Tag: Germany

Turkey calls German ambassador over spying claims

Turkey calls German ambassador over spying claims

Suzan Fraser · August 18, 2014 10:37 am

War Crimes in Gaza?

Gabriel Schoenfeld · August 18, 2014 4:00 am

In this July 8, 2013 file picture the BND monitoring base in Bad Aibling, near Munich, Germany is photographed. German weekly Der Spiegel reports that the country's foreign intelligence agency , BND, eavesdropped on calls made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary Clinton. Der Spiegel reported Saturday Aug. 16, 2014 that the agency, known by its acronym BND, tapped a satellite phone conversation Kerry made in 2013. The magazine says the agency also recorded a conversation between Clinton and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan a year earlier. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,File )

National Security

Report: German intel spied on Kerry, Clinton

Frank Jordans · August 16, 2014 1:40 pm

Merkel to Putin: Halt flow of arms to Ukraine

Merkel to Putin: Halt flow of arms to Ukraine

Washington Examiner · August 15, 2014 8:19 pm

FILE - In this June 11, 2014 file photo taxi drivers gather after a protest drive against the competition from Internet and mobile applications designed for calling cabs in Berlin, Germany. Berlin taxi drivers are now celebrating a decision by authorities to ban the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city. The Berlin Taxi Drivers' Association said Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, that the move means its members aren't put at a disadvantage by having to abide by rules that Uber doesn't. (AP Photo/dpa, Joerg Carstensen, File)

Berlin taxi drivers hail city’s Uber ban

Frank Jordans · August 14, 2014 12:55 pm

Spying revelations lead to German encryption boom

Spying revelations lead to German encryption boom

MARTHA MENDOZAFRANK JORDANS · August 7, 2014 5:39 pm

Pope Francis, bottom left, is cheered by faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for a meeting with altar boys and girls from the dioceses of Germany, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope speaks in German to 50,000 Catholic kids

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 5:52 pm

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone leaves the regional court in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Aug.5, 2014. Ecclestone is charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust "in an especially grave case" over a US $44 million payment to a German banker, that prosecutors allege was meant to facilitate the sale of the Formula One Group to a buyer of Ecclestone's liking. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

German court ends Ecclestone bribery trial

Geir Moulson · August 5, 2014 4:42 pm

German Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economy and Energy Sigmar Gabriel talks to ministers as he leads the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. During the vacation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Vice Chancellor leads the government's cabinet meeting. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany nixes Russia military simulator deal

Geir Moulson · August 4, 2014 9:18 am

In this Friday, July 4, 2014 photo, the ground of the planned prayer and educational building House of One, is seen in Berlin. House of One will house a Jewish synagogue, a Christian church and a mosque. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Interfaith house of prayer to be built in Berlin

Kirsten Grieshaber · August 1, 2014 7:43 am

German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in his field uniform during World War I, shown in this undated photo. (AP Photo)

The July Crisis of 1914 echoes the modern phrase ‘leading from behind’

Austin Bay · July 30, 2014 2:07 pm

In this picture taken late Tuesday, July 29, 2014, firefighters try to set up a mechanical digger on a field near Isselburg, western Germany. German authorities say a man was killed and several others were injured when the digger tipped over and hit them during a so-called Cod Water Challenge, a dare that has been spreading on Facebook. (AP Photo/dpa, Guido Schulmann)

Germany: 1 killed, 5 injured as dare goes awry

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 9:59 am