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German police arrest 8 suspected members of a far-right militant group

Nov. 05, 2024 08:01 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organization, Germany's public prosecutor said. The suspects, some of them minors and adolescents, were allegedly part of a group of around 15-20 individuals called Sächsische...

An Iran official claims Iranian-German prisoner died before being put to death

Nov. 05, 2024 07:02 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian official claimed Tuesday that Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd died before Tehran could execute him — directly contradicting the country's earlier announcement he had been put to death. The comment by Asghar Jahangir comes...

US, Germany and France urge China to free a human rights lawyer and his wife accused of subversion

Nov. 01, 2024 06:55 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — The United States, Germany and France have called for the release of a Chinese human rights lawyer and his wife who were sentenced to prison this week for alleged subversion. On Tuesday, a court in Suzhou sentenced lawyer Yu Wensheng to three years' detention and his...

All 3 Iranian Consulates in Germany ordered shut after execution of Iranian German prisoner

Oct. 31, 2024 10:22 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany ordered the closure of all three Iranian Consulates in the country on Thursday in response to the execution of Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in the United States and was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces. Sharmahd, 69,...

America's European allies face challenging times, whoever wins the presidential election

Oct. 31, 2024 00:56 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The United States' European allies are bracing for an America that's less interested in them no matter who wins the presidential election — and for old traumas and new problems if Donald Trump returns to the White House. The election comes more than 2 1/2 years into...

Greek leaders tell German president a WWII reparations claim is very much alive

Oct. 30, 2024 14:37 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek leaders on Wednesday revived a long-standing demand for war reparations stemming from Nazi Germany's World War II occupation of Greece, during a visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Steinmeier ruled out German compliance, telling Greek...

Germany recalls ambassador from Iran as it protests the execution of an Iranian German prisoner

Oct. 29, 2024 12:10 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany protested to Iran on Tuesday over the execution of Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, and recalled its ambassador to Berlin for consultations. The Foreign Ministry wrote on the social...

Germany's president visits the site of a Holocaust museum being built in Greece

Oct. 29, 2024 10:08 AM EDT

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the site of a Holocaust museum being built in Greece on Tuesday as he began a three-day state visit. Steinmeier visited the site near an old railway station in Thessaloniki, from where tens of thousands of...

3 men indicted in a case involving an alleged plan to attack a Jewish target in Germany

Oct. 29, 2024 05:22 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Three men have been charged in a case that involves an alleged plan to attack a Jewish target in western Germany, prosecutors said Tuesday. The 25-year-old main suspect, a German citizen whose name wasn't released in line with local privacy rules, flew to Istanbul in...

Democrats escalate attacks on Trump after comedian calls Puerto Rico 'floating island of garbage'

Oct. 28, 2024 22:31 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats stepped up their attacks on Donald Trump on Monday, a day after a comedian opening a rally for the former president called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” a comment that drew wide condemnation and highlighted the rising power of a key Latino group in...