Former Chancellor Angela Merkel's government approved controversial weapons exports to Egypt before leaving office. Critics of the move are hoping the new government under Olaf Scholz will adopt a stricter arms policy.
A $531-billion business: The new SIPRI report shows that the world's top 100 arms producers have continued to increase sales even in the pandemic year of 2020 and despite the global economy contracting.
Ten years ago, the release of 250,000 classified US State Department cables caused a political earthquake. It also made WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange public enemy Nr. 1 in the United States.
The Bundeswehr mission in Afghanistan ended on June 30. It has already been labeled a failure in the German media. Now, the Defense Ministry's review is off to a bumpy start.