Three people were killed and five others were badly injured in a knife assault in Germany.
Three people were murdered and five others were badly injured in a knife assault in southern Germany on Friday by a 24-year-old Somali immigrant who...
‘Intense’ nuclear talks with Iran restart, as Germany presses for quick progress.
Indirect discussions between Tehran and Washington to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement began in Vienna on Saturday, with the European Union calling the talks...
The victory of the conservatives in the German state elections enhances Laschet’s chances of becoming chancellor.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives secured a landslide win in an eastern German state election on Sunday, providing a boost to Armin Laschet, who seeks to...
Germany’s colonial-era genocide reparations are insufficient, according to Namibia’s vice president.
Namibian Vice President Nangolo Mbumba said on Friday that Germany's pledge to fund projects in Namibia worth more than a billion euros ($1.22 billion) over...
Germany would prohibit travel from the United Kingdom due to the COVID-19 version.
Due to questions over a COVID-19 version, Germany will prohibit travel from the United Kingdom beginning Saturday. According to a post on the German Embassy's...
A Wisconsin woman’s class ring that was misplaced in Germany has been restored 35 years later.
A Wisconsin woman who misplaced her high school class ring on a class trip to Germany in 1986 was reunited with it 35 years later....
Merkel seizes control of the situation as German states dither over the virus.
The German cabinet is set to settle on contentious amendments to a national infection prevention law on Tuesday, giving Berlin more centralised authority to enact...
Nazi secretary at Stutthof death camp charged for role in 10,000 murders
A woman who served as a secretary at the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust has been charged for being complicit in the murders...
Merkel vows to offer all Germans COVID-19 vaccine by end-summer
Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her government against criticism that Germany’s vaccine roll-out was too slow, saying that there had been good reason for Europe’s modest...
New Pentagon chief praises Germany for hosting U.S. troops, reversing Trump’s tack
New U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin praised Germany for hosting U.S. troops in a call with his German counterpart on Wednesday, fueling speculation that President...
Germany expects AstraZeneca to deliver 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in February
Germany expects British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc to deliver 3 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in February despite the company’s latest production problems, Health Minister...
As bodies pile up, Germany’s eastern COVID hot spots struggle for answers
For some in Meissen the caskets piling up in the eastern German city’s sole crematorium are a tragic reminder of what happens when the coronavirus...
End of Merkel era begins as German CDU picks new party leader
Germany’s Christian Democrats elect a new chairman on Saturday, aiming to unite their conservative party behind a new leader who they hope can succeed Angela...
Do not break with Merkel, Bavarian leader warns before CDU leadership vote
Breaking with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policies is not the way to win Germany’s federal election in September, the leader of her Bavarian sister party said...
German President reveals what caused US Capitol violence
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has reacted to the Capitol Building violence. The riot triggered by President Donald Trump’s supporters left four people dead. Steinmeier said...
‘Hitler was right on one thing,’ US congresswoman says at pro-Trump rally
Mary Miller, a newly elected Republican representative from Illinois, told a crowd of protesters that “Hitler was right on one thing.” Miller was speaking Tuesday...
France and Germany cull more birds to contain bird flu outbreak
France and Germany are culling more than 660,000 birds in total to contain an avian influenza virus that is spreading, authorities say. A truck with...
Germany poised to extend coronavirus lockdown
Germany is likely to extend a national lockdown beyond Jan. 10 to curb coronavirus infection rates that are still running high and putting huge strains...
Cold chain doubts delay COVID-19 vaccinations in some German cities
Germany’s coronavirus vaccination campaign faced delays in several cities on Sunday after temperature trackers showed that about 1,000 of the shots made by BioNTech and...
Cold chain doubts delay COVID-19 vaccinations in some German cities
Germany’s coronavirus vaccination campaign faced delays in several cities on Sunday after temperature trackers showed that about 1,000 of the shots made by BioNTech and...
German MEP Says Orban’s ‘National-Populist’ Approach Will Not Fix Societal Problems
MEP Manfred Weber, leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament. (file photo) The chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) -- the...
George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98
George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work...
4 injured in Berlin shooting, police say
A traffic sign pointing to the Berlin districts of Neukolln and Kreuzberg in front of apartment buildings at the Leipziger Strasse between the Potsdamer Platz...
‘Good riddance,’ China says as Germany leaves U.N. Security Council
Germany’s U.N. envoy, during his last scheduled U.N. Security Council meeting, appealed to China to free two detained Canadians for Christmas, prompting China’s deputy U.N....
