Munich

US lawmaker defends meeting with Iran FM in Munich

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chris Murphy on Tuesday defended a weekend meeting he held with Iran’s foreign minister in Europe...
18:16 18 February 2022

Gregg, former Man United player and Munich hero, dies at 87

LONDON — Harry Gregg, ae former Manchester United goalkeepercalled thea “hero of Munich" for rescuing two teammates as well as a baby and her pregnant...
9:43 17 February 2022

Canada, others nations push Iran on downed airliner probe

MUNICH — Diplomats from nations that lost citizens when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner pushed Iran’s foreign minister Saturday for more cooperati...
18:56 15 February 2022

WHO chief praises China’s virus fight, urges more from world

MUNICH — The head of the World Health Organization is urging governments to step up their efforts to prepare for the COVID-19 virus and says “it’s imp...
14:55 15 February 2022

France’s Macron urges better long-term relations with Russia

MUNICH — Europe needs to strive for better relations with Russia in the long term, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday, adding that while h...
12:35 15 February 2022

Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk

MUNICH — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withd...
11:01 15 February 2022

US defense chief slams China as rising threat to world order

MUNICH, Germany — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday cast China as a rising threat to world order — saying the world's most populous nation...
10:00 15 February 2022

US and Taliban agree to truce, way forward in Afghanistan

MUNICH — The United States and the Taliban have agreed to a temporary truce that, if successful, would open the way for a deal that would bring Americ...
22:45 14 February 2022

Iran: US killing of general was a miscalculation

MUNICH — The U.S. killing of a top Iranian general was a miscalculation that has had the effect of bolstering support in Iraq for the removal of Ameri...
19:01 14 February 2022

Esper defends shifting defense funds for Trump’s border wall

MUNICH, Germany — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday defended his decision to divert billions of dollars in funding for Navy and Air Force ai...
12:27 14 February 2022

Stormy US-Europe relations as top officials head to Munich

WASHINGTON — Some of President Donald Trump’s top foreign policy priorities stand at pivotal moments as two high-level national security officials hea...
5:10 13 February 2022

The Latest: Autoworker’s child among Germany’s 7 virus cases

BEIJING — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):
20:43 31 January 2022

AP PHOTOS: After Auschwitz, survivors still bear witness

Seventy-five years after the killing stopped at Auschwitz, the survivors still bear witness, and many observe the rising hatred and anti-Semitism in t...
9:27 22 January 2022

Auschwitz survivor who was just 2 at liberation nurses scars

MUNICH — Only 2 years old and so ill she had to stay on for weeks after liberation, Eva Umlauf was one of the youngest prisoners to be freed from Ausc...
8:22 22 January 2022

Jewish group condemns Nazi auction in Germany

BERLIN — A Jewish group has sharply condemned an auction of Nazi memorabilia in Germany that includes Adolf Hitler’s top hat, a silver-plated edition ...
10:34 20 November 2021