"To be arrested and yelled at and be rudely treated by police I had to travel to Ferguson and St. Louis in the United States of America," writes veteran reporter of his ordeal.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time since a row over US spying prompted Germany to turf out the CIA station chief in Berlin.
German support for US President Barack Obama has nosedived in the past year, an influential American research group said on Monday, with the decline blamed on spying and drone strikes.
UPDATE: Germany's expulsion of the CIA station chief in Berlin in a spy row with the United States has found widespread support in the country. But what happens now?
German lawmakers fumed on Friday over "vicious" criticism by senior US senators of Chancellor Angela Merkel's stance on Ukraine ahead of talks she will hold with US President Barack Obama.
UPDATE: President Barack Obama welcomed Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday for discussions on the escalating crisis in Ukraine, her first visit to Washington since revelations that the US may have tapped her mobile phone.
President Barack Obama invited Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington on Wednesday, hoping to mend fences after a row provoked by revelations of US eavesdropping on her mobile phone.
Private American companies play a major role in US spying in Germany, with at least 90 firms helping to feed classified information to Washington, German news weekly Stern reported on Wednesday.
<b>UPDATE:</b> The head of German foreign intelligence denied on Wednesday that Berlin was carrying out bugging operations from its embassy in the United States in a deepening espionage row.
UPDATE: German political and intelligence envoys are due to hold talks with US officials in Washington on Wednesday on rebuilding a "basis of trust" after alleged US tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone.
The United States said on Monday it must better weigh the risks and rewards of its spying activities, as Europe fulminates over reports it eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders.
<b>UPDATE:</b> Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday it was "really not on" for allies to spy on each other as the fall-out over allegations that the US National Security Agency tapped her mobile phone continues.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken to President Barack Obama to complain about allegations her mobile phone was targeted by the US National Security Agency.
Germany helped the CIA carry out drone attacks in Pakistan according to a report by Amnesty International published on Tuesday. The human rights organization has called on the German government to come clean about its involvement and slammed some of the attacks as “war crimes”.
From hitting the country’s huge export industry to affecting embassy services, Germany is feeling the impact of the US shutdown, with the prospect of an American default stoking further fears.
The effects of the US government shutdown are being felt around the world. On Tuesday the German press gave its reaction to the disaster, warning of “fatal consequences” and another world economic crisis.
Chancellor Angela Merkel described the internet as “virgin territory” during a press conference with President Obama on Wednesday, prompting Twitter to explode with mockery about her recent discovery of a brave new online world.
German outrage at the US President has peaked as Barack Obama is due in Berlin. But accusing him of Stasi methods over the surveillance scandal borders on defamation, argues <b>Malte Lehming</b> in political magazine <b>Cicero</b>.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will tackle US President Barack Obama on the scale of American online surveillance, and call for "transparency" on its scope as she hosts him in Berlin this week.
Despite the scandal over the US Prism spy programme, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is planning to invest €100 million to improve its internet surveillance, <i>Spiegel Online</i> reported on Sunday.
Barack Obama will encounter a very different Germany – one that is more powerful and sceptical - than his famous predecessor John F. Kennedy did when he delivered his famous “ich bin ein Berliner” speech some 50 years ago.
The German government has refrained from criticizing the new US plan to deliver strategic weapons to the Syrian rebels out of respect for Obama, but Germany’s decision not to send weapons is correct, a Free Democratic Party politician said.
The White House on Friday sought to cool German fears over a secret US Internet surveillance program, which threatens to detract from President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin next week.
What do you buy a multi-millionaire who also happens to be the leader of the free world? Angela Merkel gave him a set of golf putters - and presented his wife with six bottles of wine.
