Syrians in Germany cheer toppling of al-Assad as an official suggests offering people 1,000 euros to return.

Syrians in Germany cheer toppling of al-Assad as an official suggests offering people 1,000 euros to return.

Germans will head to the polls early next year after the coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed.

The ‘Korean Wave’ has breathed new life into Korean communities first exiled to central Asia by Stalin – but at a cost.
![A monument marks the resettlement of 172,000 ethnic Koreans from the far east of the USSR to the Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in 1937, as a sign of gratitude to the Uzbek people in the Korean park in Tashkent, on the 80th anniversary of the displacement, in 2017 [Marina Rich/Shutterstock]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/shutterstock_671509540-1-1725709809.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Germany’s students protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza say their right to free speech is under attack.

Baraa Odeh has told her lawyer from prison that she has been repeatedly strip-searched and physically assaulted.
![Baraa Odeh, 34, is an employee of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and was detained by Israeli border guards on March 5 [Courtesy of Odeh's family]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-21-at-15.17.01-1-1714645010.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Alternative for Germany’s victory leads to outpouring of despair and recrimination from other parties and civil groups.
![Robert Sesselmann, right, and Björn Höcke of the far-right AfD celebrate the party's first win in a district council election in Germany on June 25, 2023, in Sonneberg [Ferdinand Merzbach/NEWS5/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/33KY4UB-preview-1687943139.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Known to be careful and stubborn, Scholz is reluctant to greenlight tanks, but few understand the chancellor’s motives.

As water levels dropped in Europe, ancient river stones once again emerged to tell their centuries-old tales of despair.

As water levels reached historically low levels across Europe in 2022, history emerged from its depths.

Exhibition space for documenta 15 art festival vandalised, as threats to Palestinian artists in Germany escalate.
