Cathrin Schaer

The bloc took ac­tion af­ter ‘atroc­i­ties’ in Ukraine, but an­a­lysts say oil and gas mar­kets pose more com­plex chal­lenges.

Around 35 per­cent of the EU’s nat­ur­al gas comes from Rus­sia.

Eu­ro­pean lead­ers are re­fram­ing their think­ing around COVID-19, and con­sumers are slow­ly catch­ing up.

The ver­dict against An­war Raslan, who is now serv­ing a life sen­tence in Ger­many, was wel­comed, but some urge cau­tion.

Sur­vivor Musal­lam al-Quwatli says con­vic­tion of An­war Raslan for his role in crimes against hu­man­i­ty was a ‘first step’.

Ger­man court to de­liv­er judge­ment on the high­est rank­ing of­fi­cial to be tried for atroc­i­ties com­mit­ted in Syr­ia.

The Tal­iban has vowed to crack down on the drug trade but if the econ­o­my fails, a cri­sis could un­fold, ex­perts say.

Refugees are be­ing blamed for anti-Semi­tism, but most anti-Jew­ish hate crimes are com­mit­ted by far-right ac­tivists.

Ex-mem­bers of Syr­i­an mil­i­tary ac­cused of tor­ture were liv­ing in Ger­many as refugees un­til they were ar­rest­ed and jailed.

Two ex-mil­i­tary mem­bers ac­cused of tor­ture had been liv­ing in Ger­many as refugees and were ar­rest­ed over a year ago.