Wildlife photographer of the year -- people's choice

A coconut octopus, a burning forest, a rare rhino's last moments and a pair of sleeping squirrels all feature in the shortlist for the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year......

Jewels stolen in the Dresden museum heist

Robbers made off with priceless jewels from a state museum in Dresden on Monday in what German media described as the biggest art heist since World War Two. The thieves broke into the Green Vault......

German police find 'highly explosive' materials in terror-plot manhunt

The German city of Chemnitz was in lockdown on Saturday after armed police launched a huge manhunt for a Syrian suspected of planning a bomb attack, as the country grapples with a weakened sense of......

German prof apologises for rejecting internship citing 'India's rape problem'

An Indian student's internship request was rejected by a professor in Germany citing ‘rape problem’ in India, prompting a sharp reaction from the German envoy in New Delhi who condemned......

Volkswagen plays down hopes of quick answers over emissions cheating

The carmaker is under pressure to identify those responsible, to say how vehicles with illegal software will be fixed and whether it also cheated in Europe.  Volkswagen said on Wednesday it......

Volkswagen looks at cutting costs to meet emission scandal expense

Credit rating agency Moody's last week cut the outlook on Volkswagen's debt to negative, while rival Fitch said it expected the emissions-cheating scandal to affect the entire automotive sector.......

Germany launches probe into Volkswagen emissions scandal

The software could hide the fact that the emission levels of diesel cars were 40 times higher than the level of pollutants allowed in the US. Germany has launched an investigation into allegations......

Volkswagen CEO's days appear numbered as emissions crisis deepens

The CEO was due to have his contract extended at a supervisory board meeting on Friday, but is now facing questions over why the scandal wasn't averted. Martin Winterkorn's days as head of......

'Wouldn't write it again', German official apologises for mocking Zelenskiy

IMAGE: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was on a visit to Berlin this weekend. Photograph: Federico Gambarini/Pool via REUTERS German Football Association (DFB) Vice President Hermann......

Bundesliga's Dynamo Dresden squad put in quarantine

Lends blow to league’s plans to resume on May 16. IMAGE: Dynamo Dresden were scheduled to play Hanover 96 next Sunday in their first game back following the stoppage that was caused by the......

REVEALED! Attackers planned multiple explosions in stadium

The attackers planned to smuggle the explosives into the stadium in an ambulance, Bild cited the document as saying The group's leader was to film the attack in the stadium IMAGE:......

Germany-Netherlands match cancelled due to real threat

German officials had concrete indications of a security threat that led them to call off Tuesday night's soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands, the premier of the state of Lower Saxony......

Germany stunned by goalkeeper Enke's death

Germans reacted with shock and disbelief on Tuesday after national team keeper Robert Enke's apparent suicide at a train crossing near Hanover. According to Lower Saxony police the 32-year-old......