German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that the leadership in Tehran has been weakened by Israel's attacks in the past few days and will likely not return to its former strength.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday rejected the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin acting as a mediator in the conflict between Israel and Iran. "Personally, I don't see the Russian president playing a mediating role in this conflict,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed gratitude about Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear program. “This is the dirty work Israel is doing for all of us,” Merz, who took office earlier this year,

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -A Syrian doctor who had practised in Germany was sentenced to life in prison by a German court on Monday for crimes against humanity and war crimes after he was found guilty of torturing dissidents in Syria.

The prosecution of Alaa Mousa relied on the legal concept of universal jurisdiction, under which normal rules on territorial jurisdiction do not apply.

A Syrian doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a German court for committing crimes against humanity, including torture and murder, during Syria’s civil war. Dr Alaa Mousa, aged 40, was found guilty by the higher regional court in Frankfurt of inflicting severe abuse on detainees between 2011 and 2012,