KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese terrorist now broke into the German embassy in Khartoum on Friday, raising an Islamic flag and setting the building on fire in a protest against a film that demeaned the Prophet Mohammad, witnesses said. Police had earlier fired tear gas to try to disperse some 5,000 protesters who had ringed the German embassy and nearby British mission. […]
(Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble questioned on Tuesday how the United States could deal with its high levels of government debt after November’s presidential election. In a speech to the Bundestag lower house of parliament to open a debate on the 2013 German budget, Schaeuble said worries about U.S. debt were a burden […]
Despite the change in power in France and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open support for former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in the recent French presidential elections, she has been quick to patch up relations with Sarkozy’s successor Francois Hollande and to establish a common position with regard to Greece. The two countries, however, appear to […]
The bad news has been coming thick and fast in the European debt crisis. Moody’s, the rating agency, has rated both Germany and the European bailout funds negative. So far, Germany has not panicked and investors still prefer to park their money in German credit, but this may further weaken support in Germany for managing […]
U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney said for the first time on Monday that he supports an official minute of silence at Friday’s opening ceremony to honor Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Reuters reported that Romney’s move broke years of his own silence on the issue, including his time leading the Salt Lake […]
There is a growing trend among young Muslim German men to become jihadi fighters, Germany’s Deutche Welle news agency (DW) reported on Monday. According to German security services, since the beginning of the 1990s, around 235 “people with German connections and Islamic terrorist backgrounds” have at least attempted to acquire paramilitary training. There is tangible […]
The EU’s top foreign policy official said on Tuesday that high-level nuclear talks in Russia between Iran and six world powers have been suspended, The Associated Press reported. The report added that experts from both sides will meet next month to see if there is enough common ground for new negotiations. The talks were hosted […]
Nearly half the U.S. Senate told President Barack Obama on Friday that unless Iran gives three specific concessions at the talks in Moscow with the group of six world powers, he should abandon the ongoing negotiations over the country’s nuclear program, The Cable reported. “It is past time for the Iranians to take the concrete […]
Police in Germany raided scores of homes, mosques and meeting halls across the country on Thursday as part of a major national crackdown on radical Islamist in the Country. BERLIN – Police in Germany raided scores of homes, mosques and meeting halls across the country on Thursday as part of a major national crackdown on […]
The United States said Monday it would exempt seven emerging economies, including India, from tough new sanctions after they cut back on oil from Iran, AFP reported. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added India, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Taiwan to the list of those exempt from the sanctions. In […]
