Germany

News Hour: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party braced for a backlash at state polls on Sunday, while anti-migrant populists are poised for major gains a year after the German leader opened the borders to refugees, reports BSS....

News Hour: German federal prosecutors said on Monday they had brought charges against a 16-year-old girl who allegedly stabbed a policeman in February in an operation for the Islamic State jihadist group, reports BSS. The German-Moroccan...

News Hour: Captain Neymar was in tears after he delivered Brazil’s first Olympic men’s football gold medal, scoring the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout victory over Germany. Nigeria beat Honduras to bronze. “This is one...

News Hour: China continued to show why they are the masters of table tennis on 16 august with a resounding win over Germany to take the women’s team gold. In a 3-0 whitewash (3-0, 3-0, 3-1)...

News Hour: A mentally ill man from Germany seriously wounded two passengers in a knife attack on a regional train in western Austria on Tuesday, police said, ruling out a terrorist act, reports BSS. The 60-year-old...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has today received confirmation of a contribution of €4 million (more than US$4.3 million) from the Federal Republic of Germany towards the food needs of refugees sheltered...

News Hour: On 27 July, IOM Turkey and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Istanbul launched a programme to help reunite up to 35,000 families in the region with a close Syrian...

News Hour: A failed Syrian asylum seeker has blown himself up and injured 12 other people with a backpack bomb near a festival in the south German town of Ansbach, reports BBC. The 27-year-old man, who...

News Hour: Although the United States has the world’s largest economy, it ranks ninth among 19 of the world’s wealthiest nations on child wellbeing, according to Save the Children’s newest annual Child Prosperity Index. Released today...

News Hour: Several people have been shot dead in a shooting at a shopping centre in the German city of Munich, police say. A big operation is under way. Police are telling people to stay at home...