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Summit on Libyan peace to open in Berlin
Jan 19, 2020 13:36The leaders of Germany, Russia, Turkey, and France are set to meet in Berlin to discuss ways to end the conflict in the North African country of Libya.
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UN experts unveil letter slamming Germany's pro-Israel law targeting BDS movement
Jan 18, 2020 10:04Five United Nations special rapporteurs have unveiled a letter to the German government censuring a German law that targets a pro-Palestinian boycott movement while insisting that criticism of the Israeli regime “is not anti-Semitic.”
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Suspected WWII bombs prompt evacuation of some 13,000 people in Germany
Jan 12, 2020 11:21Around 13,000 people are to be evacuated Sunday from their homes in the German city of Dortmund after local authorities identified suspected World War II bombs in the city center.
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Nord Stream 2 pipeline to be completed by first quarter of 2021: Putin
Jan 12, 2020 09:23Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Nord Stream 2, a system of offshore natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, will be finished by early 2021 at the latest, despite sanctions imposed by the United States on companies involved in the project.
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Russia, Germany say committed to saving JCPOA despite US pressure
Jan 12, 2020 08:47Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor have stressed support for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, urging all remaining parties to preserve the landmark accord despite calls from US President Donald Trump to abandon it.
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Countries move to evacuate, restrict citizens after Iran’s missile attacks on US bases in Iraq
Jan 08, 2020 09:54Countries have been warning their citizens to prepare for evacuation from and avoid traveling to Iraq, following retaliatory missile attacks by Iran against two US military bases in the Arab country.
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Germany slashing troop numbers in Iraq
Jan 07, 2020 12:08Germany says it is reducing its military presence in Iraq, in the latest fallout from the United States’ assassination of Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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Iran summons German envoy over 'unrealistic, harmful' claims against Lt. Gen. Soleimani
Jan 06, 2020 05:44Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Germany’s charge d’affaires to Tehran to strongly protest "unrealistically unwise and harmful" remarks in support of Washington's terrorist move to assassinate Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
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Six Germans killed, 11 injured in Italy road accident
Jan 05, 2020 14:32Six Germans were killed and 11 others injured when a speeding car ploughed into them in northern Italy on Sunday, Italian media reported.
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World leaders urge Iran to calm down after assassination of military commander
Jan 05, 2020 08:24Leaders of the international community are scrambling to de-escalate a situation created following the assassination of a senior Iranian military commander in Iraq by the American forces.