Christianity and Islam are the largest religions in history, and around half the people in the world consider themselves to be either Christians or Muslims. But Christianity and Islam disagree on fundamental doctrines and practices, so they can't both be right. Is there a way to judge these two religions? Some people judge religions based on the worst adherents of the religions. Others insist that we should judge religions by their best adherents. However, rather than judging religions by their adherents at all, we should turn to the central figures of the religions. In this video, David Wood compares Muhammad and Jesus.
When asked if the NYC blast was terrorism, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, "A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism, but it's not linked to international terrorism."
Interview with Yuri Andrukhovych. He is one of the most popular authors in Ukraine. This year he was awarded Germany’s Goethe Medal. Yuri Andrukhovych became known for his efforts in the 2013 Maidan protests. In the DW Interview he explains what has happened since.
Tensions are high in the eastern German town of Bautzen following clashes between asylum seekers and far-right locals earlier this week. Authorities have stepped up police patrols in the area and imposed a curfew on migrants at a shelter there.
European Union leaders have gathered in Slovakia's capital Bratislava for a summit that some have described as a crisis meeting.
The gathering was called by the Slovak government following the UK's Brexit vote to leave the EU.
Central European countries have taken the opportunity to raise objections to a plan to force them to house asylum seekers and refugees against their wishes.
Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from Bratislava.
The first lady did not shy away from addressing the latest controversy surrounding the ‘birther’ movement and Barack Obama’s birthplace during a campaign speech for Hillary Clinton in Fairfax, Virginia, on Friday
A revealing and unsettling journey to the heart of America’s deadly love affair with the gun.
In the 18 years since Zed Nelson’s seminal photography book Gun Nation was published, 500,000 Americans have been killed by firearms in the US. Half a million people dead and many more injured, Nelson returns to the people he met, re-photographs them, and asks why America is a nation still with an insatiable appetite for firearms.
Gun Nation explores the paradox of why America's most potent symbol of freedom is also one of its greatest killers.
Commissioned by The Guardian and Bertha Foundation for the Guardian Bertha documentary partnership
After Brexit, Sandro Gozi calls for a "relaunch of the European integration process" on DW's Conflict Zone with Tim Sebastian. But Italy has enough problems on its own: Nearly half of the population stated in May this year that they want to leave the EU, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Italy the worst economic forecast of any other eurozone country. How is the Renzi government planning to solve these problems?
