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Cologne (dpa) – Strong growth in the United States and the expansion of broadband services in its German home market boosted Deutsche Telekom’s turnover to 80.5 billion euros (86.9 billion dollars) in 2019, up 6.4 per cent on […]

Berlin (dpa) – Germany’s ban on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia should be extended until at least the end of the year due to the continuing conflict in Yemen, a high-ranking member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) said […]

Berlin (dpa) – The members of a suspected right-wing terrorist organization who were arrested in Germany last week were planning to attack six mosques in smaller cities, security sources told dpa. Their plans are considered a “particularly serious case,” the […]

Brussels (dpa) – EU foreign ministers have agreed in principle on a new mission – including naval assets – to monitor Libya’s UN arms embargo, says German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. The decision includes measures to allay concerns that the […]

Bremen, Germany (dpa) – Former migrant rescue ship captain Carola Rackete remains on standby for sea rescues with the organization Sea-Watch, despite her arrest and ongoing proceedings against her in Italy. “I am still on the mailing list that […]

Munich (dpa) – A senior UN official lamented on Sunday that an arms embargo on war-torn Libya was not being enforced and that no one was being held to account for breaking it. “The arms embargo has become […]

By Christiane Raatz and Joerg Schurig, dpa Dresden (dpa) – Hundreds of people held a colourful and noisy demonstration with drums, whistles, loud music and chants in the eastern German city of Dresden against a rally by neo-Nazis […]

Munich (dpa) – German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer believes an increased effort in the fight against Islamist terror in the Sahel region is necessary. With a view to the training missions currently running there to help African partners, […]

Dresden, Germany (dpa) – The World War II-era destruction of the German city of Dresden weighed heavily on Thursday as the city marked 75 years since it was firebombed by Allied forces. British and US forces began […]

Dusseldorf (dpa) – Police gave the all-clear on Wednesday after three mosques were evacuated in Germany over bomb threats. No suspicious objects were found in the mosques in Essen, Unna and Hagen in the western state of […]