Germans rescued from sinking ship off Iceland
Twelve Germans, including seven children, were rescued off Iceland overnight after their sailboat took on water in bad weather and later sank, the coastguard said on Friday.
Kurdish protesters take over another boat
Supporters of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) took control of a pleasure boat in Hamburg on Thursday, in the second such incident in Germany in the last week.
Steinmeier wants Germany to fight pirates
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday he wants German military forces to take part in an EU mission to combat a growing number of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.
Scientists discover stunning red fluorescence in reef fish
Scientists at the University of Tübingen have discovered that reef fish communicate with a spectacular red fluorescence – a challenge to the previous notion that fish were unable to process the colour.
German cargo ship reportedly hijacked off Somali coast
The Kuala Lumpur-based International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting centre said on Thursday that a German cargo ship was hijacked along with two other ships off the Somali coast in an unprecedented series of attacks.
High seas injure 23 German ferry passengers
Twenty-three ferry passengers were injured on Monday evening when high seas broke one of the boats windows, German police reported on Tuesday morning.
German couple kidnapped by pirates beg for medical help
The German couple kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Somalia last month were able to speak to <i>Der Spiegel</i> and have begged for help, according to reports by the German news magazine late on Tuesday.