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Trump's Greenland Comment Spark EU 'Incomprehension'

This is Beirut, 08/01 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that EU leaders were baffled after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. "In my discussions with our European partners, there has been a notable incomprehension when it comes to current statements from the USA ...

Macron: Iran 'Main Strategic and Security Challenge' in Middle East

This is Beirut, 06/01 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said Iran was the main strategic and security challenge in the Middle East, citing the acceleration of its nuclear programme and support for Russia's war against Ukraine. "Iran is the main strategic and security challenge for France, the Europeans, the entire region and beyond," Macron said in a speech ...

Mannschaft 2024: The Revival of Germany

Makram Haddad, 04/01 19:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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After years of wandering marked by disastrous failures in the World Cup and European Championship, Germany finally appears to be reclaiming its status as a football powerhouse. Euro 2024, hosted on home soil, provided the perfect stage for a Mannschaft in full reconstruction. But does this return to the spotlight truly signal the beginning of a ...

Syria: Barrot Calls for Inclusivity, Destruction of Chemical Weapons

This is Beirut, 03/01 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called on Syria's new rulers Friday to reach a settlement with Kurdish authorities in the northeast. Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock met Syria's new ruler, Ahmad el-Sharaa, in Damascus, in the highest-level visit by major Western powers since Islamist-led rebels seized power ...

Germany Says Turkey Must not Wage War on Syria's Kurdish Groups

This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Germany on Monday warned Turkey against stepping up military action against Kurdish armed groups in the north of Syria, two weeks after Islamist-led rebels toppled Syria's longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy "terrorist" groups that posed a threat to Syria's survival, namely the ...

Germany Mourns Five Killed, Hundreds Wounded in Christmas Market Attack

This is Beirut, 2024-12-21 17:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday condemned the "terrible, insane" car-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market that killed five people and injured more than 200. Police arrested a 50-year-old Saudi psychiatry doctor at the scene Friday, next to the battered SUV that had ploughed through the festive crowd leaving a trail of ...

Germany: Mystery Surrounding Motives for Magdeburg Attack

This is Beirut, 2024-12-21 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Germany reeled Saturday from the shock of a new deadly attack on a crowded Christmas market where Chancellor Olaf Scholz was to visit the scene of the carnage. Police arrested a 50-year-old Saudi doctor at the scene after two people were killed and 68 injured when an SUV plowed through the festive crowd in Magdeburg on Friday night. Residents ...

Germany's Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Triggering Early Elections

This is Beirut, 2024-12-16 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote on Monday after weeks of turmoil, setting Europe's biggest economy on the path to early elections on February 23. The Bundestag vote, which Scholz had expected to lose, allows President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve the legislature and formally order an election. The ...

Germany: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Will Be Judged by Its Actions

This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Germany said on Monday it would judge Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) the Syrian rebel group that spearheaded the offensive to oust president Bashar al-Assad, by the actions it takes in government. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) would "certainly play a role in the future of Syria", foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer told a regular press ...

Leverkusen Eliminate Bayern from German Cup After Neuer Sees First Red

This is Beirut, 2024-12-04 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Bayern Munich were dumped out of the German Cup by holders Bayer Leverkusen as Nathan Tella's second-half goal secured a 1-0 win for the Bundesliga champions on Tuesday, after Manuel Neuer saw the first red card of his 866-game career. The 38-year-old rushed out of the box in typical fashion 18 minutes in to the German Cup last-16 clash, taking ...

Germany Offers to Deploy Patriot Air Defense Systems to Poland

This is Beirut, 2024-11-28 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Germany said on Thursday it had offered NATO to deploy Patriot air defense systems to Poland from January to help protect weapons supply lines to Ukraine in its war against Russia. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said this would help protect a logistics hub and "secure the supply of vehicles, weapons and ammunition that Ukraine urgently needs to ...

Exiled Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Represents Germany at Oscars

This is Beirut, 2024-11-25 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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After his hasty escape from Iran, his latest film will represent Germany at the Oscars: a symbolic escape for director Mohammad Rasoulof, both grateful and overwhelmed by having to reach this point to have his art recognized. The Seed of the Sacred Fig, his paranoid thriller shot clandestinely in Iran, has enchanted critics and won the Special ...

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