Germany’s foreign minister will host his Russian and US counterparts and the UN secretary general next week, convening the so-called Mideast “Quartet” to discuss developments in the Middle East.

THE German Government yesterday condemned a planned Iranian conference on the Holocaust, calling attempts to question the Nazis’ murder of Jews “shocking and unacceptable”.

The German government today condemned a planned Iranian conference on the Holocaust and summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires to the Foreign Ministry, calling attempts to question the Nazis’ murder of Jews “shocking and unacceptable”.