Germany

After more than four years, German-Iranian campaigner Nahid Taghavi was freed from Iranian detention. She was given a 10-year prison sentence for allegedly participating in an unlawful group and disseminating anti-state propaganda. She says she spent...

In some respects, Alice Weidel’s selection as the far-right AfD’s candidate for chancellor ahead of the February elections is unexpected given that she was born in West Germany, is openly gay, and has a non-German spouse....

German greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2024 but at a slower rate than previous years due to gaps in green investment in industry and households, according to a study published Tuesday. While Europe’s biggest economy saw...

Germany’s foreign minister stated Friday that the country wants to assist Syria in becoming “a functioning state with full control over its territory” before traveling to Damascus. Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led Islamist rebels in overthrowing Syria’s...

Christiane Hoffmann, a spokeswoman for the German government, claimed on Monday that billionaire Elon Musk was attempting to influence the February 23 election in Germany. She did, however, attempt to minimize the impact of Musk’s interventions...

On Monday, the interior committee of the German parliament will interrogate security and intelligence officials about potential shortcomings that may have preceded a deadly attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg. An man drove a leased...

An Iraqi couple was accused by Germany’s federal prosecutor on Monday of enslavement, torture, and war crimes after they allegedly kept two young Yazidi girls as slaves and subjected them to physical and sexual abuse. According...

At a time when the economy is already struggling, rising sick leave rates may be terrible news for German businesses, but for private eye Marcus Lentz, they have been a godsend to his firm. Businesses are...

Volkswagen on Friday announced sweeping changes to its German operations, including more than 35,000 future job cuts and sharp capacity reductions in a last-gasp deal between Europe’s top carmaker and unions to avert mass strikes. Union...

Today, the Federal Republic of Germany and Bangladesh inked technical and financial agreements on development cooperation valued at 180.807 million EUR. These agreements included up to EUR 180.807 million (approximately Taka 2,265 crore) in available funds,...