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Germany Withdraws Troops From Anti-IS Base In Turkey Row

The German government decided Wednesday to withdraw its troops from Turkey's Incirlik base near the Syrian border after...

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Germany In Turkey Row Withdraws Troops From Anti-IS Base

The German government decided Wednesday to withdraw its troops from Turkey's Incirlik base near the Syrian border after...

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Turkey Stands Firm Over Ban On German Visits To Incirlik Base

Turkey and Germany on Monday failed to reach an agreement over visits by German politicians to a key airbase used for...

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Turkey Says Will ‘not Beg’ Germany To Stay At NATO Base

Turkey on Thursday hit back at German threats to pull its troops out of a key NATO base on its soil, saying it would...

International

Angela Merkel’s CDU ‘seizes Key State From Rivals’

Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats party (CDU) has unseated rivals Social Democrats (SPD) in a key election, exit...

International

Right-Wingers Set To Move Further Right

The populist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) has rejected a bid by its co-leader to move the party closer...

International

German Riot Police Deployed For Anti-Islam AfD Conference In Cologne

Thousands of police officers have been deployed in Cologne, Germany, as thousands of left-wing protesters gather to...

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Erdogan Warns Europeans ‘will Not Walk Safely’ On the Streets

Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan has issued a chilling warning that Europeans 'will not walk safely on the streets' as...

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Erdogan Says Vote Is Best Response To ‘fascist’ Europe

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today voting 'yes' in next month's referendum on expanding his powers was...

International

Twitter Accounts Hijacked With ‘Nazi’ Hashtags In Turkish

A diplomatic spat between Turkey, the Netherlands and Germany spread online on Wednesday when a large number of Twitter...

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Int’l Press Bodies Urge Turkish Gov’t To Release Jailed Journalists

The representatives of a number of international press organizations have come together in a meeting in İstanbul, and...

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Migrant Rescues Off Libya Encourage Traffickers

The head of EU border agency Frontex on Monday criticised charities that rescue migrants off Libya, arguing that they...

International

Trump Beheading Cover Sparks Criticism

Germany's influential weekly news magazine Der Spiegel has come under fire for a cover image showing US President...

International

Police Say Lorry Crash ‘probably Terror Attack’

German police are investigating a "probable terrorist attack" after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in...

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‘Migrant’ Detained Over Berlin Lorry Attack

German police are questioning a man they believe ploughed a lorry into a busy Christmas market in the heart of Berlin,...

International

Intelligence Agency Employee Arrested Over Islamist Comments

An employee of the German intelligence agency (BfV) has been arrested after making Islamist statements and sharing...

International

EU ‘should Prepare For Returning Jihadists’

Kurdish forces are rolling in from the east The EU should be prepared for returning jihadists if the so-called Islamic...

International

Exclude Hungary From EU, Says Luxembourg’s Asselborn

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has called for Hungary to be suspended or even expelled from the European...

International

Merkel Refugee Policy Blamed For Defeat

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's allies have urged her to change course on refugees after her governing CDU party was...