England also found themselves in Group B and will face Iran in their opening game on the tournament's first day, on November 21.

France, Germany and Luxembourg have seized properties and frozen assets worth 120 million euros ($130 million) in a major operation linked to money laundering in Lebanon, the EU's justice agency said Monday. "Five properties in Germany and France were seized as well as several bank accounts," were frozen, Eurojust said...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has entered into a partnership with German counterparts to speed up collaboration in clean hydrogen.

Germany has committed to "fast track" the construction of two liquefied natural gas terminals as part of a new long-term deal with Qatar as it looks to reduce dependence on Russian gas, the Gulf state said Sunday. Qatar has insisted on long contracts because of the huge cost of investing...

Ninety-six out of 134 lawmakers present voted in favour of the move on Tuesday, while 15 voted against. .

World War II still looms large in Germans' living memory and public discourse, shaping the perception of the Ukraine invasion.

Ten months of talks in Vienna have brought major powers close to renewing a landmark 2015 agreement on regulating Iran's nuclear program. But the negotiations were halted again after Russia demanded guarantees that Western sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine would not damage its trade with Iran.

During the Cold War, the German central bank stashed away almost 15 bn marks' worth of an emergency currency in a 1,500-square-metre nuclear bunker beneath the town. of Cochem.

In order to lower its dependence on Russian oil and gas, Germany is looking toward Qatar to fulfill its energy needs.

Bank’s move came in protest against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

France warned Tuesday that further delays could stymie a revived nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran, with the West at loggerheads with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while Washington said it would cede nothing to Moscow. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has demanded written assurances from Washington that...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's sit-down with Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first by a foreign leader since the day Russian forces invaded Ukraine last week, and came after Kyiv had asked Israel to launch a dialogue with Moscow.

Negotiators meeting in Vienna to try and salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, which is meant to prevent Tehran from acquiring an atomic bomb, have made ‘significant progress,’ US State Department deputy spokeswoman Jalina Porter told reporters, echoing other nations in recent weeks.

Israel has said that regardless of any agreement that may be reached in Vienna, it would maintain full freedom to act against Iran.

All sides to the negotiations have signaled progress in the talks being held in the Austrian capital, but add that they are at a critical stage. Iran has repeatedly emphasized the need for the West to make certain "decisions".

President Vladimir Putin ordered on Sunday Russia's nuclear forces onto high alert in response to what he called ‘unfriendly’ steps by the West. Russia has the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons and a huge cache of ballistic missiles. The United States, the world's second-largest nuclear power, slammed the order.

Baptised Eurodrone, the twin-motor aircraft with a 30-metre wingspan similar to some commercial planes, will be able to carry out intelligence-gathering, surveillance as well as combat operations.

Major gas exporting nations said Tuesday they could not guarantee prices or supplies at a summit overshadowed by the worsening Ukraine crisis which has pushed costs to record highs in Europe. Qatar's emir, who hosted the talks, said gas producers were working to ensure "credible and reliable" supplies as Europe's...

Western powers reacted swiftly to Monday's decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognise the independence of the two self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine, condemning Moscow and calling for sanctions. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield heaped scorn on Putin's assertion that the Russian troops would take on a "peacekeeping" role.

The chances of reviving the Iran nuclear accord are dwindling and the "moment of truth" has arrived for Tehran's leadership, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Saturday.

The Vienna talks, which involve Iran as well as Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia directly, and the United States indirectly, resumed in late November.

Former US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, and reimposed tough economic sanctions on the country, prompting it to begin pulling back from its commitments under the pact and step up its nuclear activities.

With war clouds gathering over Ukraine, international diplomacy goes into overdrive on Monday with the French and Russian presidents to talk in Moscow and the German chancellor heading to the White House to meet with US leader Joe Biden.

The resumption of the waiver, ended by the Donald Trump administration in 2020, ‘would be essential to ensuring Iran's swift compliance’ if a new deal on controlling Tehran's nuclear program can be reached in talks in Vienna, a US State Department official has said.

