As WWII turned against Germany, Franco abandoned his volunteers, but thousands of Spaniards refused to quit. Renouncing their ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered preparations for nuclear testing after president Donald Trump said the US would ...

Friedrich Merz has told Syrian refugees to go home or face deportation from Germany as he insisted the war-torn Middle ...

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday insisted he has "no differences" with Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the ...

People carrying Palestinian flags and banners gather at Alexanderplatz to stage a pro-Palestinian demonstration ...

In America, the dominant position on the Israel-Palestine conflict is still a belief, a hope in the two-state solution. But in Israel, it’s just not. Israeli politics is well to the right of where ...

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In the war on Gaza, Israel possessed military might and lavish Western backing, but it forfeited the war for hearts and minds ...

From gilded palace gates and formidable city entrances to pretty portals into sacred places, we take a look at the most ...

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier opposed immediate Syrian refugee deportations, emphasizing war survivors' need for ...