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German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel unexpectedly resigned from his post at the head of PEN Germany after a row over leadership style. Yücel became widely known after he was jailed in Istanbul as correspondent for a German newspaper, causing a rift be…

Clashes broke out during the procession to the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera journalist killed this week while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the West Bank. Israeli police said hundreds of demonstrators turned violent during the…

Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky has voiced his fears of “great losses” in the year’s wheat harvest during talks with his G7 counterparts in the German city of Stuttgart on Friday. Russia’s war on Ukraine has prompted fears of global food s…

The German authorities have halted a luxury vessel belonging to a Russian businessman subject to EU sanctions introduced following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Luna is the second megayacht to be halted at Hamburg’s port since the authorities detai…

The long-standing chief controllers of Volkswagen’s umbrella company, Porsche SE, Wolfgang Porsche and Hans Michel Piëch, were re-elected to the supervisory body at a virtual general meeting hosted out of Filderstadt near Stuttgart on Friday. The elect…

Conservatives in the populous German state of North Rhine-Westphalia were slightly ahead of their Social Democrat (SPD) rivals in an opinion poll published on Friday, just two days before elections in the bellwether state. In the survey conducted by th…

Hansi Flick will name his Germany squad for four Nations League games in June on May 19, the German federation (DFB) said Friday. The summer programme for Germany includes a five-day training camp in Spain’s Marbella from May 23, two days after the Ger…

As tourism in Thailand is starting up again after a long period of complicated Covid entry rules, a new water park is set to open on the popular holiday island of Phuket, in a bid to draw in much-needed visitors. The 9-hectare Andamanda Phuket park, wh…

A recent friendly match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Ukraine national team raised €132,000 in donations for humanitarian aid in the country, the Bundesliga club said Friday. The match, won 2-1 by Ukraine, was watched by more than 20,000 fan…

The German city of Essen may have narrowly escaped a far-right extremist terrorist attack, with a teenage suspect placed under custody on Friday, following the discovery of bomb-making materials in his possession. A formal arrest warrant was issued ear…