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...
Abidjan, Ivory Coast — AFP Germany can no longer cooperate militarily with Niger because of a lack of “trust” in relations, German Foreign Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock has said. Germany already announced on July 6 that it will end operations at its airbase in Niger and pull out its remaining three-dozen troops by August...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US, Germany, Italy and the UK continue to be the main suppliers of military equipment that intensifies the suffering in Gaza. These weapons have been used to kill more than 38,000 Palestinians in Gaza, most of whom were children and women. These nations have paid little heed to calls from top […]
BERLIN (AA) – Growing tensions between Israel and Lebanon could trigger a war with “disastrous consequences” for the entire Middle East, Germany’s foreign minister has warned. Speaking to reporters in Jerusalem after her meeting with Israeli counterparts, Annalena Baerbock said the situation is “very serious’ and could get out of control...