Egypt’s Ministry of Transport will sign a contract with Siemens to implement the second high-speed train line in the country. Media reports said the new line will extend from October 6 city to Aswan, with a length of 925 kilometers (575 miles approx.) The ministry has finalized negotiations with the...

The deal includes the purchase of three Dakar submarines, the first of which will be delivered to the Israeli navy within nine years.

The Henley Passport Index ranks 199 passports, based on how many countries and territories their holders can travel to without needing a visa.

Anwar Raslan, 58, was found guilty of overseeing the murder of 27 people at the Al-Khatib detention center in Damascus, also known as "Branch 251", in 2011 and 2012. He sought refuge in Germany after deserting the Syrian regime in 2012.

Expo 2020, the world's biggest event since the pandemic, has passed the halfway mark, recording nearly nine million visitors so far. The visits have been boosted by a slate of spectacular events across the December festive season and with more world-class sport, music and cultural performances expected in the second...

The fact that the European Commission quietly distributed the text of this proposal to member states late on Friday, in the final hours of 2021 after the much-delayed document had been twice promised earlier in the year, highlighted the rocky road to draft it.

The project will improve wastewater treatment and environmentally friendly sludge disposal.

The authorities overseeing Libya's first presidential election said earlier this week holding it on Friday as scheduled would be "impossible". The vote was intended to mark a fresh start for North African country, a year after a landmark ceasefire and more than a decade after its 2011 revolt.

Germany will provide €15 million to ensure that 50,000 Palestinian refugee children in Gaza and 46,000 in the West Bank have continued access to learning in UNRWA schools.

The landmark 2015 nuclear accord was initially agreed between Iran and Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States. But it began unravelling in 2018 when then US president Donald Trump pulled out and reimposed sanctions, prompting Iran to start exceeding limits on its nuclear program the following year.

During 16 years in power, she navigated Germany through the 2008 financial turmoil and ensuing eurozone debt crisis, the 2015 refugee influx and then the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency was expected to meet Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Atomic Energy Organization chief Mohammad Eslami, who is also one of Iran's vice presidents.

Iraq and Germany have said there was a need for moving quickly to stop the networks of human trafficking. Iraqi media reports said that foreign minister Fuad Hussain met with the German minister of state for Foreign Affairs, Miguel Burger, on the sidelines of the Regional Security Summit, The IISS...

A women’s football league in Saudi Arabia is set to launch on Monday.

Polish border guards said there were attempted crossings by two groups on what is the eastern border of the European Union and NATO -- one involving 500 migrants, some of whom threw rocks and tear gas canisters. The border guards said they had detained 45 migrants.

Airfares to some destinations from Kuwait have dropped by 50 to 200 percent after operations at Kuwait International Airport resumed full capacity in the last week of October. Nassib Adnan, the deputy director of a travel agency, said the Kuwaiti Cabinet's decision to reoperate the airport fully contributed to cutting...

Tuwaiq Sculpture is the second public art programme to be launched as part of Riyadh Art,

Tehran has said the world powers should not exceed the bounds of the 2015 deal they are seeking to revive. The deal was between Iran and five world powers other than Russia: Britain, China, France, Germany and the US.

Industrial output fell in September in both France and Germany as delays in receiving materials hampered production, data released Friday showed.

The SGTC will be headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and may open regional offices in other countries.

Amir Lazar, chief of Israeli air force operations, told reporters the drills "don't focus on Iran", but army officials have said the Islamic republic remains Israel's top strategic threat and at the centre of much of its military planning.

The reversal came after the United States and several of the other concerned countries issued identical statements saying they respected a UN convention that required diplomats not to interfere in the host country's domestic affairs. Erdogan had pronounced the 10 envoys "persona non grata" on Saturday.

Several European countries said late on Saturday they had received no official notification from Turkey, while the US said it was aware of the situation.

European leaders heaped praise on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday as she attended what is likely her last EU summit after a 16-year reign heavily influencing the bloc through major ups and downs.

Activist Osman Kavala, 64, has been in jail without a conviction since 2017.

Tunisia found itself on European nations' red lists, making it virtually impossible for holidaymakers from major markets including France, Germany and Italy to visit.