The international response to Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas is at best unhelpful and at worst supportive of terrorism. On Wednesday, The Jerusalem Post reported that Germany will arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for allegations of war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Steffen Hebestreit, a spokesman for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said Germany […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear predicted Thursday that his recent economic development trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments in the Bluegrass State. The Kentucky delegation met last week with leaders of companies already established in the state and cultivated ties with other businesses looking to invest in the U.S., […]
Today’s title question was both asked and answered yesterday by our friend Jim Geraghty at National Review. The title of his piece was, “Germany’s not the reliable NATO ally Joe Biden makes it out to be.” Well, that seems fairly straightforward, but what’s the reasoning behind that conclusion? We work pretty closely with Germany in […]
BERLIN (AP) — Several German parties on Saturday kicked off their campaigns for the election of the European Parliament in June with a focus on issues such as the war in Ukraine and support by many European voters for far-right nationalist parties across the continent. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ’s center-left Social Democrats, or SPD, […]
Germany said Wednesday that it plans to follow several other countries in resuming cooperation with the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians in Gaza after the publication of an independent review of its neutrality. The head of the Arab League hailed the report, saying it showed that Israel’s allegations were baseless and part of a “systematic […]
When we think of the Nazis who killed roughly six million Jews during WWII, we envision jack-booted, goose-stepping animals like Amon Goeth, standing on his porch and firing into a mass of Jews enslaved in the Płaszów concentration camp he ran. But that envisioning isn’t always accurate. The book […]
Police in Germany arrested two suspected Russian agents accused of plotting to bomb military sites and industrial areas to disrupt the delivery of aid to Ukraine. The two men, identified in court documents as Dieter S., 39, and Alexander J., 37, were taken into custody Wednesday in Bayreuth in southeast Germany. Prosecutors said the two […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Nicaragua on Monday called on the United Nations‘ top court to halt German military and other aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin‘s support was enabling acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza. Opening Nicaragua‘s case at the International Court of Justice, the […]
A diplomatic row between Germany and Botswana has resulted in the African country’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi offering Germany 20,000 elephants. The proposal to take the giant animals off Botswana‘s hands comes following the public mulling of limits on the importation of hunting trophies by Steffi Lemke, Germany’s environmental minister and a member of its Green […]
Vadim Krasikov’s name has come up several times in recent weeks in relation to prisoner exchanges between Russia and Western countries. Here’s what to know. Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. That Russian prisoner was […]
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