Category: Germany

Germany Demands Hamas End Terror Attacks Against Israel, Condemns Anti-Semitism

The German government has said that the Hamas terrorist group must stop its rocket attacks on Israel, and that Germany “stands by Israel’s side” and supports its right to defend itself. Berlin also condemned anti-Semitic attacks in Germany, calling it “a disgrace for all of us.” “The rocket attacks by Hamas must stop,” German government…


Germany, France, Spain Aim for Fighter Jet Agreement This Week

BERLIN—Disagreements over intellectual property rights mean Germany, France and Spain have yet to agree the next steps for a joint fighter jet project, the defense ministry in Berlin said on Saturday after a deadline to find a solution ran out. The defense ministers of Germany and France had previously set an end-April deadline to broker…


Four Killed at German Hospital, Employee Arrested

BERLIN—Police in Germany detained a 51-year-old hospital employee and opened a murder inquiry after four people were found dead and another seriously injured at a clinic near Berlin. Police said they had arrived around 9 p.m. (local time) on Wednesday to find people with fatal injuries in several rooms of a ward at the Oberlin…


How Germany’s ‘Deal With the Devil’ Backfired and Changed History

On April 16 in the fateful year of 1917, the Russian communist Vladimir Lenin arrived in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) from exile in Switzerland. The Germans, with whom Russia had been at war since the summer of 1914, secretly arranged his return, granted him safe passage through Germany, and even gave him millions in gold….


Mother, Son Killed by Bulls in Germany

BERLIN—Police say an 81-year-old woman and her 56-year-old son are believed to have been killed by bulls at their farm in western Germany. Southern Hesse police said officers were alerted Monday morning that two bulls were on the loose in the town of Lorsch, about 30 miles south of Frankfurt. While one bull was caught…


Chinese Leader Xi to Attend Climate Change Summit Video Conference With France, Germany: State Media

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will attend a climate change leaders summit video conference on April 16 with France and Germany, said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, according to a report by state media Xinhua news agency. Xi will attend at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the report. Meanwhile, U.S. climate…


Biden Administration to Expand Military Presence in Germany in Reversal of Trump Policy

The United States will station 500 additional troops in Germany as early as this fall.


Japan Proposes Joint Naval Drill With Germany

TOKYO—Japan on Tuesday proposed holding a naval drill with Germany when a German frigate visits Asia later this year, the Japanese government said, as Tokyo aims to bolster security ties with other democracies in the face of China’s maritime expansion. The proposal was made during the first security dialogue between the foreign and defence ministers…


9 Countries Summon Chinese Envoy Over Xinjiang Row

Nine U.S. allies in Europe have summoned China’s ambassadors in protest after Beijing slapped sanctions on a dozen European officials, researchers, and institutions that have been vocal about the regime’s human rights abuses. The “sanctioning of members of Parliament and scientists is absolutely incomprehensible,” said German foreign minister Heiko Maas in a March 23 statement…


9 Countries Summon Chinese Envoys Over Xinjiang Row

Nine U.S. allies in Europe have summoned China’s ambassadors in protest after Beijing slapped sanctions on a dozen European officials, researchers, and institutions that have been vocal about the regime’s human rights abuses. The “sanctioning of members of Parliament and scientists is absolutely incomprehensible,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a March 23 statement…