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Turkey fires another diplomatic salvo at Germany

The Turkish President has accused Berlin of not being fully committed to the fight against terrorism. Speaking before a trip to Pakistan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan also claimed to have proof of German supp

Germany

Speculation grows of a fourth term for Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will run for a fourth term in elections next year.

Turkey

German foreign minister gets a roasting on Turkish visit as relations sour

A tense atmosphere has marked the latest visit to Turkey by the German foreign minister.

Germany

Germany bans Salafist 'True Religion' group as police swoop on nationwide network

German police have mounted nationwide raids on Salafist militants TWR 'True Religion' as organisation is banned.

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World News

Awkward relations between Germany and Turkey

In February 2016 German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.

World News

Harsh words between Germany and Turkey

There has been a testy exchange of views on human rights and fundamental freedoms between the foreign ministers of Germany and Turkey.

Germany

Merkel backs Foreign Minister Steinmeier for German presidency

Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier is hotly tipped to become the country’s next president after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats agreed to back his…

Afghanistan

Taliban admits suicide blast at German consulate in Afghanistan

The Taliban says it carried out a suicide bomb attack on the German consulate in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Several killed in German consulate attack

Several people are reported dead and dozens wounded after a suicide bomber rammed a car into the wall of a German consulate in Afghanistan.

Germany

German police arrest suspected ISIL top man in the country

ISIL's suspected leader in Germany is arrested along with four suspected recruiters in co-ordinated operation in the north and west of the country.

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Kurds protest in Turkey and Germany

Scuffles broke out in Ankara and Diyarbakir on Friday after Turkish authorities banned a press statement in support of 12 detained legislators from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party…

Germany

Facebook should have removed sex video, Italian court rules

Facebook should have removed a sex video of a woman who later committed suicide, with or without a court order, judges in Italy have ruled.

Business Series

BMW profits hit by shift to demand for smaller cars

BMW says the fact that it sold more smaller vehicles and fewer in the US hit its quarterly operating profit.

Europe News

EU's Oettinger issues apology over Chinese 'slitty-eyed' slur

Germany’s EU commissioner Gunter Oettinger finally apologised on Thursday for a speech in which he called Chinese officials “slitty-eyed” and joked about gay…

Germany

Stop Brexit, German economic experts tell Chancellor Merkel

The best outcome of Brexit talks would be to stop Brexit, that was the advice of Germany’s council of economic experts to the Chancellor.

Sport

Klose closes playing career and looks forward to managing

German and World Cup record goalscorer Miroslav Klose ends his playing career to take up managerial training course.

World News

Pope Francis kick starts celebrations for 500th anniversary of Lutheran Church

Pope Francis has visited Sweden as 12 months of events leading up to the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Church begin.

Sport

Germany coach Low signs contract extension

Germany coach Joachim Low has signed a new contract extension that will keep him at the helm of the world champions until 2020.

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Berlin invaded by zombies

A crowd of “zombies” descended on central Berlin on Saturday (October 29) as Halloween revellers in spooky costumes came together for the eighth annual “zombie…

Germany

ISIL says it was behind fatal teen stabbing in Hamburg

ISIL has said it was behind the deadly stabbing of a teenager in Hamburg earlier this month.