Tag: Germany
German study casts doubt on ‘plastic digesting’ caterpillars
Scientists in Germany on Friday cast doubt on the work of colleagues who claimed that plastic bag-eating caterpillars might hold the answer to the...
Germany top FIFA rankings
PARIS: Germany have overtaken Neymar´s Brazil at the top of the FIFA rankings released Thursday while Gareth Bales´ Wales have moved ahead of England...
Germany, England close in on World Cup qualification
PARIS: Germany roared back to their best in a 6-0 demolition of Norway, while England also closed in on World Cup qualification, albeit in...
German lawmakers approve partial ban on full-face burqa veil
BERLIN: German lawmakers on Thursday approved a partial ban on the full-face burqa Islamic veil and a package of security measures aimed at preventing...
OPC road show reaches Germany
According to the views expressed by the Vice Chairperson OPC Shaheen Khalid Butt and Commissioner Afzaal Bhatti, while addressing the participants of a Road...
Germany arrests man suspected of planning attack on police, soldiers
Police have arrested a German man who has admitted planning to lure police or soldiers into a trap and kill them with a home-made...
Germany wants surveillance airships for UN mission in Mali
BERLIN: The German military plans to beef up security for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali by deploying a number of tethered aerostats - small...
Commentary: Yes, 2016 was bad. Next year could be worse
The killing of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey on Monday evening might have prompted knee-jerk comparisons to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, but...
Truck plows into crowd at Berlin Christmas market, 12 dead
A truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others in what Germany's...
12-year old boy tried to detonate bomb at German Christmas market
A 12-year old German-Iraqi boy tried to detonate a bomb at a Christmas market in the western town of Ludwigshafen last month and planted...
Afghan boy thanks Merkel after call to resign over immigration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel received two contrasting reactions to her immigration policy on Monday: a tearful thank-you from an Afghan boy and a call...
Two bomb attacks take place in Dresden, Germany
No injuries have been reported from the two homemade devices, only property damage, police added.
The first explosion was reported at just before 10 p.m....
Germany, France, Poland call for closer ties post-Brexit
The German, French and Polish foreign ministers vowed Sunday to increase ties between their countries when Britain leaves the EU to secure a safer...
Armed man barricades himself in restaurant in southwest Germany
An armed man drenched in blood barricaded himself into a restaurant in Saarbruecken in southwest Germany on Sunday, a police official said.
The official said...
German bar attacker had psychiatric problems
A Syrian migrant set off an explosion at a bar in southern Germany that killed himself and wounded a dozen others late Sunday, authorities...
German military training 100 Syrian migrants in pilot project
The German military is training more than 100 Syrian migrants for civilian roles suited to helping the eventual reconstruction of their country, Defence Minister...
France hammer Iceland 5-2 in Euro 2016 quarters
The Icelandic thunderclap roar proved no match for the sheer talent of France as the hosts finally showed their title credentials at the European...
