Tag: Germany
German Authorities Beef Up Bundestag Police Guard After US Capitol Protest
Europe13:28 GMT 10.01.2021A German newspaper report suggested moves to reinforce the police guard at the Reichstag building in Berlin was in response to...
Iran Accuses UK Security Firm of Leaking Info for US Drone Strike That Killed Soleimani
Earlier, Iran’s top judge Ebrahim Raisi said that the US President was the “chief criminal” in the assassination case of Iranian anti-terror commander General...
Germany Won’t Change Its Stance on Nord Stream 2 Under Biden, Foreign Minister Maas Says
Europe13:13 GMT 28.12.2020In mid-December, Rolf Muetzenich, leader of the German Social Democratic Party group in the Bundestag, called to set up urgent new...
‘Deals Are My Art Form’: Recap of Four Years of Trump’s Foreign Policy
When Trump campaigned for US president in the 2016 election, he pledged to "end endless wars," presenting himself as an isolationist and an outsider...
Former US Defence Chief Urges Biden to Punish Germany Over Nord Stream 2 and Turkey for S-400s
US15:52 GMT 20.12.2020In an op-ed, Robert Gates, former defence secretary to both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, has outlined his views on...
Alleged ‘Russian Drill’ Triggered False ‘Missile Launch’ Alarm at US Ramstein Base in Germany
America's central European military installation, Ramstein Air Base in Germany, on 12 December alerted its personnel of a "real-world missile launch in the European...
Battle of the Atlantic Heroes: Signalman Roland Chalifoux
Major Charles Grenier-Chalifoux
My grandfather, Roland Chalifoux, served on His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Milltown, a Bangor-class minesweeper from 1942 to 1945 as a Signalman....
Ramstein Base Allegedly ‘On Their Toes’ After Alert of ‘Incoming Missile Launch’ Assessed as Drill
There has not yet been any information regarding what triggered the alert at the US Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, southwestern Germany. The incident...
George Soros Slams Polish-Hungarian Win in EU Budget Talks as ‘Merkel’s Surrender’
Brussels was forced to back down on its "rule-of-law requirements", originally imposed on member states so as to disburse pandemic relief funds, after Hungary...
US Senate Passes 2021 Defence Bill Authorising Sanctions on Nord Stream 2, Turkey Over S-400
US18:00 GMT 11.12.2020(updated 18:48 GMT 11.12.2020) The key legislation, approved annually, funds the Department of Defence and sets military policy. It has...
US to Provide $600Mln for Civilian Assistance in Afghanistan in 2021, Under Secretary of State Says
World17:05 GMT 24.11.2020(updated 19:01 GMT 24.11.2020) The aid pledge comes days after Secretary of Defence Christopher Miller, who was recently appointed to...
Final ‘Showdown’ Over Nord Stream 2 ‘Looms’ as US Doubles Down on Sanctions Targeting Project
Earlier, German media reports suggested that proponents of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline need not entertain hopes of the Democratic presidential candidate potentially making...
Biden Won’t Be Better Than Trump for Nord Stream 2, Will Try to ‘Bury’ Project, German Media Claims
Business19:12 GMT 18.11.2020The Trump administration has taken a number of steps in its attempts to stop the construction of the Nord Stream 2...
New US Administration May Reverse Trump’s Move to Withdraw Troops From Germany, Minister Suggests
US election 202010:57 GMT 17.11.2020(updated 14:10 GMT 17.11.2020) In July, the Trump administration moved forward with a decision to cut the US...
Macron Proposes Kurz to Set Up ‘Pact Against Radical Islamism’ in Wake of Terror Attacks
France and Austria have been swept by a wave of extremism. Over the past three weeks, a series of brutal terrorist attacks took place...
Malabar Naval Drills to Increase Geopolitical Risks in Indo-Pacific Region, Report Says
The first phase of the Malabar naval exercises that include the US, Japan, India and Australia kicked off on Tuesday. According to Indian media...
