One boy was killed and another seriously injured when they were hit by a freight train in western Germany, police said Friday. The boys, ages 9 and 10, were hit by the train in Recklinghausen, in the Ruhr industrial region, on Thursday
Nine men suspected of involvement in blowing up dozens of cash machines in Germany and stealing nearly $5.7 million have been arrested in the Netherlands and Belgium, German authorities said Thursday. The arrests were made during raids on 16 properties in the
Ukrainian officials have renewed calls for the United States and Germany to supply them with fighter jets in their ongoing fight with Russia, after the two Western allies changed their decision on supplying tanks. The U.S. and Germany previously said they would
A 33-year-old man arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing two teenagers and injuring five other passengers on a train in northern Germany had been released from pretrial detention a week ago and had previous criminal convictions, investigating officials said Thursday. The man,
The German government’s top anti-drugs official called Thursday for tough restrictions on advertising of alcohol, tobacco and sports betting in the country. Burkhard Blienert said about 150,000 people die in Germany each year as a result of alcohol and tobacco use, and
German authorities said Thursday that they have arrested a second person in connection with a high-profile espionage case that embarrassed Germany’s foreign intelligence agency. Federal prosecutors said Arthur E., whose surname wasn’t released for privacy reasons, was detained at Munich airport last
A man in Germany fatally stabbed two people and injured seven others on a train before police finally arrested him Wednesday. “It is terrible,” Interior Minister of Schleswig-Holstein state Sabine Suetterlin-Waack told German public broadcaster NDR. “We are shocked and horrified that
Two people have been killed and at least five others injured after a male suspect wielding a knife attacked passengers on a German train travelling to Hamburg. The incident occurred shortly before 3pm on the locomotive just before it arrived at Brokstedt
Western nations are to send almost 200 tanks to Ukraine in a key move which could help turn the tide in Kyiv’s favour. It comes after Germany finally agreed to donate some of its much prized Leopard 2 tanks after considerable international
A German man accused of organized crime activities while allegedly leading the Mallorca chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club more than a decade ago testified in a Spanish court Tuesday. Frank Hanebuth, 58, is on trial with a dozen alleged chapter