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France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visits Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2026. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
October 7, 2026, 5:18 pm
World leaders solemnly mark 3 years since Oct. 7, as Hamas and Iran celebrate anniversary
Trump says he spoke to Netanyahu, ‘other side paying a very big price’ for massacre; Macron calls assault ‘barbaric’ as French FM visits Israel to commemorate victims, hostages
By Nava Freiberg, Nurit Yohanan, Luke Tress, Agencies and ToI Staff
August Hanning, president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), photographed on November 6, 2002, at the agency’s headquarters in Pullach, near Munich. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
October 6, 2026, 2:27 pm
Former German spy chief arrested on suspicion of espionage and treason
August Hanning, 80, is suspected of receiving some 2,000 classified BND documents from former aide; investigation reportedly began after chancellery intelligence leak
By AP
The Israeli Navy's INS Drakon submarine sails in the Mediterranean Sea, early September 24, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 27, 2026, 7:58 pm
Israel’s newest, largest submarine arrives, deepening Navy’s stealth capabilities
Twelve years and one scandal in the making, the INS Drakon completes its 23-day journey from Germany with a ToI reporter aboard, carrying secret tech and powered by a system that will allow it to stay underwater for longer
By Emanuel Fabian
Hostesses and visitors stand next to Olympic Rings that were installed on the roof of the small Olympic Hall to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich on July 1, 2022. (Christof STACHE/AFP)
September 26, 2026, 9:20 pm
Germany selects Munich for Olympics bid; would be first in country since disastrous 1972 Games
City chosen over Cologne/Rhine region, Berlin and Hamburg as bid for 2036, 2040 or 2044 Summer Games; 2036 games would mark 100 years since Nazi-hosted 1936 Games
By AFP and ToI Staff
Then-US ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann touches the freshly laid 'Stolpersteine' (stumbling stones) for members of her family in Feuchtwangen, Bavaria, on May 30, 2023. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP)
September 25, 2026, 8:31 pm
German town bans new Holocaust-memory ‘stumbling blocks,’ with center and far-right support
Snubbing city administrators recommendation, Heidenau council votes to reject future installations of brass plaques commemorating Nazi victims
By Emanuele Berro and Friederike Heine
‘No business with Neo-Nazis’. (Image Flats! via Flickr., CC BY-SA/The Conversation)
September 24, 2026, 8:18 am
How Germany’s far right uses emojis and fashion to sidestep ban on Nazi symbolism
From runic lettering to carefully arranged clothing, extreme-right supporters signal their affiliations, including co-opting established brands who oppose their ideology
By Tom Birkett, Felix Lummer and Timothy Liam Waters
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel (center right) and the party's Berlin lead candidate Kristin Brinker (center left) at a press conference after state election in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in Berlin, September 21, 2026. Also present are Leif-Erik Holm, the AfD's candidate for state premier in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and the party's co-leader Tino Chrupalla. (Reuters)
September 21, 2026, 7:23 pm
After more German election gains, it’s getting harder to keep far-right AfD from power
Seen by Jewish leaders as harboring antisemitism, AfD has consolidated its place as country’s most popular party; Chancellor Merz is down, but not (yet) out
By Rachel Moore and Christoph Steitz
A man casts his vote at a polling station during the Berlin state election in Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
September 20, 2026, 12:53 pm
Eyes on far-right AfD, far-left Berlin candidate as Germans vote in two state elections
AfD seen as unlikely to win either of Sunday’s elections, but expected to make gains in latest challenge to leader Friedrich Merz; far-left Eralp leading in Berlin mayoral poll
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Elif Eralp, mayoral candidate for Die Linke in the upcoming regional elections, addresses supporters during a campaign stop in Berlin, August 29, 2026. (Ralf Hirschberger/AFP)
September 18, 2026, 10:39 am
First they take Manhattan? Looking to mimic Mamdani, far left’s Elif Eralp eyes Berlin City Hall
Jewish community wary as Die Linke party’s mayoral candidate vows to fight antisemitism ahead of September 20 election; critics claim she can’t even control it within her own party
By Joshua Schultheis
Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund and party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, speak to party members in front of a reading, 'It starts here,' at an election party of the 'Alternative for Germany' (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/ Matthias Schrader)
September 15, 2026, 2:43 am
Germany’s far-right AfD makes gains in local vote, but is fended off by mainstream slates
Nationalist, anti-immigrant party triples its support from five years ago in Lower Saxony’s local elections, coming third in race won by Germany’s leading conservative party
By Shira Li Bartov
Illustrative: Police officers guard a bridge in Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 13, 2026, 3:11 pm
Woman wearing Star of David assaulted with broken bottle in Berlin antisemitic attack
Police say victim suffered cuts to her hand as she tried to defend herself; two assailants also directed antisemitic insults at her; no arrests
By ToI Staff
German police officers stand guard in front of the building complex of the Kahal Adass Jisroel community, which houses a synagogue, a kindergarten and a community center, in the center of Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2023. (AP/Markus Schreiber)
September 12, 2026, 9:02 am
Germany charges 7 suspected Hamas members over Oct. 7 anniversary attack plot
Prosecutors say men acted on orders from senior figures in terror group; 3 were in possession of an automatic rifle, 13 pistols and 700 bullets for planned attack in Germany or Austria
By Agencies and ToI Staff
FILE: Holocaust survivor Eva Umlauf looks on during a press conference in Berlin on June 4, 2024. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP)
September 9, 2026, 8:00 pm
Holocaust survivor ‘appalled, saddened’ by far-right AfD’s victory in German state
‘We’re afraid,’ says Auschwitz survivor Eva Umlauf of the rise of Germany’s far-right, 80 years after the Nazis, ‘We know what happens to minorities, what happens to foreigners’
By Anja Guder
A man holds up a placard reading “FCK AFD” as he gathers with others in front of Saxony-Anhalt’s state parliament to demonstrate for an open society based on solidarity during a festival of democracy in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on September 5, 2026, one day before regional elections in the eastern federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. (John MACDOUGALL/AFP)
September 8, 2026, 6:53 pm
‘Immense damage’: German Jewish leaders alarmed by election win of far-right AfD
Alternative for Germany’s plurality in Saxony-Anhalt election leads some of nation’s 200,000 Jews to fear throwback to fascism, amid backlash against culture of Holocaust memory
By Toby Axelrod
Top AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund speaks in front of a reading “It starts here” at an election party of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
September 8, 2026, 3:26 pm
German vote delivers victory for far-right, but movement’s successes remain fickle
Europe’s hard-right parties, such as the UK’s Reform, have undergone a mix of victories and setbacks, and next year’s key elections in France and Spain may determine if they march or stumble
By Sam McNeil
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