10 people were killed by German police in 2015, according to a report released Thursday 22 September 2016 by publishing group Funke Mediengruppe. By contrast, Washington Post's database of fatal police

US President Barack Obama made a special thank you to Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany yesterday (20 September 2016) at the United Nations, praising her for doing "the right thing". President

He lived through both world wars and even made it out alive from the Nazis' deadliest concentration camp. Today the world's oldest man is set to finally have his coming of age bar mitzvah. The world's

A man in a refugee shelter died today while trying to set his wife on fire, leaving the woman seriously injured and part of the building ablaze, German police reported on Thursday 1 September 2016. Photo:

German police say the cutting down of a giant Christian cross on a mountaintop may be driven by religious motives. Deutscher Alpenverein Bad Tölz There have been three attempts so far to chop down the

She's held the Chancellery for over a decade, but her refugee policies may dampen Angela Merkel's staying power. Merkel has a little over a year left before she can start worrying about 2017's autumn election,

When a man swimming naked in a Bavarian lake felt a strange pain in his nether regions, he looked up to see a fisherman on the shore, "Don’t pull!" he shouted. At first the man thought he had

Over 10,000 spectators attended the ox race in Münsing, southern Germany, on Sunday 28th August. (Photo: DPA) This was the sixth annual ox race held in the town. Guests and competitors enjoyed glorious

One of Germany's largest drug stores has started selling pepper spray due to "increased requests" from customers. Drugstore DM is a ubiquitous sight on high streets across Germany. Along with

While the fallout from VW's emissions scandal continues, the German carmaker has now been hit by yet another problem. A dispute with a supplier has led to production of the company's compact Golf model

The train route takes passengers to Düsseldorf's best locations for catching Pokémon. Not only is the train decorated with Pokémon Go branding, the route has been specially designed to give players the

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier labelled US Republican presidential candidate a "hate preacher". Steinmeier said on Thursday that he was concerned about the worldwide spread of

Public support for Angela Merkel has plummeted, mainly over the Chancellor's refugee policy in the wake of a series of attacks in Germany, according to a poll published on Thursday (4th August 2016).