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‘Lawfare’ on Israel’s war on Gaza reaches Germany. Will the case succeed?

Top German officials including Chancellor Scholz are being sued for allegedly ‘aiding genocide’.

A woman holds a placard as people take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, during a temporary truce between Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in Frankfurt, Germany, November 25, 2023. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

German lawyers sue politicians including Scholz over ‘complicity’ in Gaza

Lawyers representing Palestinians file case against top politicians as Germany sides with Israel.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Maya Alleruzzo/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

‘I am starting to question whether we have freedom of speech in Germany’

Banners were seized at a recent Berlin rally, fuelling fears that free speech does not extend to the Palestinian cause.

People attend a pro-Palestinian demonstration, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany, November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen

After the EU’s Russia coal ban, Germany grapples with oil and gas

The bloc took action after ‘atrocities’ in Ukraine, but analysts say oil and gas markets pose more complex challenges.

A dump truck moves piles of coking coal in the yard at the Moscow coke and gas plant

Analysis: How Europe may cope if Putin shuts off gas

Around 35 percent of the EU’s natural gas comes from Russia.

Vladimir Putin, Russia's President

Europeans eye endemic light at end of pandemic tunnel

European leaders are reframing their thinking around COVID-19, and consumers are slowly catching up.

A sign advertises Covid-19 tests in the window of a pharmacy in Berlin, Germany

As a Syrian torturer is jailed, a debate on justice begins

The verdict against Anwar Raslan, who is now serving a life sentence in Germany, was welcomed, but some urge caution.

Koblenz

Relief, satisfaction at conviction of Syrian former colonel

Survivor Musallam al-Quwatli says conviction of Anwar Raslan for his role in crimes against humanity was a ‘first step’.

Syrian defendant Anwar Raslan

Syrian victims brace for verdict in landmark torture trial

German court to deliver judgement on the highest ranking official to be tried for atrocities committed in Syria.

Syrian missing

Is Afghanistan-made methamphetamine about to flood Europe?

The Taliban has vowed to crack down on the drug trade but if the economy fails, a crisis could unfold, experts say.

In some parts of Afghanistan, methamphetamine output now appears to be outpacing that of opium [File: Noorullah Shirzada/AFP]