Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Jun. 26, 2025. (Photo: AP)
Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, inside their tent in west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the Iranian Consulate, where Iranian diplomats meet counterparts from Germany, Britain and France for renewed nuclear talks, on Jul. 25, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Passengers sit in a police vehicle before boarding a deportation flight at Leipzig/Halle Airport. A plane bound for Baghdad was stationed at the airport earlier in the morning, suggesting another deportation operation may be underway. (Photo: dpa)
Syrian defendant Issa Al H (C) bends over as he sits next to judicial officers in the dock in the courtroom in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on May 27, 2025,
riedrich Merz (L) receives his certificate of appointment from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier after he was elected as Germany's new Chancellor, at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin on May 6, 2025.. (Photo: AFP)
Co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and her party's top candidate for Chancellor Alice Weidel reacts with party members during the electoral evening in Berlin on Feb. 23, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
