Four Bulgarian construction workers died when scaffolding fell down an elevator shaft inside a building site in Hamburg on Monday and another suffered life-threatening injuries, German authorities said. There was no immediate word on why the scaffolding collapsed from the eighth floor, German news agency dpa reported. AT LEAST 1 …
Read More »German police raid homes of residents accused of celebrating Hamas attacks online
German police in the state of Bavaria on Tuesday raided the homes of more than a dozen people accused of having spread antisemitic material online, including the celebration of the Hamas attacks against Israel. Bavarian criminal police say the suspects included 15 men and two men, aged 18 to 62, …
Read More »UK, France, Germany trigger UN sanctions on Iran over 'significant' nuclear program defiance
Europe’s powerhouse trio, the U.K., France and Germany (E3), on Thursday initiated the process to reimpose sweeping sanctions against Iran over its “significant non-compliance” with international nuclear agreements. At 9 am EST, they submitted a letter to the president of the United Nations Security Council, Panama’s Ambassador Eloy Alfaro de Alba, notifying him …
Read More »German chancellor defends remarks on migrants suggesting citizens 'afraid to move around in public spaces'
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has doubled down on comments he made about migration, saying many Germans and Europeans are “afraid to move around in public spaces.” Merz has rejected criticism from some German political circles over his government’s tough stance on illegal immigration. “But we still have this problem in …
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