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Erdogan announces 4-way summit on Syria’s Idlib
Feb 23, 2020 10:05Turkey’s president says his country is to join a quadrilateral meeting with Russia, Germany, and France to address the situation in the northwestern Syrian Province of Idlib, where Damascus’ anti-terror advances have posed a threat to the Turkish military presence.
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Germany ups police presence at mosques over 'very high' security threat
Feb 21, 2020 15:19Germany has increased police presence across the country, and at mosques in particular, as part of efforts to counter the "very high" security threat from far-right extremists in the wake of the recent racist attack.
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Trump’s new spy Chief Richard Grenell likened to ‘far-right colonial officer’
Feb 21, 2020 09:49US President Donald Trump has named the current Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, as acting Director of National Intelligence, immediately drawing criticism for picking an unusually undiplomatic ambassador with little intelligence experience to lead America’s spy agencies.
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Germany: Shootings at two coffee shops leave eight dead
Feb 20, 2020 09:12Two shootings in Germany have killed at least eight people and injured five others.
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Trump to name US envoy to Germany acting director of national intelligence: Sources
Feb 20, 2020 08:53US President Donald Trump is expected to name US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell to be acting director of national intelligence, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday (February 19).
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Merkel’s defense of Israeli regime’s war crimes undermines ICC & rule of law
Feb 19, 2020 17:41Germany took the shameful form of undermining International Law by contesting The Hague’s jurisdiction, claiming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) lacks the authority to investigate Israeli regime’s war crimes against Palestinians. In a petition filed with the ICC, Merkel’s government requested to be “a friend of the court” in an attempt to prevent The Hague proceeding with charges against the Netanyahu regime.
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German national jailed in Iran sent home in swap deal: Judiciary
Feb 18, 2020 11:46The Iranian Judiciary says a German national, who was jailed in Iran, has been released and is now back in Germany after an Iranian national detained in the European country returned home on Sunday.
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German far-right arrests reveal ‘shocking’ attack plot on mosques
Feb 18, 2020 06:29The newly arrested members of a German far-right group are believed to have been plotting “shocking” large-scale attacks on mosques in Germany similar to the deadly ones carried out in New Zealand last year, a government official says.
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Iranian illegally detained in Germany returns home with FM Zarif
Feb 17, 2020 13:11Iranian national Ahmad Khalili, who had been detained in Germany over allegations of violating illegal United States sanctions on Iran, has been released and returned home following extensive diplomatic work.
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Iran’s Zarif meets top officials in Munich
Feb 17, 2020 06:46Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed a range of issues in meetings with his French, Russian, Turkish and German counterparts on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany.