Turkey: Senior German diplomat summoned after President Erdogan blocked from delivering live-stream address to anti-coup crowd in Cologne

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Aug 1st, 2016

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Ankara, Turkey ( Agencies + DIPLOMAT.SO) – Turkey has summoned a senior German diplomat, the embassy said, a day after German authorities stopped Turkey’s president from addressing a rally in Cologne via video-link. “The charge d’affaires has been summoned to the Turkish forei...

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau threatens to kill German hostage

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Nov 1st, 2014

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Maidaguri,Nigeria (AP + DIPLOMAT.SO) — The leader of Nigeria’s Islamic extremists is threatening to kill a captured German. Abubakar Shekau says in a new video released late Friday that Boko Haram is still holding the unidentified German who he says is “always crying.” He says they ...

Russian aid trucks leave,highlight dire needs

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Aug 23rd, 2014

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DONETSK, Russia (AP + DIPLOMAT) — Hundreds of Russian aid trucks returned home from rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Saturday, highlighting a dire need for long-term assistance to the region where homes and livelihoods have been destroyed by months of fighting. Ahead of a much-anticipated meeting on Tue...

In Mombasa, a German tourist was killed and the attackers fled

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Jul 25th, 2014

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Mombasa (DIPLOMAT)- A German female tourist was Thursday evening shot dead by unknown gunmen who escaped without stealing anything from her in Old Town Mombasa. Her partner, believed to be Ugandan, was wounded in the attack and rushed to hospital following the 5.30pm incident. The deceased was shot a...