News in brief
An explosion occurred early Wednesday morning in Munich, Germany, leaving at least one person dead and another injured, according to local reports. Authorities said the blast was followed by a fire that quickly spread in the Lerchenau district, prompting a large-scale emergency response. Police confirmed......
A tragic accident struck a circus performance in Bautzen, Saxony, on Saturday, September 27. A 27-year-old Spanish trapeze artist lost her life after falling from a height of about five meters in front of an audience of around one hundred people, including many children. Emergency services rushed to......
Polish authorities have arrested a man suspected of involvement in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. The arrest, carried out under a European warrant issued by Germany, was confirmed on Tuesday by the suspect’s lawyer, Tymoteusz Paprocki. According to Polish......
A former parliamentary assistant to a right-wing German politician has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for spying on behalf of China. Jian Guo, a German national, worked for Maximilian Krah, a former Member of the European Parliament and current Bundestag deputy affiliated with......
In Germany, a man from the state of Hesse has become a multimillionaire after discovering a winning lottery ticket worth €15.3 million that had been forgotten in a jacket pocket for six months. The surprising announcement was made on Monday by the lottery operator Lotto Hessen. The father of a......
The Iranian national currency, the rial, hit a historic low against the US dollar on Sunday morning following the reinstatement of UN sanctions, according to several currency tracking websites. Informal market rates indicate that one dollar is exchanging for approximately 1.12 million rials, while one......
The Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC) and its German counterpart, the European Patent Office (EPO), have agreed to strengthen their cooperation. During the joint commission held in Munich from September 24 to 26, both institutions signed a new cooperation program for the period......
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, held talks on Friday in New York with his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. During the meeting, both ministers signed......
A Berlin regional court has ruled that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party must vacate its national headquarters in 2026, following a legal dispute with the building’s owner. The landlord, an Austrian company, argued that the party had violated the terms of its lease during a February......
Berlin announced on Thursday that Germany will invest €35 billion by 2030 in space defense to counter the growing military capabilities of Russia and China in orbit. The statement was made by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius during a conference focused on space security. “We are establishing......
German police are investigating a possible political motive behind the cutting of railway cables in western Germany, which caused significant disruptions to regional train services. The incident, discovered near the Cologne–Düsseldorf line, is the latest in a series of attacks targeting public......
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Europe is facing a severe shortage of healthcare workers, pushing many countries to increasingly depend on doctors and nurses trained abroad. According to the latest WHO Europe report, the number of foreign-trained doctors working in the region rose......
Germany, the United Kingdom, and France urged Iran on Wednesday to take “concrete steps” regarding its nuclear program in order to avoid the reimposition of international sanctions within the next ten days. In a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the three European......
