Immigration

Erdogan takes 'indignation' out on German diplomat

Turkey has summoned the European Union's top diplomat in Ankara after he reportedly criticized the conduct of Turkish officials in implementing a landmark refugee deal, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.

Terrorism

Germans raise a glass to love in anti-Isis message

Pictures of smilling people raising a glass to the camera bloomed across social media in Germany on Tuesday, in a spontaneous response to the Brussels attacks.

Crime

Police collar robber who threatened bank with bomb

Frankfurt police have captured a robber who threatened to detonate a bomb inside a bank in the German financial capital on Monday morning.

Terrorism

Istanbul bomb 'not aimed at German tourists'

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday that a deadly bomb attack in Istanbul which killed ten Germans was not aimed specifically at German citizens.

Second World War

Munich bomb 'can't be defused on scene'

UPDATE: Police in Munich say that a bomb found in the Deutsches Museum must be moved to a safe location on Tuesday evening before experts can defuse it.

sports

15,000 expected at Hamburg Marathon

Hamburg Marathon organisers have said there are few security fears for Sunday's race, only plenty of solidarity for the victims of the Boston Marathon bomb blast.

Terrorism

Deutsche Bank letter bomb was operational

A suspected letter bomb addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann which was intercepted on Wednesday at the bank's Frankfurt headquarters, could have exploded, German police have confirmed.

Tourism

Death Valley skeletons solve riddle of missing German tourists

Human bones found in California’s remote Death Valley probably belong to four German tourists who disappeared in scorching summer heat 13 years ago, US police announced on Friday.