Tag: Germany
Germany deports former bin Laden aide despite court ruling
BERLIN: German authorities deported a former aide to al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden to his native Tunisia on Friday, despite a court ruling blocking...
German court to rule on parents’ access to dead daughter’s Facebook
BERLIN: German judges will rule Thursday on Facebook users’ "digital legacy", or the fate of their private data after they die, in a case...
At NATO, Trump lashes Germany for being Russian ‘captive’
BRUSSELS: US President Donald Trump accused Germany of being a “captive” of Russia on Wednesday as Western leaders gathered in Brussels for a NATO...
EU migration policies seen building blocks for ‘Fortress Europe’
BRUSSELS: Deals on migration agreed in the European Union and Germany may end up more about rhetoric than reality but they indicate a shift...
Germany, Austria, Italy plan talks to ‘shut’ southern migrant route
VIENNA: Germany, Austria and Italy will hold talks next week on how to "shut" the southern migration route into Europe and plan to work...
Interior minister offers to resign, in blow to German coalition
MUNICH/BERLIN: German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer offered his resignation to party colleagues late on Sunday, party officials said, escalating a row over migration with...
Hungary says has not signed migrant repatriation deal with Germany
BUDAPEST: A spokesman for Hungary's government on Saturday said it has not entered into any agreement about repatriating asylum seekers after a German government...
Trump, ahead of NATO summit, repeats complaints on Germany, other Europeans
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump, less than two weeks before a NATO summit in Brussels, on Friday repeated his complaint that...
EU cuts migration deal after marathon talks, differences remain
BRUSSELS: European leaders reached a deal on migration in the early hours of Friday after tense and lengthy talks, but the pledges made to...
Poland’s Kaczynski says Germany should pay damages for World War Two
WARSAW: Poland’s ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski on Friday again demanded that Germany pay Poland damages for World War Two.
“This is a Polish-Germany issue,...
Complacency killed Germany’s World Cup hopes
VATUTINKI: Charts, graphs and statistical analysis will not explain Germany’s shock World Cup exit. The reason lies not in numbers but in German football’s...
Twitter blames ‘Virat Curse’ for Germany’s shocking FIFA WC exit
Holders Germany sensationally crashed out of the World Cup on Wednesday in one of the biggest shocks in the tournament´s history -- failing to...
England, Belgium battle for top spot after Germany World Cup shock
KALININGRAD: England and Belgium battle it out for top spot in their group on Thursday as the remaining teams at the World Cup digest...
Defending champions Germany knocked out of 2018 World Cup
KAZAN/EKATERINBURG: Defending champions Germany have been eliminated from the 2018 World Cup after losing to South Korea in Kazan.
Kim Young-gwon's 92nd-minute goal, awarded after a...
Germany holds suspected former bin Laden bodyguard pending deportation
BERLIN: A Tunisian man suspected of being an Islamist radical who once served as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard is in detention in Germany pending...
Injury-time win over Sweden keeps Germany in World Cup
SOCHI: Toni Kroos' injury-time winner against Sweden revived defending champions Germany's hopes of becoming the first side to retain the World Cup since Brazil in...
Germany face crunch Sweden clash as Belgium eye knockouts
SOCHI: Germany can ill afford another slip-up when they take on Sweden at the World Cup on Saturday, as the defending champions attempt to...