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US President Donald Trump presenting his reciprocal tariff rates for countries around the world, outside the White House, on April 2.

Germany’s far-right AfD accused of harbouring Russian ‘sleeper cell’

AfD member Markus Frohmeier speaks during a session of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben

German nurse given life sentence for murdering 10 patients

The accused former nurse hiding his face behind a folder next to his lawyer, Mr Volker Breyer (right), as he arrives in court on Nov 5.

Germany offers to pay Afghans to drop relocation plans

Afghan nationals board a bus as they arrived in Germany from Pakistan at Hannover Airport, after legal and diplomatic pressure pushed Germany to resume a scheme that allows the entry of vulnerable Afghans, in Hannover, Germany, September 1, 2025. REUTERS/Christian Mang

Germany arrests 18 in international crackdown on online fraud

A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017.REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

Germany bans activist influencer group that called for caliphate, raided properties

Former Taiwan president Tsai to visit Germany in outreach to Europe

Former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen is expected to leave for Berlin on Nov 8 and speak on Nov 10 at the Berlin Freedom Conference.

Germany’s Merz calls for repatriation of Syrians as far-right surges

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a government declaration on the upcoming European Council meeting with focus on EU's support for Ukraine, developments in Middle East, European defense and security, EU competitiveness, and migration during a plenum session of the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany October 16, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

China’s Wang Yi slams Germany’s ‘microphone diplomacy’

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Germany not to “make unfounded accusations that run counter to facts”, according to a Chinese foreign ministry readout.

Merz invites Syria’s president to Germany to discuss deporting Syrians with criminal records

FILE PHOTO: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

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