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AFP
Jun 17, 2025

Israel ‘doing dirty work for all of us’ in Iran: German chancellor

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says “We are also victims of this regime. This mullah regime has brought death and destruction to the world”

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Reuters
Jun 16, 2025

Seeking unity, G7 meets amid escalating Ukraine, Middle East conflicts

With an escalating Israel-Iran conflict, which is spiking global oil prices, the summit in Canada is seen as a vital moment to try and restore a semblance of unity between democratic powerhouses.

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Reuters
Jun 06, 2025

Trump, Germany’s Merz build ties in friendly meeting on Ukraine and trade

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AFP
May 31, 2025

Merz heads to US for talks on Ukraine, trade, Middle East

Germany’s chancellor will next Thursday meet with US President Donald Trump for talks at the White House

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AFP
May 28, 2025

Germany, Ukraine to jointly produce long-range weapons: Merz

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Berlin will help Kyiv develop new long-range weapons that can hit targets in Russian territory.

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AFP
May 26, 2025

West lifting range limits on Ukraine arms ‘quite dangerous’: Kremlin

The Kremlin said Monday that any Western decision to lift range limits on arms delivered to Ukraine would be “dangerous”, after Germany announced that Kyiv’s allies were no longer imposing restrictions.

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Reuters
May 06, 2025

Merz fails to be elected chancellor by German parliament

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to garner the parliamentary majority needed to become chancellor on Tuesday in a first round of voting in an unexpected setback for his new coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats.

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Reuters
May 06, 2025

Conservative leader Merz set to become Germany’s chancellor

The pressure is on for Merz to show leadership after the implosion last November of outgoing SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition left a political vacuum at the heart of Europe even as it faced a myriad of crises.

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Reuters
Apr 21, 2025

Reactions to the death of Pope Francis

“Please accept my most sincere condolences on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis,” Putin said in a message to Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell.

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Reuters
Apr 09, 2025

Germany’s Merz agrees coalition deal with centre-left

The deal caps weeks of haggling between chancellor-in-waiting Merz and the SPD after he topped elections in February but fell well short of a majority, with the far-right Alternative for Germany surging into second place.