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Germany withdraws from defending Israel in South Africa's International Court of Justice genocide case against Israel, citing their need to defend themselves in a separate case launched against them by Nicaragua.
2026-03-19

German chancellor Friedrich Merz announces that Germany and several other NATO allies have lifted all restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weaponry inside Russia. Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov says that the decision is contrary to efforts to reach a political settlement to end the war.
2025-05-26

Germany reports a significant increase in far-right crime, primarily from increasing online expression offenses and hate speech, as well as an increase in Gaza war-related resentment.
2025-01-6

Thirty-one people are injured in a double arson and vehicle-ramming attack in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The perpetrator, a 41-year-old Syrian national, is arrested shortly after the attacks.
2024-09-29

Ahead of an expected U.S. announcement that it will cut all aid to the UNRWA, which supports more than 5 million registered Palestinian refugees, Germany calls on European Union states to help bridge the expected US$217 million deficit. Yesterday, Jordan made a similar appeal to the Arab League.
2018-08-31

In Germany, the accused members and supporters of the Neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground are found guilty of the murders of nine immigrants and one policewoman, assistance in said murders, bomb attacks, attempted murders, and robbery. The main defendant and last surviving member of the terrorist group, Beate Zschäpe, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
2018-07-11

Germany starts deporting unsuccessful asylum seekers to the Balkans.
2015-11-24

A German property developing firm removes parts of the East Side Gallery, a historic stretch of the Berlin Wall amid heavy police presence, despite a week of protests.
2013-03-27

Israel acknowledges that Uri Brodsky, a citizen arrested in Poland and charged with involvement in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, is a "businessman" but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to comment on suggestions the country is trying to stop his extradition to Germany amid calls by ministers for him to be extradited to Israel.
2010-06-14