News in brief
After decades of debate, Berlin has officially renamed its central “Mohrenstrasse” (“Street of the Moors”) to honor Anton Wilhelm Amo, an 18th-century African philosopher and jurist who became a prominent academic in Germany. On August 23, workers installed the new street signs......
A German court has ruled that the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial can deny entry to visitors wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf. The Higher Administrative Court in Thuringia rejected a woman’s request to attend a commemorative event while wearing the scarf. The woman had been turned away......
Italian authorities have arrested a Ukrainian man suspected of playing a key role in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which carried natural gas from Russia to Germany. The suspect, identified as Serhiy K., was detained by the Carabinieri near Rimini on Wednesday, following a European......
General Mohammed Berrid, Inspector General of Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the Southern Zone, led a high-ranking delegation to Stuttgart, Germany, on August 14-15 to attend the change of command ceremony at the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). The event marked the official......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the White House on Monday, accompanied by several key European leaders, in a show of unity ahead of new discussions on the war in Ukraine. The meeting comes just days after the summit in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President......
A group of foreign fighters who participated in Syria’s civil war has petitioned the new Islamist-led government in Damascus to grant them Syrian citizenship, arguing that their contributions during the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad last December justify the request. The petition, submitted to......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Washington on Monday to meet Donald Trump following a detailed briefing on the recent Alaska summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. This marks Zelenskyy’s first return to the White House since a tense confrontation with Trump......
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa Azin has appointed a new ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco. In a decree signed on August 13, President Noboa named Diego Fernando Morejón Pazmiño as Ecuador’s new ambassador to Morocco. A legal scholar and career diplomat, Morejón Pazmiño......
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for the acceleration of a major settlement project in the West Bank, aiming to build 3,400 housing units in the E1 area and formally annex the occupied Palestinian territory. The announcement has drawn strong international criticism. Smotrich, a far-right......
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on Thursday that his country is working closely with China and Russia to prevent potential European sanctions linked to its nuclear program. Germany, the United Kingdom, and France have indicated they are ready to trigger the "snapback" mechanism......
Geopolitical tensions between major powers are rising alarmingly, accompanied by renewed emphasis on nuclear deterrence. In this climate of growing rivalry, The Washington Post published a detailed report on the current state of the world’s nuclear arsenals, their geographic distribution, and the......
Global financial markets turned their attention on Friday to rising geopolitical tensions over the war in Ukraine and the potential implications of U.S. tariffs. Early trading in Europe saw modest gains: Paris rose by 0.30%, London by 0.27%, Milan by 0.23%, and Zurich by 0.31%, while Frankfurt slipped......
A British bomb dating back to World War II was successfully defused on Wednesday afternoon in the eastern German city of Dresden, ending a large-scale evacuation that affected thousands of residents. The 250-kilogram explosive device was discovered on Tuesday during excavation works near the Elbe River,......
