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Germany pauses asylum applications for Syrians after al-Assad’s fall

Syrians in Germany cheer toppling of al-Assad as an official suggests offering people 1,000 euros to return.

A woman carries a Syrian opposition flag, as people gather at Oranienplatz square, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Berlin, Germany December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse REFILE - CORRECTING FROM "SYRIAN FLAG" TO "SYRIAN OPPOSITION FLAG".

From far-right gains to the economy: What’s at stake in Germany’s election?

Germans will head to the polls early next year after the coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks on, at the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Koreans in Uzbekistan: K-pop and a brewing cultural clash

The ‘Korean Wave’ has breathed new life into Korean communities first exiled to central Asia by Stalin – but at a cost.

A monument marks the resettlement of 172,000 ethnic Koreans from the far east of the USSR to the Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in 1937, as a sign of gratitude to the Uzbek people in the Korean park in Tashkent, on the 80th anniversary of the displacement, in 2017 [Marina Rich/Shutterstock]

Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests

Germany’s students protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza say their right to free speech is under attack.

23 May 2024, Berlin: One of the pro-Palestinian occupiers of the Institute for Social Sciences at Berlin's Humboldt University (HU) is taken out of the building by two police officers. Activists have occupied the university in support of the Palestinians and in protest against Israel. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa (Photo by Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Palestinian employee of German development agency ‘abused’ in Israeli jail

Baraa Odeh has told her lawyer from prison that she has been repeatedly strip-searched and physically assaulted.

Baraa Odeh, 34, is an employee of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and was detained by Israeli border guards on March 5 [Courtesy of Odeh's family]

What far-right AfD’s district election win means for Germany

Alternative for Germany’s victory leads to outpouring of despair and recrimination from other parties and civil groups.

Robert Sesselmann, right, and Björn Höcke of the far-right AfD celebrate the party's first win in a district council election in Germany on June 25, 2023, in Sonneberg [Ferdinand Merzbach/NEWS5/AFP]

View from Germany: Why is Scholz hesitant to send Ukraine tanks?

Known to be careful and stubborn, Scholz is reluctant to greenlight tanks, but few understand the chancellor’s motives.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech in front of a Leopard 2 tank on October 17, 2022

‘If you see me, weep’: Hunger stones auguring drought in Europe

As water levels dropped in Europe, ancient river stones once again emerged to tell their centuries-old tales of despair.

'Hunger stones' in the Elbe river, Czech Republic.

Climate artefacts: How Nazi warships resurfaced in the Danube

As water levels reached historically low levels across Europe in 2022, history emerged from its depths.

Wreckage of a Nazi war ship in the Danube

‘It has crossed a line’: Palestinian artists targeted in Germany

Exhibition space for documenta 15 art festival vandalised, as threats to Palestinian artists in Germany escalate.

Prestigious art expedition's halls hosting Palestinian artists was left spray-painted with death threats on the walls