GERMAN POLICE QUASH BREITBART STORY OF MOB SETTING FIRE TO DORTMUND CHURCH

Country's politicians warn against fake news after Breitbart website said group chanting 'Allahu Akbar' vandalised church on New Year's Eve... READ MORE›

PRICES ARE RISING ACROSS THE GLOBE. THAT'S A GOOD THING, RIGHT?

Central banks will need to tread carefully as they steer monetary policy that constrains rising prices without choking off fragile growth... READ MORE›

THAT'S NOT SCHNITZEL! GERMAN FOOD MINISTER CALLS FOR BAN ON VEGETARIAN FOODS USING MEAT-BASED NAMES

It's not the first time that Schmidt has spoken out against the labeling of imitation meat products... READ MORE›

ANIS AMRI'S NEPHEW AND TWO MORE ARRESTED

Tunisia has arrested the nephew of Anis Amri, the Berlin attack suspect, and two others linked to him, according to the North African nation's interior ministry... READ MORE›

BERLIN TERROR ATTACK: TUNISIAN SUSPECT ANIS AMRI WAS INVESTIGATED OVER EARLIER TERROR PLOT

A brother of the fugitive Tunisian suspected in Berlin's deadly Christmas market attack is urging Anis Amri to turn himself in to police... READ MORE›

GERMAN MANHUNT SEEKS TUNISIAN ASYLUM-SEEKER IN DEADLY CHRISTMAS MARKET ATTACK

Read more The Berlin attack is no surprise... READ MORE›

ISIS-LINKED GERMAN ATTACKER PLANNED TO POISON CHILDREN WITH ICE-CREAM & BLOW UP NURSERY - REPORT

The major trial against Yusuf T and two other main suspects in the temple attack is to begin in Essen district court next week... READ MORE›

SYRIAN BABY NAMED 'ANGELA MERKEL' REFUSED ASYLUM IN GERMANY

In the past, almost all Syrians in Germany were granted refugee status under the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP'S GRANDFATHER BEGGED GERMAN ROYAL NOT TO DEPORT HIM

Donald Trump's grandfather Friedrich Trump tried his best to have an expulsion order for avoiding military service as a teenager revoked... READ MORE›

SYRIAN TERROR SUSPECT CAPTURED BY REFUGEES FOUND DEAD IN GERMAN PRISON CELL

I am so thankful to Germany for taking us in, Mohammad A. told the tabloid Bild... READ MORE›

"I AM SYRIAN. YOU HAVE TO TREAT ME KINDLY. MRS MERKEL INVITED ME"

But the leaked police report, published in Bild newspaper and Spiegel, a news magazine, claims that one of those involved told officers I am Syrian... READ MORE›

TWO TEENAGE GIRLS GANG-RAPED BY FOUR 'SYRIAN NATIONALS' IN SOUTHERN GERMANY

Reports flood in of sexual assaults against women across Germany as leaked police report states Cologne suspects 'claimed to be Syrian refugees'... READ MORE›

PROTEST HEAD QUITS AMID 'HITLER' ROW

Germany pegida protest leader quits amid hitler row... READ MORE›

DEADLINE LOOMS FOR GREEK REFORM PLAN

Greece agreed at a meeting with its European Union and International Monetary Fund IMF lenders on Friday to submit the list of reforms before Tuesday... READ MORE›

4 THINGS WE KNOW ABOUT THE SECRETIVE BILDERBERG GROUP AND 1 THING WE'LL NEVER KNOW

The Bilderberg Group has long been the subject of speculation. But what do we really know about the secretive international meetings between top politicians and bosses?... READ MORE›

GERMANY IS PREPARING TO 'REINTRODUCE BORDER CONTROLS' WITH AUSTRIA

Germany to 'reintroduce border controls' with Austria as Munich struggles with refugee arrivals... READ MORE›

MERKELS BIND GERMAN DISCIPLINE VS EUROPEAN UNITY

Merkel faces a very different set of responsibilities starting with maintaining European unity in general and holding the euro together in particular... READ MORE›

'NO DEAL' WITH GREECE AS TALKS IN BRUSSELS FAIL

Talks with Greek and EU officials in Brussels have failed to reach an agreement despite Greece submitting counter-proposals... READ MORE›

TRUMP ELICITS SHOCK AND SATIRE IN EUROPEAN MEDIA

In Europe, the birthplace of the Enlightenment, Donald Trump has been treated variously as a disturbing curiosity or an entertaining political show barker... READ MORE›

FRANCE PRESSES TO KEEP GREECE IN EUROZONE

Eurozone ministers have called on Greece to put forward fresh proposals after Greek voters rejected the latest draft bailout deal in a referendum... READ MORE›

US OFFICIALS COMPARE PEACE EFFORTS TO APPEASING HITLER

But Mr Putin said the summit would go ahead only if leaders reach agreement on a number of points ... READ MORE›

DISSENTERS FORM NEW ANTI-AUSTERITY PARTY IN GREECE

ROME -- Europe spent months trying to crush Alexis Tsipras... READ MORE›

BILDERBERG 2015: WHERE CRIMINALS MINGLE WITH MINISTERS

I had three Austrian policemen in my hotel room last night... READ MORE›

EU COUNTRIES WARN BRITAIN ON BREXIT YOULL PAY IF YOU LEAVE US

PARIS -- The rest of the European Union nations are looking at the possibility of a British departure from the bloc with disbelief, trepidation and anguish... READ MORE›

ANGELA MERKEL'S PARTY UNVEILS SECRET PLAN FOR 'BERLIN WALL'-STYLE DEFENCES ON GERMANY'S BORDERS

Christian Democrat MPs have seen mounting opposition to the migrant influx from their constituents... READ MORE›

