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The ver.di union called on staff at the Tegel and Schoenefeld airports to walk out from 8:30 pm IST Monday until 9:30 pm IST Tuesday. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Hundreds of Berlin flights cancelled in ground crew strike

Airport authorities said 448 departures from Tegel, the busier airport, and 194 from Schoenefeld were cancelled.

13 Mar 2017 3:48 PM

German killer posts photos of 9-year-old’s brutal murder online

Marcel Hesse had been rejected by the German army for being mentally unstable.

13 Mar 2017 11:03 AM

Germany: Mall ordered to stay closed after attack threat, police search grounds

The mall and the parking lot stayed closed on Saturday morning as over a hundred police officers searched the compound.

11 Mar 2017 3:14 PM

Special police commandos arrive at the main train station in Duesseldorf, western Germany after at least seven people where injured by a man with an axe. (Photo: AFP)

Axe attacker held after injuring 7 at German station

A police spokesman said that they had ruled out an Islamic fundamentalist motive for the attack.

10 Mar 2017 3:44 PM

Germany: 3500 attacks against refugee shelters injured 560 including 43 children in 2016

In 2015 there were just over 1,000 criminal acts against refugee shelters while in 2014, there were only 199 such cases.

26 Feb 2017 8:32 PM

Germany has ‘long-spied’ on global media like BBC: report

The report said that the BND had at least 50 telephone numbers, email addresses of journalists or newsrooms under surveillance since 1999.

25 Feb 2017 6:59 PM

US vice president Michael Richard Pence waves on his way to bilateral talks at the 53rd Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, southern Germany. (Photo: AFP)

US committed to Europe, says Mike Pence

Pence called Tehran ‘the leading state sponsor of terrorism’, language never used by European officials.

19 Feb 2017 8:11 AM

Newly elected German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, is congratulated by German President Joachim Gauck, left, after he was elected by the German parliamentary assembly on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Germany’s new president is the ‘anti-Trump’ Steinmeier

Steinmeier is one of Germany's best-known politicians, having twice served as top diplomat under Merkel for a total of seven years.

12 Feb 2017 7:39 PM

People offer their respect near the crime scene in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

ISIS supporters call for more holiday attacks in Europe

Turkey may have been chosen as a target because it has backed rebels in Syria against Islamic State.

29 Dec 2016 8:40 AM

Forensic experts examine the scene around a truck that crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Wrap-up: Berlin truck attack suspect gunned down

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in Berlin, which killed 12 and injured 56 others.

25 Dec 2016 5:22 AM

The bank's share price has been hit hard by uncertainty over the issue.

Deutsche Bank to pay $7.2 bn to settle US subprime case

The payment includes a $3.1 billion dollar fine and $4.1 billion in relief to consumers in an agreement in principle with US authorities.

23 Dec 2016 9:07 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the Federal Criminal Police Office in Berlin on Thursday, three days after a truck ran into a crowded market. (Photo: AP)

Suspect fingerprints found on truck door

Berlin truck rampage raises concerns across Europe with markets in France tightening security.

23 Dec 2016 2:43 AM

The photo which was sent to European police authorities and obtained by AP on Wednesday shows Tunisian national Anis Amri who is wanted by German police for an alleged involvement in the Berlin Christmas market attack. (Photo: AP)

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

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second from left, shakes hand with a police officer as she visits the site of the attack in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

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

Firefighters look at the debris after the trailer has been towed away from the crime scene in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

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

Firefighters look at a toppled Christmas tree after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

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

The German-born son of Iraqi parents, allegedly tried to set off the device at the Christmas market on November 26 and again on December 5. (Photo: File)

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

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel party wants dual nationality junked

Dual nationality was a key demand of the Social Democrats during negotiations with Merkel’s conservatives after the last elections in 2013.

08 Dec 2016 7:20 AM

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