LONDON (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in an advisory opinion in July that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end as soon as possible and that third countries must do nothing to aid or assist that occupation. Norway’s $1.7 trillion wealth fund may have to divest shares […]
The US and Germany remain the final significant arms suppliers to Israel. This comes as international pressure mounts for a halt in military sales due to Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed over 40,000 Palestinians and led to accusations that it is committing genocide at the International Court of Justice. One study in the […]...
Germany has deported 28 Afghan nationals back to Afghanistan. This is the country’s first deportation flight since the Taliban re-took control of the country in 2021. The deportees were previously convicted of crimes and residing illegally in Germany. They were sent home following a fatal knife attack in the city of Solingen on August ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s far right party has won a state election for the first time since World War II, preliminary official results show. The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party managed to win 32.8% of the vote in the state of Thuringia, while the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) came in second with 23.6%. The [&hel...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised new measures to prevent irregular migration but ruled out suspending asylum rights, amid calls from opposition parties for a drastic overhaul of migration policy. “The individual right to asylum will remain in place. This is in our constitution, and nobody can get my support to cha...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany and the UK have called for progress in cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, and urged Israeli authorities to allow unhindered humanitarian access into Gaza. Speaking at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were both “deeply concerned” abou...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has backed Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, saying it had “the right to self-defense.” “At the weekend we had a threat of escalation, above all from Hezbollah, which had already made massive threats in advance and then proceeded with rockets and shelling of Israel. In fact, in the light of this threat, […]...
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a brutal knife attack at a festival in Solingen, Germany, in which three people were killed and eight injured. The group described the assailant as a “soldier of ISIS” and said the attack was in retaliation for injustices against Muslims in Palestine. German authorities have a suspect in custody in […...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany, a staunch Israel supporter, has come round to strongly condemn the rising violence perpetrated by illegal Israeli settlers against Palestinians, urging the Israeli government to take the necessary measures to stop such attacks. “We condemn the violence of extremist settlers who attacked and set fire to a Palestinia...
BERLIN (AA) – Some 68% of Germans oppose military support for Israel, should the war spread to Lebanon or Iran, according to an opinion poll released by public broadcaster ARD. Compared to a survey from March, criticism of the military actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the Middle East is growing among the...
