German police said Thursday they had shot dead an Afghan man after he used a knife to attack officers trying to arrest him, seriously wounding one of them.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz offered his condolences Tuesday after a "horrific" shooting at a school in neighbouring Austria left 10 people dead including the alleged shooter.
Two separate stabbings took place on Saturday in Germany, one in Munich and one in Berlin, which left several injured. A female attacker was shot dead by police.
German police said Sunday that a 72-year-old patient had been arrested on suspicion of igniting a fire at a Hamburg hospital that killed three people and injured dozens more.
A Syrian man suspected of belonging to the Islamic State group pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing three people and wounding ten more in a stabbing spree at a German summer festival in Solingen last year.
A Syrian refugee acted as a hero in the midst of an attack in Hamburg last Friday. The coverage of the story illustrates once again the severe biases in the German media, writes Tom Pugh.
A German court on Monday convicted and handed prison sentences, some suspended, to four former Volkswagen managers over their part in the "dieselgate" emissions-cheating scandal, Bloomberg reported.
A German woman accused of a mass stabbing attack that wounded 18 people at a train station in Hamburg suffers from mental illness, police said Saturday.
A battle has broken out over plans to open a new help centre for crack addicts near Frankfurt's main railway station, an area notorious for its bustling illegal drugs scene.
Five young men believed to be part of a right-wing extremist group called the 'Last Wave of Defence' were arrested on Wednesday morning. They are accused of having planned and committed violent acts.
Germany saw a 40 percent jump in politically motivated crime last year, official data showed Tuesday, with the federal police chief warning of a growing "radicalisation in society".
German prosecutors said Wednesday they had arrested three Ukrainians accused of plotting sabotage attacks on goods transports for Russia, amid soaring tensions between Moscow and Berlin.
German authorities on Tuesday banned an extremist group called the "Kingdom of Germany", raided multiple locations nationwide and arrested four of its leading members.
A German court has sentenced two accomplices of right-wing extremists to two and a half years prison for their contribution to a plot to overthrow the state.
A German court sentenced two accomplices of right-wing extremists to about two and a half years in prison on Wednesday, for their contribution to a plot to overthrow the state.
A former aide to a scandal-hit lawmaker from Germany's far-right AfD party has been charged over suspected spying on behalf of China, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Mass demonstrations were held in the German city of Oldenburg to criticise racism in the police force and demand a thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of a black man.
German prosecutors asked for jail sentences Friday in the trial of four former Volkswagen managers accused of fraud in the "dieselgate" emissions-cheating scandal.
Authorities in the German capital reported twice as many attacks on refugees and refugee centres last year as far-right motivated crimes have grown in number across the country.
A German police officer on Sunday shot dead a man who threatened people with a knife outside a night club and advanced toward a patrol spraying a suspicious gas, police said.
A large police operation was under way in Germany on Sunday to find one or more shooters who killed two men the day before in the centre of the country, police said.
Berlin prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged a local palliative care doctor with the murder of 15 patients, saying that in some cases he had set fire to victims' apartments to cover his tracks.
