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A German appellate court ruled Tuesday a 13th-Century antisemitic carving may remain on the wall of a church in Wittenberg, rejecting a plea by a local Jewish man to have it removed.

Around 130 cities and municipalities have demanded the German federal government let them take in more asylum seekers and refugees.

Following a meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the European Union to open negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia to join the bloc.

Police in Germany arrested six Antifa far-left extremists after a riot which led to thirteen officers being injured by leftist attacks. 

OSWIECIM, Poland — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred in the world today.

A man suspected of killing six relatives in a shooting in southwestern Germany was ordered held in custody Saturday.

Six people were killed in a shooting in a small 5,200-resident southern German town Friday, with police arresting a German citizen suspect at the scene. 

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that claims of nuclear deal violations by European participants in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are groundless and Tehran still respects the deal, despite having systematically abrogated most of its terms in an effort to squeeze more financial concessions out of the Europeans.

WITTENBERG, Germany (AP) – High on the wall of a German church where Martin Luther once preached, an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism is now at the centre of a court battle.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, calling him a “clown” who pretends to support the Iranian people but will “push a poisonous dagger” into their backs.

Angela Merkel’s comments undercut a key Democratic talking point: that the U.S. should work with its allies to pressure China.

A group of German far-left extremists attempted to shut down the screening of a climate change critical film at the offices of the populist Alternative For Germany, vandalising the area in front of building with climate activist slogans.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani bragged on Thursday that Iran is now enriching more uranium than it was before President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Hundreds of thousands of German citizens have left the country in the three years since the height of the 2015 migrant crisis, according to statistics from the German federal government’s newly-released 2018 migration report.

A video showing a transwoman attacking a woman wearing a hijab in Berlin has gone viral with claims that the attacker also comes from a migrant background.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani expressd his total surprise Wednesday that elements of the country’s military had downed a Ukraine passenger jet last week,  saying ” we did not think such a mistake would happen.”

BERLIN (AP) – German police raided premises in four states early Tuesday on suspicion that Chechen Islamists were scouting locations for an attack, officials said.

Swedish climate worrier Greta Thunberg again castigated Australia for its insistence on mining coal in spite of her complaints, adding a call Saturday for an end to the activity to her list of climate demands to be delivered at the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos.

A young man in Germany has died four years after being poisoned by a co-worker and falling into a coma.

A Somali migrant in Germany called the police after he attacked a man on New Year’s Eve and his victim defended himself.

The German Interior Ministry said Wednesday that 111,094 first-time asylum applications were made in 2019, 18,534 or 14.3% fewer than the previous year.

BERLIN (AP) – German factory orders dropped 1.3% in November compared with the previous month, pushed down by a drop in foreign demand and low bulk orders. The drop in orders, an important indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, followed a

The German armed forces have removed a proportion of their small deployment to Iraq following the killing of General Qassem Soleimani.

The German equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary has added the Arabic word “inshallah” to the German language lexicon. 

The Iranian government announced on Sunday that its systematic violations of former President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will escalate to their logical conclusion with the removal of all limits on uranium enrichment.

German police shot dead a Turkish citizen Sunday evening after he allegedly attempted to attack officers with a knife.

They said that the suspect entered Germany in June 2015 and was initially granted refugee status, which was revoked in June last year.

The district court of Leipzig has ordered warrants for the arrest of four far-left extremists accused of assaulting police officers and engaging in bodily harm on New Year’s Eve.

ROME (AP) – A car ploughed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing 6 people and injuring 11, Italian fire officials said.

BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s security services have reviewed domestic and international threat levels following the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq this week.

German Free Democratic Party (FDP) deputy parliamentary group leader Alexander Graf Lambsdorff has warned Iran could target Europe for retaliatory terror attacks after the killing of General Qasem Soleimani. Mr Lambsdorff, the FPD’s foreign policy expert, said that the killing of the

Police in the city of Leipzig have opened an attempted murder investigation after far-left extremists brutally attacked a police officer on New Year’s Eve, resulting in him needing emergency surgery.

The German Green Party has vowed to ban all vehicles from driving in city centres by the year 2030 to cut down on urban emissions.

VW said they will hold talks on a possible settlement in a case over compensation for cars affected by the diesel emissions scandal.

Following a surge in left-wing extremist Antifa attacks this year, the Leipzig police say they will be increasing their presence in the city on New Year’s Eve to protect emergency services from potential attacks. The announcement comes after left-wing extremists

Police in Germany shot a man to death after he went on a rampage in Stuttgart and threatened officers with a sword.