Humbled Merkel vows to win back hard-right voters
Merkel says she would now seek exploratory talks on an alliance with two smaller parties, the pro-business Free Democrats and the ecologist Greens
Infighting hits hard-right AfD after German vote success
(3rd UPDATE) The nationalist Alternative for Germany is hit by party infighting just hours after winning its first seats in parliament
Dismay as Germany's hard-right AfD marches into parliament
AfD will now send dozens of lawmakers to the Bundestag opposition benches, giving them a platform to spread their views, including challenging Germany's culture of atonement over World War II and the massacre of 6 million Jews and others in the Holocaust
Weakened Merkel wins 4th term, hit by nationalist 'earthquake'
(UPDATED) In a bombshell for the German establishment, the anti-Islam, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) captures around 13% of the vote, catapulting it to become the country's third biggest political force
Merkel heads for German poll win, hard-right AfD for first seats
Voting begins at 0600 GMT in Europe's biggest economy and exit polls are announced at 1600 GMT, with few expecting surprises given Merkel's double-digit poll lead
Lufthansa chief eyes up to 78 Air Berlin planes
Top priority is 'stabilizing' the status of some 38 aircraft Lufthansa already 'wet-leases' – including their crews – from the smaller firm
WWF Germany, DKK launch free online course on climate change
WWF Germany and the Deutsches Klima-Konsortium (DKK), a scientific association, have created an English online course on climate change
FAST FACTS: How Germany's complex electoral system works
Things are not so simple under Germany's complex election system
Coalition wrangling looms for Merkel after German poll
Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU bloc is expected to fall short of a parliamentary majority and the kingmakers they choose could shake up Berlin
Who will tango with Merkel? German poll battle heats up
The battle over the make up of Merkel s fourth government would potentially impact Berlin policy on everything from immigration and Russia relations to climate
Berlin in political dog fight over airport chaos
As the 6 billion euro 7 2 billion BER airport sits empty marred by cascading technical problems momentum is building to keep open the smaller Tegel airport it is meant to replace
Insolvent Air Berlin scraps flights over 'ill' pilots
Air Berlin filed for insolvency in mid August after its main shareholder Gulf carrier Etihad pulled the plug on its cash lifeline
Anti-terror chiefs want social media help with 'lone wolves'
Top counter terror chiefs say tough privacy laws and the protections enjoyed by the largely American internet and social media giants are impeding authorities in their ability to ferret out lone wolf threats
Merkel ahead as Schulz fails to land sucker punch in key debate
UPDATED Polls following the 90 minute showdown give Merkel the clear edge over Schulz
'Blockbuster' WWII bomb forces evacuation of 60,000 in Frankfurt
4th UPDATE The operation is the biggest evacuation of its kind in post war Germany says Frankfurt s security chief
Briton extradited from Germany for allegedly hacking two UK banks
Daniel Kaye 29 allegedly orchestrates so called distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against the banks
70,000 to be evacuated over WWII bomb in Frankfurt
The operation on Sunday will allow for the safe defusal of the 1 400 ton British bomb which German media say is nicknamed Wohnblockknacker blockbuster during the war for its ability to wipe out whole streets or buildings
German killer nurse murdered 'at least 90 patients' – police
Niels Hoegel 40 was jailed in February 2015 for two murders and several attempted murders of intensive care patients
'No mood for change', one month before Germany vote
Will German Chancellor Angela Merkel secure a 4th term?
