September 25, 2021 Germany elections: Who will replace Angela Merkel? What you need to know When German votes head to the polls on Sunday, an extremely familiar name will be absent from the ballot. After serving 16 years as German chancellor, Angela Merkel is not running for reelection.
September 21, 2021 German gas station clerk murdered after refusing service to man who wouldn't wear COVID mask A gas station clerk in Germany was murdered Saturday after refusing service to a man who wouldn’t wear a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 16, 2021 German police detain 4 on Yom Kippur after synagogue threat A 16-year-old boy and three other people were detained Thursday in connection with a suspected plan for an Islamic extremist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Hagen, authorities said.
September 4, 2021 Reporter's Notebook: 'Providing hope' at the brutal end of the Afghan war The U.S. war in Afghanistan basically ended this past week. After 20 years, America’s longest war came to a close with the last U.S. troops exiting Kabul.
August 28, 2021 Anti-lockdown protests erupt on streets of Berlin: 'We are the people' Protesters filled the German capital again on Saturday to demonstrate against the government’s coronavirus measures, despite bans against several gatherings.
August 27, 2021 Afghanistan evacuations: Germany closes embassy, trying to identify residents stranded in country The German Foreign Office closed the embassy in Afghanistan and ended its military evacuation while an unknown number of residents and local employees remain stranded in the country.Â
August 26, 2021 Merkel cancels trip to Israel amid Afghanistan crisis, heightening fears of increasing instability in region German Chancellor Angela Merkel cancelled an upcoming trip to Israel amid the escalating crisis in Afghanistan and new reports of multiple explosions around the Kabul airport Thursday.Â
August 24, 2021 97-year-old American WWII vet reunites with Italians he saved as children For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944.
August 22, 2021 US airmen help pregnant Afghan mother deliver baby aboard Air Force C-17 evacuation flight U.S. airmen helped a pregnant Afghan mother deliver her baby in the cargo bay of a U.S. Air Force C-17 during an evacuation flight from the Middle East on Saturday, U.S. officials said.Â
August 21, 2021 First Afghanistan evacuees arrive in Germany: Photos The first evacuees from Kabul have arrived in Germany after a tumultuous week in which the international community has dealt with the fallout of the U.S. military's exit from Afghanistan and the Taliban's takeover there.Â