Designated German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SPD (3R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the CDU (C) and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer of the CSU (5R) pose with the coalition treaty of the conservative CDU/CSU party and the Social Democrats to form a new government flanked by parliamentary group leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) Andrea Nahles, parliamentary group leaders of the Christian democrats (CDU) Volker Kauder and of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Alexander Dobrindt General, Secretary of the CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Secretary General of the CSU Andreas Scheuer in Berlin, on March 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish troops have been sent to rescue three German climbers who were kidnapped by Kurdish rebels high on Mount Ararat, an official said. The official, Gov. Mehmet Cetin of Agri Province, told the news agency Dogan that the climbers, part of a 13-member German team, were abducted late Tuesday from their camp at 10,500 feet. The 10 other Germans on the team returned to the city of Agri, Mr. Cetin said. The separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party is banned in Germany, where the authorities have arrested and tried suspected supporters.
