The Berlin Administrative Court has sided with Afghan applicants in dozens of urgent cases over Germany's admission commitments, a court spokeswoman told dpa. By early September, judges had ruled in favour of Afghan women and men in 32 proceedings, in most cases ordering that entry visas be issued, the spokeswoman said. In a few instances where security checks were still pending, the government was instructed to at least make a decision on the visa applications. The cases involve Afghans in the federal admission programme, which promises entry to Germany for people deemed particularly at risk....
Moscow on Friday rejected the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine, even after a potential peace deal with Kiev. "We would recognize it as a threat to ourselves - the presence of international forces, or any foreign forces, or NATO forces on Ukrainian soil, near our border," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Vladivostok on the sidelines of the economic forum, according to Russian news agency Interfax. Peskov said NATO sees Russia as an enemy and this is explicitly stated in its documents. "That is dangerous for our country," he stressed. Regarding discussions on security guarantees, it can...