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A foreign national married to an Islamic State member walks with their son at Camp Roj in north Syria, March 27, 2019. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
October 7, 2021, 11:08 am
Germany repatriates IS women and children, but mothers will be held to account
Eight women and 23 kids with ties to Islamic State group brought back from camp in Syria; Denmark also brings home others in operation with US military support
By Agencies
Taliban soldiers walk towards Afghans shouting slogans, during an anti-Pakistan demonstration, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)
September 8, 2021, 8:48 pm
Blinken says the Taliban will have to earn its legitimacy
Top US diplomat says new hardline Afghan cabinet will be judged by its actions; German FM says international community expects insurgent group to uphold human rights
By Shaun Tandon
France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Lebanon donors' conference gathering online representatives of international institutions and heads of state, one year after the Beirut port blast, at the Fort de Bregancon, in Bormes-Les-Mimosas, southern France, on August 4, 2021. (Christophe Simon/Pool/AFP)
August 4, 2021, 4:10 pm
Macron says Lebanon leaders ‘owe their people the truth’ about Beirut blast
Year after devastating explosion, French president addresses UN-backed donor conference of 40 countries and organizations aiming to raise at least $350 million in emergency aid
By AFP
Esther Bejarano raps in a video uploaded on Sep 4, 2016 (Screen grab/YouTube)
July 10, 2021, 2:27 pm
Esther Bejarano, Auschwitz survivor who played in women’s orchestra, dies at 96
Was a member of musical group at the death camp, playing the accordion every time trains full of Jews from across Europe arrived: ‘We played with tears in our eyes’
By AP
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks with the media upon his arrival for a meeting with EU foreign affairs ministers at the European Council building, in Brussels, on May 10, 2021. (Olivier Matthys/Pool/AFP)
July 5, 2021, 10:24 pm
German foreign minister confident deal to save JCPOA reachable ‘in coming weeks’
Following Stockholm Initiative meeting in Madrid, member countries renew appeal to all nuclear powers to promote disarmament by adopting significant measures to comply with NPT
By AFP
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a video conference with a group of university students, in Tehran, Iran, on May 11, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
June 26, 2021, 8:44 pm
US said to weigh removal of sanctions on Iran’s Khamenei amid nuclear talks
Report says move was brought up during indirect Vienna negotiations, as part of American compromises to get Iran to return to the 2015 deal
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander, right, is greeted by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, left, after speaking at a ceremony for the launch of a US-Germany Dialogue on Holocaust Issues at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
June 24, 2021, 3:43 pm
US, Germany launch initiative to combat rising antisemitism, Holocaust denial
At Berlin memorial, Blinken says Jew-hatred is ‘a rallying cry for those who seek to tear down our democracies’ and is often accompanied by other types of bigotry
By Matthew Lee
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a cabinet meeting, as his chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi sits at right, in Tehran, Iran, July 10, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
June 23, 2021, 2:56 pm
Iran says US agreed to remove 1,040 sanctions from Trump era in nuclear talks
Rouhani’s chief of staff says Washington willing to lift limitations on oil, shipping sectors and some senior officials close to Khamenei; no announcement on matter from US
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli residents and rescue teams are pictured outside a building hit by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip, in the southern city of Ashdod, on May 17, 2021. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
May 21, 2021, 12:48 pm
International community welcomes ceasefire, calls for restarting peace talks
EU vows to increase efforts for political solution; Germany says work must be done on causes of conflict; France hails ‘fundamental role’ played by Egypt as a mediator
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shows visiting German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas fragments of a drone that Israel says was launched by Iran toward northern Israel, which was brought down by the Israeli military, on May 20, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office)
May 20, 2021, 4:41 pm
Netanyahu: Drone downed by IDF this week was armed, launched by Iran
PM says the UAV was dispatched by Iranian forces from either Syria or Iraq, accuses Tehran of backing terror groups in Gaza
By Judah Ari Gross
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi (C) visit a building that was hit by Hamas rocket fire from Gaza, on May 20, 2021, in Petah Tikva. (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
May 20, 2021, 4:14 pm
‘Showing friendship’: European ministers visit in act of solidarity with Israel
German, Czech, and Slovak envoys stress Israel’s right to self-defense as they tour rocket-devastated building in Petah Tikva
By Lazar Berman
Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Enrique Mora, addresses the media as he leaves the 'Grand Hotel Wien' where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran took place in Vienna, Austria, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)
May 19, 2021, 9:04 pm
EU official chairing Iran nuclear talks touts ‘substantial progress’ toward deal
Enrique Mora says ‘there will be a final agreement’ for US to rejoin 2015 accord, but declines to lay out timeframe
By David Rising and Philipp Jenne
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2018. Kobi Gideon / GPO)
May 19, 2021, 8:39 pm
German, Czech, Slovakian FMs to visit Israel Thursday amid Gaza fighting
Ashkenazi says trips by top European diplomats are ‘further proof of the broad support and legitimacy Israel has from the nations of the world’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The Austrian Federal Chancellery raised the Israeli flag as a sign of solidarity, in Vienna on May 14, 2021. (HELMUT FOHRINGER / APA / AFP)
May 14, 2021, 8:05 pm
Israel says US, Europe allies supportive on Gaza conflict; not so the Arab world
Netanyahu, Ashkenazi thank Western counterparts; Arab states express criticism — often highlighting Jerusalem more than Gaza
By Lazar Berman
Demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, May 12, 2021 (video screenshot)
May 13, 2021, 4:47 pm
Germany vows ‘no tolerance’ after Israel-flag burning outside synagogues
FM Heiko Maas promises ‘unwavering’ protection for Jewish houses of worship, following anti-Israel protests amid fighting in Gaza
By AFP and ToI Staff
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