ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) – The suspect who drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing five people and injuring more than 200 others, is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor described as anti-Islam, and a supporter of Zionism. German media named the person as Talib A, who knocked over dozens […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK, France, and Germany have urged Israel to renew vital banking ties with Palestinian financial institutions for at least 12 months, warning that failure to do so could lead to the collapse of the Palestinian economy and destabilize the region. Israel’s indemnification of its banks for cross-border transactions with Pa...
BERLIN (AA) – In her memoir published on Tuesday, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel portrays Donald Trump as a leader who viewed international relations through the lens of “real estate deals.” Merkel recounted her first Oval Office meeting with Trump in 2017, writing: “He judged everything from the perspective of ...
BERLIN (AA) – Defense ministers from five major European nations gathered in the German capital Berlin to reinforce military support for Ukraine and address concerns about potential shifts in US foreign policy in Donald Trump’s upcoming second presidency. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who hosted the meeting, told reporters tha...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UK, France, Germany and the US welcomed Saturday the adoption of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors resolution on Iran’s Safeguards Agreements. “The resolution responds to Iran’s continued failure to provide the IAEA the information and cooperation needed to clarify long outsta...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Stockholm to protest Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, condemning Western governments for supplying weapons to Israel despite civilian casualties. The rally, held in the Odenplan area, was organized by several civil society groups and drew 2,000 participants. Proteste...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has criticized Israel for not allowing sufficient humanitarian aid into Gaza. “Never in the last 12 months has so little aid come to the Gaza Strip as now. A large proportion of the more than 2 million people suffer from acute malnutrition and live in unimaginable conditions,” [&hel...
Somalia on Wednesday urged Germany to end the “forced” deportation of Somalis. Visiting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin to discuss cooperation on the deportation of migrants from the East African nation. Approximately 65,000 Somalis live in Germany. Somali government spokesman...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has slammed Germany’s decision to close the Iranian consulates. In a statement on X, Araghchi said the German decision to close Iranian consulates constitute a “sanction” against Iranians residing in Germany. On Thursday, the German Foreign Ministry had ordered...
BERLIN (AA) — Germany has recalled its ambassador to Tehran and summoned the Iranian chargé d’affaires in Berlin following the execution of German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd. “We have expressed our strong protest against the actions of the Iranian regime and reserve the right to take further action,” the German Foreign Ministry s...
