Heiko Maas
In this image made from video provided by NTV, Belarus Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya enters the Polish embassy in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Tsimanouskaya plans to seek asylum in Poland, an activist group said Monday, after the athlete alleged that her team’s officials tried to force her to fly home, where she feared she wouldn’t be safe from an autocratic government that recently was accused of diverting a plane in order to arrest a dissident journalist. (NTV via AP)
Belarus sprinter says punishment awaited her back home

By Daniel Kozin And Daria Litvinova Aug. 03, 2021 05:10 AM EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, right, sign an agreement during a ceremony for the launch of a U.S.-Germany Dialogue on Holocaust Issues at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Blinken is on a week long trip in Europe traveling to Germany, France and Italy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
US, Germany confront rising antisemitism, Holocaust denial

By Matthew Lee Jun. 24, 2021 07:53 AM EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a briefing to ambassadors to Israel at the Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)
Israel's Netanyahu 'determined' to continue Gaza operation

By Fares Akram And Joseph Krauss May. 19, 2021 02:55 AM EDT

Geriatric nurse Jasmin Lasse vaccinates in the vaccination centre in Quedlinburg, Germany, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Germany's coronavirus infection rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly two months on Friday, while the health minister said the country had the most successful day yet of its vaccination campaign this week. (Matthias Bein/dpa via AP)
German infection rate at 2-month low, vaccinations speed up

By Geir Moulson May. 14, 2021 06:13 AM EDT

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, right, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend a joint press conference at Downing Street in London, Monday, May 3, 2021, during the G7 foreign ministers meeting. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)
US and UK reject reports of imminent prisoner deal with Iran

By Pan Pylas May. 03, 2021 06:52 AM EDT

People sit at outdoor tables setup today for drinks to be served in the Soho area of central London, on the day some of England's third coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased by the British government, Monday, April 12, 2021. People across England can get their hair cut, eat and drink outside at restaurants and browse for clothes, books and other "non-essential" items as shops and gyms reopened Monday after months of lockdown. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
The Latest: Australia has 2nd likely Astra-Zeneca clot case

By The Associated Press Apr. 12, 2021 01:56 AM EDT

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during an online joint news conference with UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock at the conclusion of a conference 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region' at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)
Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria's crisis

By Samuel Petrequin Mar. 30, 2021 04:43 AM EDT

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Top diplomats of US, UK, France, Germany hold virtual talks

Feb. 05, 2021 12:21 PM EST

FILE - In this July 13, 2004, file photo, the casket of Army Maj. Paul Syverson III is brought by members of the Old Guard to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Syverson was killed in Balad, Iraq on June 16. Then-U.S. President George W. Bush boasted that Iraq would become a model of democracy in a region ruled by dictators. Instead, the country fell into protracted war between Sunnis and Shiites in which tens of thousands of people died. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
World warily watches America's postelection aftershocks

By Lori Hinnant Jan. 13, 2021 02:23 AM EST

Relatives carry the dead body of a boy who was killed by a mortar shell attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital on Saturday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
EU, other donors step up with funds to help Afghanistan

By Jamey Keaten Nov. 24, 2020 07:18 AM EST

Counter demonstrators shows a poster reading: 'shame on you' as the protest against a so called 'silent march' against the corona policy of the federal government, at the district Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin Germany, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)
Confrontation at German coronavirus protest goes viral

By Kirsten Grieshaber Nov. 22, 2020 09:19 AM EST

A protestor shouts as police officers block a road between the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building, home of the German federal parliament, as people attend a protest rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 against the coronavirus restrictions in Germany. Police in Berlin have requested thousands of reinforcements from other parts of Germany to cope with planned protests by people opposed to coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Berlin police forcefully disperse protest over virus rules

By David Rising Nov. 18, 2020 04:58 AM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 file photo German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks during a joint press conference in Berlin, Germany. In an interview with the Associated Press Maas said that “Joe Biden's election victory means one thing in particular: new chances for the trans-Atlantic partnership”. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
AP Interview: Germany seeks ‘new deal’ with US under Biden

By Frank Jordans Nov. 10, 2020 10:41 AM EST

A shop vendor wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus waits for customers in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Malaysia extended restricted movements in its biggest city Kuala Lumpur, neighboring Selangor state and the administrative capital of Putrajaya from Wednesday in an attempt to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
The Latest: China suspends entry for residents of Britain

By The Associated Press Nov. 04, 2020 05:26 AM EST

Pro-democracy demonstrators shine their mobile phone lights as they march to the German Embassy in central Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. As lawmakers debated in a special session in Parliament that was called to address political tensions, student-led rallies were set to continue with a march through central Bangkok on Monday evening to the German Embassy, apparently to bring attention to the time King Maha Vajiralongkorn spends in Germany. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Thai protesters shun Parliament, ask Germany to probe king

By Tassanee Vejpongsa And Grant Peck Oct. 26, 2020 01:34 AM EDT

In this image made from UNTV video, Kyaw Tint Swe, Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (UNTV via AP)
The Latest: Mali notable in its absence from UN meeting

Sep. 29, 2020 12:47 PM EDT

Led by Gabriel Whitley, left, and Sally Herron, a group of about 200 activists marched around the Indiana State House Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, to protest any government mandate that would require them to wear masks as protection against the spread of COVID-19. (Doug McSchooler/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
The Latest: China lifts pandemic bar on entry by foreigners

By The Associated Press Sep. 23, 2020 05:06 AM EDT

Migrants flee from the Moria refugee camp during a second fire, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Fire struck again Wednesday night in Greece's notoriously overcrowded refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, a day after a blaze swept through it and left thousands in need of emergency shelter. The fires caused no injuries, but they renewed criticism of Europe's migration policy. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
New fire breaks out in crowded refugee camp on Greek island

By Elena Becatoros And Nicholas Paphitis Sep. 08, 2020 11:07 PM EDT

A police officer keeps guard as people gather during a rally against the results of the country's presidential election outside the Belarusian Automobile Plant (BelAZ) in Zhodino, about 50 km (31 miles) north-east of Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Hundreds of people were back on the streets of Belarus' capital on Thursday morning, forming long "lines of solidarity" in protest against an election they say was rigged to extend the rule of the country's authoritarian leader and against a crackdown on rallies that followed the vote. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Thousands in Belarus form 'lines of solidarity' in protest

By Yuras Karmanau Aug. 13, 2020 04:31 AM EDT

Security personnel sit in front of damaged buildings near the site of an explosion on Tuesday that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. The blast which appeared to have been caused by an accidental fire that ignited a stockpile of ammonium nitrate at the port, rippled across the Lebanese capital, killing at least 135 people, injuring more than 5,000 and causing widespread destruction. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
The Latest: Lebanese military to question officials on blast

Aug. 06, 2020 01:52 PM EDT