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...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on Iran to exercise restraint after Israel’s attack to avoid further escalation in the region. In a statement posted on social media, Scholz said the Israeli government has informed Berlin that it carried out “precise and targeted” strikes on Iran’s military facilities. “They have tr...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has started to increase its military exports to Israel, official figures reveal. The German Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the government has approved exports of military equipment and weapons worth €94 million ($101.5 million) to Israel in the last three months. The figures were released in response to a parli...
BERLIN (AA) – If Donald Trump is re-elected, his four-year term could cost Germany up to €180 billion (approximately $194.2 billion) in a “trade war,” German Economic Institute (IW) said in a report released on Thursday. According to the report, Trump’s pledge to increase tariffs to reduce the US trade deficit could cause sig...
BERLIN (AA) – A majority of Germans oppose providing military support to Israel, despite the government’s recent decision to resume weapons supplies, according to a new poll. The survey revealed that 60% of respondents oppose supplying arms to Israel, as the Netanyahu government intensifies its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, heightening concerns...
BERLIN (AA) – After more than a year of Israel’s war on Gaza, President Joe Biden has suggested that Israel should “seek a path to peace.” The statement comes in the wake of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, which according to Biden, could provide an opportunity to bring a long-awaited peace to devastated [&hell...
GENEVA (AA) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that Germany will continue to supply arms to Israel, which continues air and ground attacks in Gaza and Lebanon. During the German Bundestag debate on the events of October 7, 2023, Scholz said: “We have supplied weapons and we will supply weapons. … We have made decisions […]
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...
