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Teenage German Girl is Charged With Attempted Murder and Supporting ISIS

by Majid al-Khateeb | Aug 30, 2016 | World

German federal prosecutors have charged a 16 year old girl of Moroccan origin named Safia S. who was accused of stabbing a German policeman in the neck with a knife. She was charged with attempted murder, being a supporter of a foreign terrorist organisation and...

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General secretary of Central Council of Muslims in Germany (Zentralrat der Muslime in Deutschland – ZMD) Nurhan Soykan (L) meets with Germany’s right-wing populist AfD co-chair Frauke Petry (R) om May 23, 2016 in Berlin. / AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ

German Far-Right Leader Wants to Send Refugees to Islands Outside Europe

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 13, 2016 | World

The head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) says Berlin should send rejected asylum seekers and illegal immigrants to islands outside Europe and turn its refugee office into an emigration bureau. Party leader Frauke Petry made the suggestions in an...

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An employees of a foreign exchange trading company works as he is seen between British Union flag and an EU flag in Tokyo, Japan, June 24, 2016, Reuters

Investors Rush for UK, German Bonds after Brexit

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 27, 2016 | Business

UK bond yields hit an all-time low on Monday while rates on German debt pushed further into negative territory as investors sought safe haven following a vote to leave the EU. “Markets are in unknown terrain, creating exaggerated reactions,” analysts at...

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Hans-Georg Maassen from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) gestures during an interview in Berlin, Germany August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

ISIS Sending Fighters Disguised as Refugees, German Spy Agency Says

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 5, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

ISIS has been sending its militants into Europe disguised as refugees, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) said on Friday, a day after thwarting a potential ISIS attack in Berlin. According to Hans-Georg Maassen, the terrorist attacks in...