The Lebanese-German ISIS terrorist who ploughed a vehicle into a Pride parade, killing one and injuring 29 has been shot dead. Abdul Ballout rammed a van into a crowd at Berlin‘s annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade on Saturday. German media reported on Sunday that the 21-year-old had been shot and killed during a police operation…
LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) – Germany is funding 50,000 attack drones for Ukraine, a source familiar with the matter said, in an order that marks one of the biggest known purchases of drones for Kyiv by a Western government. Ukraine has relied heavily on a range of unmanned vehicles during the more than four-year-old war…
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is pushing for a return to Russian energy imports, using rising fuel prices and economic concerns to strengthen its support after recent election gains. Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has renewed its call for a return to Russian energy supplies, capitalising on rising fuel prices and economic concerns…
German military satellite plan raises alarm in EU Germany’s plans for a €10 billion military satellite network, independent of the European IRIS² project, are worrying some EU lawmakers about fragmentation and duplication of costs. Germany plans 100 satellites in low-orbit orbit for military use only, while IRIS² aims for 290 satellites by 2029 for a…
Threats, espionage, attempts to syphon information via messaging apps: according to authorities, Iranian secret services are trying to spy on the diaspora and Tehran regime’s opponents in Germany. Those affected feel intimidated amid pressure on their families back home. Iranian intelligence services are conducting extensive surveillance operations against opposition activists in Germany, using family members…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is on his way to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump, a planned trip now overshadowed by the escalation in the Middle East following the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran. It is a trip that had been planned for a long time, but under very different circumstances: This…
BERLIN, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Ministers from six leading European economies including Germany and France vowed to be the drivers of European progress as they tackled how to advance projects stalled by the EU’s complex decision-making process at a time of geopolitical upheaval. The video conference including finance and economy ministers from Poland, Spain, Italy…
There is growing frustration in Germany over the nation’s economy. The stagnant economy has caused enormous political problems in Berlin, where tax revenue is nowhere near enough to pay for the perennially growing demands on the welfare state. Like in most of Europe, the stagnant German economy is also permanently impoverishing the young generation. Echoing…
The new military service law will come into effect in January. Many think it goes too far, while others want to return to full conscription. It is snowing, and 16-year-old Carlotta is standing on the vast military training ground in Grafenwöhr watching a howitzer 2000 fire live ammunition. It is cold and very loud when…
Germany’s budget for 2026 was approved by lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Friday, with expenditure of €525 billion ($608 billion). The plans include more than €180 billion in borrowing, greater than at any time in German history other than during the coronavirus pandemic. “This budget once again has record investments,” said Finance…