German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's silence on the recent revelation by a veteran American investigative journalist that US Navy divers blew up Russia's Nord Stream gas pipeline speaks volumes, says a German lawmaker.

What harms our unity is a public competition to outdo each other along the lines of: battle tanks, submarines, aircraft, Chancellor Scholz said.

The German chancellor gave an interview to the Bild.

The competition between Russia and the West is getting more complicated after Germany and the United States announced their decision to send advanced tanks to Kiev.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned NATO that the defeat of his country as a nuclear power in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry summons the German ambassador to Tehran over "irresponsible” comments by the country’s chancellor in support of the recent riots in Iran.

Iran censures the German chancellor’s recent stance in support of the western-backed riots across the country as “meddlesome and provocative”.