Politics

German MP from Scholz's party in row over anti-Zionist post

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left party faced controversy Friday after one of its lawmakers, a vice president of parliament, shared an online post denounced as anti-Israeli.

Politics

Adidas drops Bella Hadid from campaign over Gaza controversy

Adidas said Friday it had dropped vocal pro-Palestinian model Bella Hadid from an advertising campaign for retro sneakers referencing the 1972 Munich Olympics, which were overshadowed by a massacre of Israeli athletes.

Middle East crisis

Germany to send new frigate to protect ships in Red Sea

Germany said Saturday it will send a new frigate to the Red Sea in August to help secure maritime traffic, disrupted for months due to attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels.

Travel news

Lufthansa suspends flights amid Middle East tension

Lufthansa has suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel, Amman in Jordan, as well as Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, a spokesman said on Sunday.

anti-semitism

German police raid scores of properties in fight against anti-Semitism

Hundreds of police Thursday raided properties across Germany over suspected links to the Iran-backed Shiite Hezbollah group, authorities said, as Berlin moves to stem a rash of anti-Semitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.