This is Beirut, 21/12 17:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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 ...
This is Beirut, 21/12 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 ...
This is Beirut, 16/12 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe Germany Olaf Scholz elections
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 ...
This is Beirut, 09/12 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European Union Germany HTS Syria Bachar el-Assad
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 ...
This is Beirut, 04/12 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Germany Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen
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 ...
This is Beirut, 28/11 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 ...
This is Beirut, 25/11 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Germany Cannes Oscars Film
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 ...
This is Beirut, 25/11 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Olaf Scholz Germany Election SPD
Olaf Scholz will on Monday be officially named to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany's snap elections in February, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term. The way has been cleared for Scholz to become the SPD's chancellor candidate after his popular defense minister, Boris Pistorius, ruled himself ...
This is Beirut, 24/11 15:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three European countries that initiated a censure resolution against it adopted by the UN's atomic watchdog. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would take place ...
This is Beirut, 23/11 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France Germany Iran United States United Kingdom Iran Nuclear Program
The United States, Britain, France, and Germany expressed on Saturday "serious concern" over Iran's plans to launch a series of new centrifuges for its nuclear program, urging Tehran to reengage with the UN nuclear watchdog. Iran's announcement came after the four Western powers brought a censure motion targeting the Islamic republic at the ...
This is Beirut, 20/11 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Germany rounded off their Nations League group stage campaign with a 1-1 draw in Hungary after a Dominik Szoboszlai penalty in the 99th minute rescued a point for the hosts, while Netherlands were held to the same scoreline by Bosnia and Hercegovina. There was little to play for in Group A3 going into the final day. The Germans had already ...
This is Beirut, 19/11 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Xi Jinping Olaf Scholz China Germany G20
Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for Beijing and Berlin to develop ties with a "strategic" and "long-term" perspective on Tuesday as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Rio de Janeiro, state media reported. "China and Germany are both major countries with significant influence," Xi told Scholz on the sidelines of the G20 summit, ...