https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The scandal over the deportation of Sami A., an alleged former bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden, continued on Monday with authorities reportedly blacklisting the 44-year-old Tunisian from entering Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20180813/alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard-blacklisted-by-immigration-authorities-newspaper-reports Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:07:14 +0200 alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard-blacklisted-by-immigration-authorities-newspaper-reports The over-hasty deportation of an alleged Islamist to Tunisia is raising awkward questions for German authorities all the way up to the Interior Ministry. https://www.thelocal.de/20180716/scandal-grows-over-unlawful-deportation-of-alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:40:00 +0200 scandal-grows-over-unlawful-deportation-of-alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard Around 1,000 potential Islamist terrorists live in Germany, 128 of whom could be classed as capable of carrying out attacks, Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110905/37393 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:16:00 +0200 37393 Data seized from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s compound by US forces in May included plans to destabilize Europe’s economy with specific terrorist attacks on Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20110824/37159 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:13:00 +0200 37159 Are Germans right to criticize the joyous reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden? Der Tagesspiegel’s Moritz Schuller detects a misplaced whiff of condescension. https://www.thelocal.de/20110509/34901 Mon, 09 May 2011 20:19:00 +0200 34901 Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to tone down her now controversial expression of joy at the killing of Osama bin Laden on Saturday by expressing 'relief' after a swelling disapproval of her initial reaction. https://www.thelocal.de/20110507/34859 Sat, 07 May 2011 12:37:00 +0200 34859 Most Germans see no reason to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden and think the US government should have put the terrorist leader on trial rather than killed him, according to a poll published Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110506/34839 Fri, 06 May 2011 10:32:00 +0200 34839 Several German politicians on Wednesday criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel for expressing joy over the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, saying it sent the wrong message. https://www.thelocal.de/20110504/34785 Wed, 04 May 2011 11:06:00 +0200 34785 History’s most extensive and expensive manhunt has come to an end. In The Local's media roundup, the German press on Tuesday gauge the symbolism versus the reality. https://www.thelocal.de/20110503/34769 Tue, 03 May 2011 14:10:00 +0200 34769 The death of Osama bin Laden is a historic moment coinciding with key al-Qaida arrests in Germany. But does it make us safer? The Local asked Christian Tuschhoff, terrorism expert at Berlin's Free University. https://www.thelocal.de/20110502/34755 Mon, 02 May 2011 18:57:00 +0200 34755 The United States embassy as well as American military bases in Germany are on high alert to the risk of terrorists reprisals after President Barack Obama announced late Sunday that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been killed. https://www.thelocal.de/20110502/34739 Mon, 02 May 2011 10:05:00 +0200 34739