MERKEL MPS BACK HELP FOR GREECE

Greek bailout A clear majority of MPs from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right bloc has backed an extension of financial help for Greece... READ MORE›

FATHER PHOTOGRAPHED CRYING WITH CHILDREN IN KOS HAS REACHED GERMANY

He and his family arrived in Kos at dawn on 16 August after being crammed in a dinghy meant for just three people with eight other refugees... READ MORE›

ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A SCIENTIST NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME U.S. REPUBLICANS

The commission is the technocratic expression of austerity, but it is not really calling the shots in a debate dominated by individual countries, notably Germany... READ MORE›

CO-PILOT VOWED TO 'DO SOMETHING,' EX TELLS GERMAN MEDIA

All signs are pointing towards an act that we can't describe criminal, crazy, suicidal, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said, France 24 reported... READ MORE›

COLOGNE POLICE 'STRUGGLED TO GAIN CONTROL DURING MASS SEXUAL ASSAULTS'

Leaked report says officers were overwhelmed, as minister says asylum seekers could be deported if convicted... READ MORE›

QATARI-LED GROUP WINS 4 BILLION BATTLE FOR LONDON S CANARY WHARF

The commission is the technocratic expression of austerity, but it is not really calling the shots in a debate dominated by individual countries, notably Germany... READ MORE›

Voters in Germany and Greece want very different things... READ MORE›

MERKEL'S REFUGEE POLICY BLAMED FOR LOSS ON HER HOME TURF

Bavaria's finance minister, Markus Soder, a member of the Christian Social Union, said Merkel must do more to crack down on migrants... READ MORE›

VIDEO 'SHOWS CABIN CHAOS' IN SECONDS BEFORE ALPS CRASH

French police tell paris match and bild to hand over what the two media claim is a genuine mobile phone video taken inside the germanwings plane... READ MORE›

NATO BELIEVES THERE IS 'JUSTIFIED CONCERN' ISIS WILL CARRY OUT NUCLEAR ATTACK IN EUROPE

It comes after Belgian authorities said they believe more Isis militants have been sent to Europe following the Brussels attacks last month... READ MORE›

A??LUBITZ PLANNED TO MARRY PREGNANT GIRLFRIENDA??, CLAIMS GERMAN REPORT

Germanwings crash lubitz planned to marry pregnant girlfriend claims german report... READ MORE›

ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A SCIENTIST NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME U.S. REPUBLICANS

The commission is the technocratic expression of austerity, but it is not really calling the shots in a debate dominated by individual countries, notably Germany... READ MORE›

'THESE PEOPLE ARE YOU AND ME'

The octogenarian Blum spent a night last week in Idomeni, camping out in solidarity with the refugees... READ MORE›

GERMANY EXPECTING 15 MILLION REFUGEES BY END OF 2015

On Sunday Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, told German broadcaster ZDF that Europe needed to limit migrant numbers... READ MORE›

GREEK COURT RULES BAILOUT REFERENDUM CONSTITUTIONAL

ATHENS -- Greece's highest administrative court ruled Friday that the nation's critical bailout referendum is constitutional, clearing the way for Sunday's vote... READ MORE›

AS OBAMA LEAVES THE WORLD STAGE

A front-page headline in Israel's most widely circulated daily, Israel Hayom, summed up the feeling Barack Obama, the worst U.S. president in history... READ MORE›

ISIS VOWS 'VICTORY' IN IRAQ AND SYRIA

The battles to oust the Islamic State group from strongholds in Iraq and Syria have not deterred the terror organization, according to a new report... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA RAISES POSSIBILITY OF DEBT RELIEF ON FINAL GREECE VISIT

A prosperous Greece would not only be good for the Greeks but good for Europe and ultimately the world, he said... READ MORE›

AS SYRIA CEASE-FIRE FAILS, OBAMA MAY LEAVE SUCCESSOR 'PROBLEM FROM HELL'

Obama has limited the U.S. role to supporting groups fighting Islamic State in northeastern Syria... READ MORE›

TRUDEAU SAYS PROTECTIONIST VIEWS UNLIKELY TO CREEP INTO 'OPTIMISTIC' CANADA

At g20 summit in china, british pm reaffirms post-brexit support for canada-eu trade deal... READ MORE›

SENIOR IS-LEADER ADNANI 'KILLED IN SYRIA'

Islamic State holds territory in the province of Aleppo, but not in the city where rebels are fighting Syrian government forces... READ MORE›

OBAMA SENDING MORE FORCES TO SYRIA TO CONSOLIDATE GAINS AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE

In Syria, the jihadist fighters have been pushed from the strategic city of Palmyra by Russian-backed Syrian government forces... READ MORE›

OBAMA RULES OUT GROUND TROOPS FOR SYRIA

US President Barack Obama rules out US ground troops for Syria and tells the BBC military efforts alone cannot solve the country's problems... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA URGES 'BLOOD BROTHER' BRITAIN NOT TO LEAVE EU

The European Union doesn't moderate British influence - it magnifies it, he wrote in the Daily Telegraph newspaper... READ MORE›

OP-ED THE DANGEROUS ALLURE OF A SYRIAN PARTITION

But diplomacy has never been a science, and the thinking behind partitioning is scarcely less magical... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE GROUP MEMBER WHO TOOK PART IN BEHEADINGS IDENTIFIED, REPORTS SAY

Media reports say Alexanda Kotey was part of group that killed journalists, aid worker, other hostages... READ MORE›

ALMOST 40 DEAD AFTER MIGRANT BOAT SINKS OFF TURKEY

Local people woke up to the sound of screaming migrants and we have been carrying out rescue work since dawn... READ MORE›