BERLIN — The staff of two at the packed hole-in-the-wall Syrian restaurant Yarok in Berlin are swamped making hummus and falafel for a lunch crowd, but news of the downfall of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad has them both smiling.

Nearly a decade after he arrived in Germany from Syria and took a selfie with then-Chancellor Angela Merkel, Anas Modamani has finished his university studies and has a German passport. He’s less positive about some German politicians’ reactions to the fall of Bashar Assad,

For the first time ever, Berlin will be the backdrop for an NFL regular season game. On Wednesday, the league confirmed what had been rumored for some time: that the 2025 season will feature a matchup in Germany's capital city.

Berlin’s Olympiastadion will host its first NFL regular season game in 2025. In a news conference in the German capital on Wednesday, the league confirmed that the city would stage one of the eight overseas games scheduled for next year and that it had signed what a news release described as a “multi-year agreement” with the NFL.

The National Football League (NFL) is expanding its global presence with its first-ever regular season game in Berlin, Germany, scheduled for 2025. The game will be held at the Olympic Stadium, marking a significant milestone in the league’s ongoing commitment to international growth.