National leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) are seeking to distance the party from Bavarian politician Daniel Halemba, who is facing a criminal investigation for incitement to hatred and using banned symbols. The AfD’s national exec…

Women remain in the minority at the top management level of German companies, although the share of leadership posts occupied by women has increased slightly over the past two decades, according to a new government study. The number of women in managem…

German defence contractor Rheinmetall has secured a major order from Austria for the modernization of its existing Skyguard air defence systems. The order is worth €532 million ($573 million), the company announced in the German city of Dusseldorf on T…

WORLD-CLIMATE-COP28 The UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, known as COP28, has gone into extra time as participants struggle to agree on the wording of a final declaration. Moving ____ ISRAEL-CONFLICT-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES At least four Palestini…

More than 100 German citizens have applied for temporary protection in Russia this year, the authories in Moscow said on Tuesday. The spokeswoman for the Russian Interior Ministry said there had been 111 German applicants in the first nine months of th…

A court in Pakistan on Tuesday overturned the conviction of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on the last of three graft charges, clearing the way for the pro-China leader to seek a fourth time. A two-judge bench at a high court in the capital Islamab…

The new leader of the Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, will be Tricia Tuttle from the United States, German Culture Minister Claudia Roth announced on Tuesday. Tuttle was most recently the head of the BFI London Film Fes…

National teams manager Joti Chatzialexiou will leave the German Football Federation (DFB) after two decades at the end of the year. The DFB said on Tuesday its leadership decided to “fulfill his wish to pursue a new career path.” DFB president Bernd Ne…

Karachi [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): A majority of the families affected by floods last year are still awaiting relief from the government, as many are forced to live without houses. The southeastern province of Sindh in Pakistan was one of the harde…

Work will begin imminently on the removal of the existing toilet block in March town centre to allow further progress on the multi-million redevelopment of the riverside and Broad Street. The toilet block is being removed and replaced with a new, perma…