human Rights Criticism as Hypocritical
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, India launched a sharp diplomatic counterattack against Pakistan over what it characterized as hypocrisy on human rights issues. Indian diplomat Mohammed Hussain called it "deeply ironic" that a country with what he described as one of the worst human rights records globally was attempting to lecture others through...