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Annalena Baerbock’s ‘feminist foreign policy’ focuses minds in Iraq

German foreign minister’s trip is chance to show how diplomacy can better represent women’s interests – especially those in Yazidi camps

The Guardian - UK

In Iraq, German Minister Condemns Iran’s Cross-Border Attacks

Iranian missile attacks across the Iraqi border are unacceptable and put both civilians and regional stability at risk, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on a visit to the Iraqi capital nearly 20 years after the US-led invasion. "With its missile attacks, the Iranian regime shows not only that it…

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Iran President Blames 'Enemies' over School Poisonings Case

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi blamed the enemies of Iran in the poisoning case of hundreds of high school girls nationwide. Raisi commented for the first time on the incident saying: "This is a security project to cause chaos in the country whereby the enemy seeks to instill fear and insecurity…

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Germany Calls for Probe of Reported Iranian School Girl Poisonings

Reports of poison attacks on school girls in Iran are shocking and must be investigated fully, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Friday, joining the United States in expressing her concern. Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, according to the…

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Russia accuses west at G20 of blackmail and claims it has China’s support

Stormy meeting in Delhi breaks up without joint statement as west and Moscow spar over Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Germany introduces feminist foreign policy

Germany’s foreign and development ministers have presented their government’s new feminist foreign policy guidelines that are supposed to ensure that all people “have the same right to representation and access to resources.”

The Independent UK

Israel Calls on Germany to Take Decisive Action against Iran

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has sought to convince his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, in Berlin to tighten sanctions against Iran, sending a strong message before the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency meeting (IAEA). Earlier, Bloomberg published a report stating that international inspectors in Iran detected…

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Alleged higher Iran enrichment worries Germany, Israel

Germany's foreign minister says her country and Israel are worried about an accusation attributed to international inspectors that Iran enriched uranium to 84% purity

The Independent UK

Iran’s FM Accuses the West of ‘Inciting Unrest’

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has accused Western countries of “inciting” unrest in Iran. In a speech before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Amir-Abdollahian defended the Iranian authorities’ handling of the protests that erupted last September following the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, while she was…

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Russia in firing line at top UN rights, disarmament meets

Geneva (AFP) - Russia faced strong criticism over its action in Ukraine on Monday as the top UN rights body and a global disarmament forum met, amid warnings that rights worldwide were backsliding.

AFP

Thousands protest in Berlin against giving weapons to Ukraine

About 13,000 people gather at Brandenburg Gate, as demonstrations also take place in other German cities

The Guardian - UK

Germany and China clash over west’s supply of weapons to Ukraine

Chinese diplomat accuses west of ‘adding fuel to fire’ as Annalena Baerbock calls on China to intervene

The Guardian - UK

Explainer-What have Russia and China said about peace in Ukraine?

China's top diplomat Wang Yi held talks with President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials in Moscow this week amid speculation that the two sides would discuss a Chinese plan to bring about peace in Ukraine after almost a year of war.

Reuters

Germany expels two Iran diplomats over dual national's death penalty

Berlin (AFP) - Germany said Wednesday that it was expelling two diplomats from the Iranian embassy in Berlin in response to the death sentence an Iranian court handed down against an Iranian-German national.

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Germany Expels 2 Iranian Diplomats over Death Sentence

Germany said Wednesday that it is expelling two Iranian diplomats over the death sentence imposed in Iran against one of its citizens. Authorities in Iran announced Tuesday that Jamshid Sharmahd, a 67-year-old Iranian-German national and US resident, was sentenced to death after being convicted of terrorist activities. Iran claims Sharmahd…

AFP

Germany condemns Iran over 'inhuman' death sentence for dual national

Berlin (AFP) - Germany condemned as "inhuman" a death sentence an Iranian court handed down Tuesday against an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted abroad and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial.

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Iranian-German man sentenced to death on ‘terrorism’ charges

Iran says Jamshid Sharmahd masterminded a bombing that killed 14 people, something his family denies.

Reuters

German ministers offer aid and fast visas on visit to quake-hit Turkey

Two senior German ministers travelled to southern Turkey on Tuesday to visit areas hit by a devastating earthquake more than two weeks ago, to underscore Berlin's support for the victims and reconstruction efforts.

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The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 362 of the invasion

US president Joe Biden makes surprise visit to Kyiv to meet Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy; White House statement promises more arms and further sanctions against Russia

Foreign Affairs

The Persistence of Great-Power Politics

What the war in Ukraine has revealed about geopolitical rivalry.

Tribune News Service

US, China top diplomats hold 1st meeting after balloon crisis

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China’s top diplomat against providing lethal aid to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rebuked him over an alleged Chinese spy balloon that heightened tensions between the world’s largest economies.

Tribune News Service

Blinken rebukes China’s top diplomat on balloon, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rebuked China’s top diplomat in their first in-person meeting since the uproar over an alleged spy balloon, telling Wang Yi that the craft’s entry into U.S. airspace was an “irresponsible act that must never again occur.”

The Guardian - UK

Chinese peace plan for Ukraine greeted cautiously by the west

China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi speaks of need to uphold principle of territorial integrity but also of respecting Russia’s ‘legitimate security interests’

Reuters

In meeting, Blinken warns China's Wang Yi against aiding Russia in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that Washington was concerned Beijing was considering supplying weapons to Moscow.

Reuters

Germany says Finland, Sweden NATO bids must be ratified without delay

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Turkey and Hungary to pave the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO, stating she expects all NATO members to ratify their bids to join the defence alliance "without further delay".

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