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Julian Assange supporters demonstrate in London’s Trafalgar Square in 2019. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)
French Lawmakers Want Asylum For Assange; German Supporters Lobby Scholz to Press Biden on Extradition
February 2, 2022 | 7:26pm EST
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a congress of his Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin last month. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke /Pool/ AFP via Getty Images)
Germany’s SPD Seeks to Present Unified Face Amid Criticism Over Muted Response to Russia
January 31, 2022 | 6:55pm EST
Taliban representative Anas Haqqani at the talks in Oslo on Monday. (Photo by Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)
Norway’s Hosting of Taliban For Talks With Western Diplomats Draws Mixed Reactions
January 25, 2022 | 7:54pm EST
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets with NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin on Tuesday. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke /Pool/ AFP via Getty Images)
German Chancellor Pressed to Take a Clearer, Firmer Stance Towards Russia
January 19, 2022 | 6:52pm EST
NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg talks to the press in Brussels after Wednesday’s NATO-Russia Council meeting, the first in two years. (Photo by John Thys/AFP via Getty Images)
NATO Chief: Re-Engagement With Russia a ‘Positive Sign’ But ‘Significant Differences’ Remain
January 12, 2022 | 6:18pm EST
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speak to the press at the State Department on Wednesday. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/ Pool/ AFP via Getty Images)
Germany, US Agree on Need to Face ‘Immediate and Urgent Challenge’ Posed by Russia
January 5, 2022 | 5:54pm EST
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to her Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg at the E.U. foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Monday. (Photo by John Thys/AFP via Getty Images)
Germany Signals Delays on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, But Austria Wants the Russian Gas to Start Flowing
December 14, 2021 | 8:01pm EST
Taliban fighters patrol a street in Kabul over the summer. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
Taliban Blames ‘Personal Rivalries’ For Executions, Disappearances of Former Afghan Soldiers
December 6, 2021 | 7:17pm EST
A British RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat arrives to help migrants trying to reach the British coast on November 24. (Photo by Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)
France Offers New Proposals in a Bid to Resolve Cross-Channel Migration Dispute
December 1, 2021 | 5:49pm EST
Incoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Social Democrats), center, with leader of the Free Democratic Party Christian Lindner, who will become finance minister, and Annalena Baerbock of the Greens, who is set to become foreign minister. (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)
Germany’s New Ruling Coalition Sets ‘Bold’ Vision, Firmer on China
November 29, 2021 | 5:59pm EST