Suspect in deadly Berlin attack identified as Tunisian jihadi

The federal prosecutor's office offered a reward of up to 100,000 euros ($104,000) for information leading to the capture of the suspect.

22 Dec 2016 8:53 AM

Germany frees suspect in market attack, says accused still at large

The truck smashed into wooden huts serving mulled wine and sausages on Monday.

21 Dec 2016 9:57 AM

Berlin Xmas market attack: Detained Pak man unlikely to be suspect, says police

Berlin police chief told reporters about the uncertainty regarding the Pakistani man while forensic work and questioning continued.

20 Dec 2016 8:04 PM

'Brave bystander' led Berlin police to Xmas market suspect: report

The police knew the identity of the "brave witness", but believed he wished to remain anonymous.

20 Dec 2016 5:57 PM

Europe on alert after Pak-origin man mows down 12 in Berlin

Security sources were quoted by media saying that the man behind the wheel was an asylum seeker from Pakistan.

20 Dec 2016 3:17 PM

Berlin police say lorry crash a 'probable terrorist attack'

Police said the truck made it as far as 80 metres (yards) into the Christmas market before it came to a halt.

20 Dec 2016 8:14 AM

12-yr-old German boy tries to set off bomb inside Christmas market

The boy, who has been taken into youth detention with his parents' consent, apparently had turned rapidly to Islamic extremism.

16 Dec 2016 8:28 PM

Novak Djokovic confirms split with Boris Becker

Djokovic had made a change to his coaching team towards the end of the 2016 season with Pepe Imaz joining him for the Paris Masters.

07 Dec 2016 10:11 AM

French PM says far-right leader Le Pen could be next President

Le Pen is widely tipped to reach the second round of the election on May 7, where she would face either a candidate of left or the right.

17 Nov 2016 5:02 PM

Germany probes Facebook on hate incitement

German prosecutors said on Monday that they had launched a probe after receiving a complaint that alleged that top Facebook bosses including founder Mark Zuckerberg were condoning hate speech, as pres

08 Nov 2016 6:26 AM

Thunderstorms cause blackout of GPS signals

01 Nov 2016 12:58 AM

Niklas Suele seals Hertha’s fate

Rising Germany star Niklas Suele sealed Hoffenheim’s 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin which put them third in the Bundesliga and set up a mouth-watering clash against leaders Bayern Munich next week.

31 Oct 2016 11:38 PM

Bid to save Ukraine in Berlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin was headed to Berlin on Wednesday for a summit on Ukraine amid escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over Russia’s role in Ukraine as well as Syria.

19 Oct 2016 1:08 AM

After criticism from wife, Nigerian President says she ‘belongs to my kitchen’

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday hit back at criticism from his wife about his leadership, saying she “belongs to my kitchen”.

16 Oct 2016 6:14 AM

German League: Bayern held by 10-man Frankfurt

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich are now winless in their last three games after being held to a 2-2 draw at ten-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday in the German league.

16 Oct 2016 12:26 AM

Germany’s cricket boom poised to hit silver screen

A boom of interest in cricket in Germany, fuelled by the influx of asylum seekers from Pakistan and Afghanistan, is a tale poised to hit the silver screen.

15 Oct 2016 2:32 AM

Nazi jargon revival causes fresh alarm in Germany

This file photo taken on December 15, 2014 shows supporters of the PEGIDA movement, ‘Patriotische Europaeer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes’, which translates to ‘Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamification of the Occident’, holding a banner reading ‘Liar press- shut up, the only thing that is true, the weather forecast’ during a rally in Dresden, Eastern Germany. Some long-banished German words and phrases associated with the Nazi past have been revived by far-right politicians railing against the migrant influx, sparking alarm and warnings about history repeating itself. (Photo: AFP)

14 Oct 2016 1:27 AM

Germany out to fix misfiring attack

Germany’s Mesut Ozil (left) and Jerome Boateng at a training session in Hamburg, ahead of their World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic on Saturday. (Photo: AFP )

07 Oct 2016 6:40 AM

Assange pledges to leak more on US elections

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pledged on Tuesday to publish “significant” new material on the US election before the November 8 vote speaking on the 10th anniversary of the online leaking platform.

05 Oct 2016 6:52 AM

Germany, Turkey ask Russia to ensure ceasefire in Syria

Russia has a “special responsibility to calm violence and give a political process a chance” in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.

30 Sep 2016 3:32 AM