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UK: Starmer says he would't have appointed Mandelson as US envoy if he'd known he failed vetting process Under-fire Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that neither he nor his ministers were told that the former ambassador to the US and Epstein associate Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting. Ugandan military reports rescue of some 200 hostages from ADF militants in eastern DRC Uganda's military has said that it and forces from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo freed some 200 hostages in eastern DRC in a joint operation against Islamist militants known as the ADF. Sudan war enters fourth year as child hunger crisis deepens Sudan’s war has displaced millions, leaving parts of the country facing famine. Aid agencies warn children are bearing the brunt as food shortages worsen and humanitarian funding declines. Is To Lam's Vietnam turning into Xi Jinping's China? After Vietnam's lawmakers unanimously elected Communist Party chief To Lam as the country's president, analysts are asking whether Vietnam aims to copy China's political model. Bulgaria enters uncharted territory as Radev wins big Preliminary results show that former President Rumen Radev has won Bulgaria's general election with a clear majority and the biggest result for a single party since 1997. Will Bulgaria finally get a stable government? How China's chip expansion puts pressure on global rivals US curbs on advanced chips pushed China to focus on its own semiconductor ecosystem. And while it trails at the very cutting edge, China's "good‑enough" technology is fast powering much of the global economy. Bulgaria: Pro-Russia Rumen Radev wins ‌election Rumen Radev's new center-left party, Progressive Bulgaria has won an absolute majority in the country's eighth general election in five years. Both Russia and the EU have already sent their congratulations. US strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean kills 3 Trump has said that the US is in "armed conflict" with cartels, as its military campaign has killed at least 180 people since last year amid criticism over its legality. Will Venezuela's oil sector reform attract investors? After the US ousted Maduro and effectively seized control of Venezuela's oil industry, the country's economy has been transitioning rapidly. The interim government is wooing investors but lacks democratic backing. The German refugees who found shelter in Yugoslavia After the Nazis seized power in 1933, many Germans escaped by fleeing abroad. Some ended up in what was then Yugoslavia. German historian Marie Janine Calic tells their story. Life in Donbas: 'If we give up, there will be nothing left' The Russian army is advancing on the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka, with the aim of occupying the entire Donbas region. Yet people continue to live and fight in the area, as DW's Hanna Sokolova-Stekh found out. Mines in the Strait of Hormuz: How dangerous are they? Iran says it has placed mines in the Straight of Hormuz to discourage independent traffic. How dangerous are naval mines, and what can be done to clear them?