Germany, which has pledged to suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said it expects the European Union to adopt a common position on potential limits to weapons sales.

French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take questions about halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite Germany’s calls.

Germany's foreign ministry will ask Saudi Arabia's ambassador to join a meeting at the ministry to discuss fallout from the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a ministry spokeswoman said.

Germany wants other European Union member states to follow its example in stopping arms exports to Saudi Arabia as long as uncertainty remains over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday.

France declined to say on Monday if it might suspend weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, after Germany called on others to follow its example until the truth about Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder is established.

Germany's government has left the door open to exporting arms to Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Yemen conflict, the news weekly Der Spiegel reported Wednesday, seemingly in spite of a deal within the country's ruling coalition.

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Germany has returned to Berlin, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Tuesday, almost a year he left over comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel about the political crisis in Lebanon.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran could further destabilise the Middle East and boost radical forces in the region.

Germany has called for further constructive steps, commenting on the Bahraini authorities’ commuting of the death sentence issued against four Bahraini dissidents.

Investcorp, a leading global provider and manager of alternative investment products (whose headquarters is in Bahrain), announced that it has purchased Bürocampus Wangen, based in Stuttgart, Germany for approximately €80 million. The acquisition represents Investcorp's first real estate investment in Germany.

Bahraini activists staged protest on Friday (March 16, 2018) in front of the Saudi Embassy building in the German Capital Berlin, on the 7th anniversary of Saudi forces entrance to Bahrain to quash the popular movement that demanded putting an end to Al Khalifa monopoly over power.

President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, received at the Schloss Bellvue Presidential Palace yesterday Abdullah Abdullatif Abdullah who presented his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Government of Germany said it’s deeply concerned about sentencing of Bahrain human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, appealing to Bahrain “to fulfill its obligations to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

Germany's financial watchdog will take no action after ending an investigation into whether China's HNA and Qatar's royal family were working together on their investments in Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), a person familiar with the matter said.

The German government should revoke landing rights for Kuwait Airways given its ban on Israeli passengers, a senior Justice Department official said on Friday, saying such discrimination was intolerable.

Saudi Arabia has summoned its ambassador in Germany home for consultations over comments allegedly made by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel during a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

A German court ruled on Thursday that Kuwait Airways had the right to refuse to carry an Israeli passenger due to his nationality, a verdict that Jewish groups said condoned anti-Semitism.

Germany is worried that U.S. President Donald Trump will decide this week that Iran is not respecting a two-year-old deal to curb its nuclear programme and fears such a step will worsen the security situation in the Middle East.

Germany’s deadliest weapons manufacturer will no longer sell weapons to war zones or countries that are corrupt, including Saudi Arabia, UAE and Israel.

Qatar is ready to sit at the negotiating table to try to end a dispute with its Gulf Arab neighbors, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said on Friday in Berlin.