Egg scare costs Dutch poultry farmers 33 million euros
The estimate does not include non farmers in the poultry sector nor does it take into account further losses in production by farms
Turkey accuses Germany's Gabriel of copying 'racists, far right'
The dispute between Ankara and Berlin is showing no signs of easing as both sides make tit for tat remarks against each other following comments made by the Turkish head of state
Erdogan slams German rebukes over election 'interference'
The latest spat between Ankara and Berlin risks propelling a months long crisis in ties between two NATO allies with deep historic links to a new level ahead of Germany s general election on September 24
Erdogan wades into German election, Berlin hits back
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls on ethnic Turks to ignore Chancellor Angela Merkel s Christian Democratic Union and their partners in the grand ruling coalition the Social Democratic Party
Western Germany stabbing kills 1, attacker on the run – police
The police say they are hunting for one or more assailants but could not immediately provide more information about the circumstances of the attack
German minister pushes deadline to boost female execs
I am giving businesses one more year to take care of this themselves Barley tells the media group RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland If nothing is done by then we will take action with legislation
Dutch egg probe widens to chicken meat tests
Scientists are looking for the presence of the insecticide fipronil a substance potentially dangerous to humans after supermarkets in Germany the Netherlands Belgium Sweden and Switzerland pulled millions of eggs from the shelves
2 dead, 4 wounded in German nightclub shooting
3rd UPDATE Authorities say the attack is likely motivated by a personal feud
West hardens tone on Iran
We call on Iran not to conduct any further ballistic missile launches and related activities says a joint statement of Britain France Germany and the US
Hamburg knife attack stokes refugee debate as German vote nears
4th UPDATE The attack had been motivated by hate Mayor Olaf Scholz says although he stops short of declaring it a terrorist incident
British hacker convicted in Germany of major cyber attack
The regional court in the western city of Cologne said it would suspend the sentence of one year and eight months against the defendant Daniel Kaye following pleas to this effect by both prosecutors and the defence
UDD’s Armi Millare performs in Berlin, eyes the world
UDD s Armi Millare brings a piece of home to Filipinos in Germany in an intimate performance in Berlin
Briton faces court over Deutsche Telekom cyber attack
The unnamed 29 year old describes as the worst mistake of my life the attack that knocked more than a million German households offline in November and added his motivation was money
Prince William, Kate on Brexit diplomacy tour of Poland, Germany
The visit is not officially tied to British EU diplomatic relations but British media outlets have dubbed it the Brexit diplomacy tour
Daimler manipulated emissions in one million cars – report
UPDATED Investigators suspect that the world s largest luxury carmaker used a similar so called defeat device to Volkswagen
China rebuffs calls to let ailing Nobel laureate go abroad
UPDATED Human rights groups have decried the lack of independent reports about Liu Xiaobo s health accusing the authorities of manipulating information
France, Germany signal ambitions with joint cabinet meeting
The arrival of Chancellor Angela Merkel and her cabinet in Paris on Thursday is a step towards creating what Macron hopes will be a common roadmap for the club of countries which is preparing for a future without Britain
Snubbed? ASEAN chairman Duterte wasn't invited to G20 Summit
The ASEAN chairman is usually invited to the prestigious international forum
World-class jewelry with European design, Filipino craftsmanship
Jewelry brand Konplott which has 55 stores around Europe sells jewelry exclusively made in the Philippines – a combination of European design and Filipino craftsmanship
Merkel says 'deep differences' with Erdogan remain
Berlin Ankara relations have been fraught deteriorating sharply over Turkey s mass crackdown last year and a host of other civil rights controversies
Putin says Trump 'very different' in real life
On allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election Putin says Trump had accepted the denials
Trump versus the rest as violent G20 wraps up
US President Donald Trump remains at loggerheads with fellow leaders over climate change as the most fractious and violent G20 summit to date drew to a close ahead of fresh mass protests
US, Mexican officials play nice as Trump doubles down on wall
US Homeland Security Secretary s comments come hours after Trump again touch a raw nerve in Mexico with his latest remark on the border wall
Protests turn violent for Trump's maiden G20
The main Welcome to Hell march was called off but thousands of people remained as night fell and demonstrators engaged in smaller skirmishes in the back streets of Germany s second city
Germany dismantles huge online child pornography ring
The 87 000 members of Elysium traded images and video files of the most serious sexual abuse of children including babies and representations of sexual violence against children a statement from Frankfurt prosecutors reads
Trump kicks off fraught Europe tour with Poland speech
Looming large over the entire visit is Pyongyang s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that could deliver a nuclear payload to Alaska
Trump, world leaders head into stormy G20 summit
3rd UPDATE The year s biggest diplomatic event outside the UN will also provide a stage for other world leaders muscling for power and regional influence
Merkel in German campaign kick-off pledges full employment
Merkel presents a program she said was focused on bolstering Germany s economic strength and social cohesion
Germany bus accident leaves 18 dead
3rd UPDATE The bus was carrying 46 passengers and two drivers from the east German state of Saxony when it rammed into the truck in a traffic jam on the A9 motorway
Thousands rally in Hamburg over looming G20 summit
The demonstrators call for fair international commerce climate rescue and a strengthening of democracy
Italy urges EU ports to take migrants as pressure builds
UPDATED Rome wants a regional maritime command center to oversee all rescue operations from Greece to Libya to Spain