Russia summons ambassadors of Germany, Sweden and France over Navalny sanctions: RIA
Russia’s foreign ministry summoned the ambassadors of Germany, Sweden and France on Tuesday over European Union sanctions imposed on Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin...
Covid-19: Germany to go into lockdown over Christmas
Germany is to go into a hard lockdown over the Christmas period as the number of deaths and infections from the coronavirus reaches record levels....
Germany to close shops from mid-week in tighter lockdown: sources
Germany will close shops from the middle of next week in a tightening of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday....
EU to discuss arms exports to Turkey with NATO and U.S., Merkel says
EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with NATO allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for...
Germany’s Bavaria region to tighten coronavirus lockdown
The southern German region of Bavaria, which has so far recorded the country’s highest coronavirus death toll, announced on Sunday that it will impose a...
Germany to remove antisemitic Nazi-made changes to its phonetic alphabet
Nazis decided to get rid of Hebrew first names from this alphabet during the Second World War out of antisemitism. A stamp featuring a Nazi...
German Santas hope to bring cheer despite masks
A group of Germans dressed as Santa and angels who rent themselves out over the Christmas period gathered in Berlin on Saturday, keen to spread...
German police break up banned coronavirus demonstration
German police intervened on Saturday to break up a demonstration by opponents of coronavirus lockdown measures in the northern city of Bremen after the protest...
Four dead, including infant, in Germany as car ploughs into pedestrians
Four people including a nine-month-old baby were killed and up to 15 injured on Tuesday when a speeding car ploughed into a pedestrian area in...
German court convicts IPOB members who attacked Ekweremadu
Germany has convicted four members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who attacked Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president. They have also served their...
Berlin plans six vast COVID-19 vaccination centres handling 4,000 people a day
Berlin is racing to open six mass vaccination centres capable of handling up to 4,000 people per day by mid-December, the project coordinator told Reuters...
Germany braces for extension of lockdown until December 20
Germany will have to extend its measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic until Dec. 20, according to senior politicians and a draft proposal obtained by...
Medical costs of discharged German COVID patients 50% above pre-admission levels: study
Medical costs of German COVID-19 patients who have left hospitals are on average 50% higher than before they were admitted, data from a major insurer...
US election 2020: Germany declares stands on results tussles, reveals Trump’s next actions if he loses
Germany has criticized President Donald Trump’s reluctance to accept the presidential election results. Germany believes that should Trump lose; he will not accept defeat but...
High schoolers find Hitler quotes in Kentucky police training materials
The report sparked outrage from Jewish leaders and Kentucky officials. German Fuhrer Adolph Hitler doing a Nazi salute (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) A report by...
Teacher made students debate Hitler’s final solution – this happened next
The result is “The Assignment,” which was published this summer by Delacorte Press. The cover of "The Assignment" by Liza Weimer. (photo credit: JASON HU/FROM...
France and Germany thrust into lockdown as second COVID-19 wave sweeps Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered their countries back into lockdown on Wednesday, as a massive second wave of coronavirus infections...
German Jewish president wants assertive policy against Iran’s regime
“I cannot understand the German voting behavior at the UN in any way. It would be good if an optician could readjust German foreign policy...
Germany allocates $662 million for Holocaust survivors around the world
Germany has pledged an extra $662 million toward helping Holocaust survivors during the coronavirus pandemic. The money will be given out in two payments over...
Germany would share Europe-only COVID vaccine with Israel
According to Israeli media, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Health Minister Jens Spahn made the commitment to Israel’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi. A handout...
Germans must reduce travel, partying to fight COVID-19, says Merkel aide
Germany should continue capping the number of people allowed at gatherings and clamp down on unnecessary travel as the country battles rising coronavirus infections, an...
German police arrest suspect after assault near synagogue in Hamburg
German police on Sunday arrested a man who attacked and seriously injured a Jewish citizen near a synagogue in the northern town of Hamburg as...
German anti-mask rally fails to ignite at Alpine lake
Germany enforces similar rules to many other European countries, obliging people to wear masks on public transport and keep 1.5 metres (five feet) apart where possible...
Iran busts sanctions by using other nations to get WMD – German intel
The report warned about Iran’s exploitation of the research and academic fields to advance its nuclear weapons program. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Foreign...
Series Of Unfortunate Sickness: First man cured of HIV/AIDS dies of cancer
The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, has died of cancer. NAN reports that Brown, known, as the “Berlin Patient”, died...
How Merkel’s government is ‘undermining solidarity with Israel’
‘Germany strengthens Israel's enemies at the UN,’ says rep to combat antisemitism Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russia's President Vladimir Putin...