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German president gets royal treatment on UK state visit
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» WINDSOR (UNITED KINGDOM) - Britain's King Charles III treated German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to a sumptuous banquet Wednesday, as the pair hailed the countries' deep ties during the first UK state visit by a German head of state in decades.
Afghan gets life for jihadist knife murder in Germany
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» STUTTGART, Germany - An Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a jihadist stabbing spree in Germany last year that killed a police officer and left five people wounded.
London police arrest 9 after clashes at 110,000-strong far-right rally
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» LONDON - Clashes erupted on Saturday as more than 100,000 people turned out in central London for a rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, with police arresting nine people after facing "unacceptable violence" trying to control the crowds.
Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN — Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.
Germany presses ahead with deportations to Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» BERLIN - Germany said on Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.
Dutch election called for Oct 29 after government falls
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - The Netherlands will hold elections on Oct 29, authorities announced on Friday, after far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled out of the ruling coalition, bringing down the government and sparking political chaos.
Germany's Merz survives Trump test, despite Ukraine differences
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz came through his Oval Office encounter with Donald Trump relatively unscathed Thursday -- despite differences over Ukraine as the US president said it might be better to let Moscow and Kyiv fight it out like children.
Germany's Merz to brave Trump's Oval Office test
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» WASHINGTON — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, hoping to avoid one of the United States president's infamous ambushes amid discord over Ukraine and tariffs.
Dutch government falls as far-right leader Wilders quits coalition
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders withdrew his party from the government on Tuesday in a row over immigration, bringing down a shaky coalition and likely ushering in snap elections.
Germany mass stabbing suspect has 'psychological illness': police
AFP, Published on 25/05/2025
» BERLIN - A German woman accused of a mass stabbing attack that wounded 18 people at a train station in Hamburg suffers from mental illness, police said Saturday.