Tag: German

Micro-blogging site Twitter said it had blocked a neo-Nazi group’s account at the request of German police in what it called a global first...

A German man has been detained on the Indonesian resort island of Lombok for attempting to smuggle 3.7 kilograms (8.1 pounds) of hashish with...

A German court on Friday refused to allow a Muslim student to skip swimming lessons after she said she was uncomfortable being so close...

The eurozone cleared a key hurdle towards resolving its debt crisis Wednesday as Germany's top court approved a new European firewall for ratification, with...

ECB President Mario Draghi unveiled plans on Thursday for potentially unlimited purchases of bonds of up to three years maturity issued by countries that...

An elderly German farmer’s field went to pot, after local drug enforcement agents knocked on his door to inquire about the crop of cannabis...

German customs seized a $1.2 million violin from a Japanese professional musician and are demanding she pay almost $500,000 to get it back, reports...

US electronics giant Apple and South Korea's Samsung Electronics each scored partial court victories in Germany Tuesday in their global war over rival tablet...

German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler on Sunday reiterated his doubts about whether debt-mired Greece would be able to stay in the eurozone, saying the...

Fernando Alonso extended his lead in this year's Formula One drivers' world championship on Sunday when he drove to a flawless victory for Ferrari...

German MPs were to pass a cross-party motion on Thursday calling on the government to protect religious circumcision after a court ruling branding it...

German investor confidence fell for the third month in a row in July as the euro zone debt crisis hurts exports, a new survey...

A gunman killed four hostages in southwestern Germany on Wednesday before presumably shooting himself while resisting eviction from his apartment building, police said. Police said...

The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has stepped down over blunders made in a probe of 10 murders, mainly of immigrants, blamed on...

Circumcising young boys on religious grounds causes grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said...

The Indian government on Friday approved a proposal for a German environmental agency to dispose of over 350 tonnes of waste produced by the...

Israel is arming submarines supplied and largely financed by Germany with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, influential German news weekly Der Spiegel reports in its issue...