World

RTL Lëtzebuerg

RTL Lëtzebuerg

RTL Infos

World

News from around the world covering politics, society, and current affairs.

Nicolas Maduro is set to be sworn in for a third six-year term in office

In office since 2013

Nicolas Maduro: Venezuela's iron-fisted 'worker president'

The 'Anne of Kyiv' brigade was launched with pomp by France and Ukraine but has been hit by scandals

The 'Anne of Kyiv'

Ukraine's French-trained brigade rocked by scandal

Death toll rises to at least 11

Los Angeles fires rage on as National Guard called in

Morning Roundup

River levels start to normalise, Los Angeles fires rage on, and 2024 hottest year on record

Contested election results

Venezuela opposition claims elusive leader briefly detained in Caracas protest

Many sadhus, or Hindu holy men, walk for weeks through India to reach the site of Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering

Largest gathering of humanity

India readies for mammoth Hindu festival of 400 million pilgrims

Zoran Milanovic (L) is hoping to defeat Dragan Primorac (R) to secure a second term as Croatia's president

Presidential race

Croatia's populist president tipped for re-election

Under a hardline policy introduced in 2012, Australia sent thousands of migrants to 'offshore processing' centres, including one on the Pacific island of Nauru

Island of Nauru

UN watchdog says Australia violated asylum seekers' rights

Police are setting up checkpoints to control who goes in and out of areas affected by the major fires burning around Los Angeles

Despicable acts

Survivors patrol as looters prey on fire-wrecked Los Angeles

A bogus conspiracy theory falsely claimed Comet Ping Pong, a Washington pizza restaurant, was a hub for a child sex trafficking ring involving then US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

US 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory gunman killed by police: media

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy ahead of a meeting at Villa Madama in Rome on Syria

Blinken seeks to avert Syria turmoil with Europeans on final trip

Elon Musk has called on Germans to vote for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)

During livestream

Musk promotes German far-right leader in latest European intervention

Members of the clergy pray over the casket of former US president Jimmy Carter during his state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, as all five living US presidents look on

Former president's final journey

Jimmy Carter briefly unites US as presidents attend funeral

Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun faces the daunting tasks of overseeing a ceasefire with Israel and naming a prime minister

Lebanon army chief Aoun becomes president after two-year vacancy

'I see this as a time of opportunities,' said Zelensky

Ramstein Air Base

Ukraine's leader calls for support as Trump's return opens 'new chapter'

Duda wants Tusk 'to ensure that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is able to participate'

Liberation anniversary

Poland to grant Israeli officials 'free' access to Auschwitz ceremony

Supporters of the Israeli hostages demonstrate in Tel Aviv for a deal to bring them home.

State of the negotiations

What do we know about latest Gaza talks?

France urged Lebanon to form a strong government following Aoun's election

Opportunity for reform

Macron welcomes 'crucial election' of new Lebanon president

Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane arrived at Maputo International Airport after more than two months in an unknown location

Return from exile

Clashes as crowds welcome Mozambique opposition leader home from exile

France charged the founder of an adult website used to commit sexual offences, including by a French man who recruited dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife

France charges founder of adult website linked to mass rape trial: prosecutors

Meloni defended Musk, who has provoked fury across Europe by attacking the continent's leaders

Buddies on the right

Musk draws ire because 'isn't left-wing': Italy's Meloni

'You will never ever find a single euro, a single Libyan cent in my campaign' funds, said Sarkozy

Illegal financing trial

Sarkozy tells court 'not a cent' of Libyan money in campaign funds

Flames from the wind-driven Eaton Fire engulf a house in Altadena, California, January 8, 2025

What we know about the LA fires

B51/Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge

Rockslide blocks key route into Trier

Fighters affiliated with the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army faction patrol in the Manbij region of Syria's Aleppo province on January 4, 2025

Despite US intervention

37 killed in north Syria clashes between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces: monitor

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy once described Donald Trump as a 'tyrant' and 'xenophobic'

UK FM Lammy refuses to condemn Trump comments on Greenland

A growing contingent of younger, conservative men are joining the elderly supporters of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol

YouTube patriots? The men backing S. Korea's impeached president

Hundreds of thousands of Philippine Catholics swarmed through the capital during the annual procession of the centuries-old Jesus the Nazarene statue

Millions in the streets

Philippine Catholic devotees mass in Manila hoping for a miracle

Back to Top

Subscribe to our newsletter

Do you want to advertise on today.lu? Contact our advertising agency IPLuxembourg directly

© 2026 RTL Luxembourg. All rights reserved.