March 9, 2017
1:32 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, standing at lectern, delivers a speech on Europe ahead of an EU summit in Brussels at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel: Turkish comments about Nazis trivialize victims

Erdogan’s comparison of limits to Turkey’s referendum campaigning on German soil to Nazism ‘so incredibly misplaced that one really can’t comment’

By David Rising and Josh Lederman

February 19, 2017
1:38 am

United States Vice President Mike Pence, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet for bilateral talks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Pence offers ‘unwavering’ NATO pledge, but ‘not a word on EU’

French foreign minister complains about limited scope of US vice president’s assurances as allies look for signs of Trump administration’s intentions

By Geir Moulson and David Rising

February 17, 2017
8:04 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for the beginning of a questioning at an investigation committee of the German federal parliament looking into alleged US surveillance in Germany and the activities of Germany's own foreign intelligence service in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

World leaders hoping for clarity on US policy at Munich security meet

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman representing Israel at international gathering; Iranian FM also set to attend

By David Rising

February 15, 2017
3:56 pm

Cars drive past the Ditib mosque in Cologne, western Germany, on February 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/dpa/Oliver Berg)

German authorities investigate imams as possible Turkish spies

Group said to have used status as Islamic clerics to gather intelligence on supporters of US-based Erdogan opponent Fethullah Gulen

By David Rising

November 22, 2016
8:30 pm

A parade of Nazi black guards marching past the Reich Chancellory on Wilhelmstrasse during their parade in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 30, 1937. (AP)

Most Nazi crimes suspects, including Heydrich’s widow, never lost their pensions

Review finds tens of thousands of family members, including widow of key Holocaust planner, continued to receive money

By David Rising

November 17, 2016
8:55 pm

US President Barack Obama addresses a press conference with the German Chancellor after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin on November 17, 2016. (AFP / Brendan Smialowski)

Obama advises Trump to stand up to Russia

Amid Kremlin accusations that ties being harmed, US president says Moscow must be confronted when it breaches ‘our values and international norms’

By David Rising and Josh Lederman

October 13, 2016
1:11 am

Photos provided by German police show 22-year-old Syrian asylum seeker Jaber Albakr, from Damascus, who Berlin authorities say was "radicalized" and sought to carry out a terror attack on German soil. (Police Sachsen via AP)

German bomb plot suspect kills self in Saxony prison cell

Police had found explosives and a home-made bomb vest in apartment of ‘radicalized’ Syrian asylum seeker Jaber Albakr

By David Rising

October 9, 2016
6:16 pm

An illustrative photo of German police. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

German police hunt terror bomb plot suspect

Authorities searching for 22-year-old Syrian; another man in custody suspected of involvement in planned attack

By David Rising

August 24, 2016
12:18 pm

In this July 28, 2016 picture 17-year-old Yazidi girl stands on the balcony of her home in Germany. After escaping the clutches of Islamic State, Yasmin, a Yazidi girl, was so traumatized by her captivity that she poured gasoline on herself and set it alight - hoping to render herself no longer desirable to the extremists. Two years later, she’s being treated in Germany not only for her physical wounds, but for the psychological damage that led her to her act of desperation. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Raped and tortured by IS, Yazidi women recover in Germany

Among those in the treatment program is Yasmin, who set herself on fire to make herself undesirable to Islamic State militants

By David Rising

August 14, 2016
6:54 pm

Policemen stand by a train at the station in Salez, eastern Switzerland, after a man set a fire and stabbed passengers on August 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/NEWSPICTURES.CH/BEAT KAELIN)

Swiss train attack suspect, victim die of wounds

Man accused of stabbing, dousing passengers with burning liquid succumbs to his injuries, along with 34-year-old woman hurt in attack

By David Rising

July 20, 2016
4:36 pm

This still image taken July 20 from an undated video posted on The Aamaq news agency, which is affiliated to the Islamic State group, purports to show a 17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker who attacked people with an ax and knife on a train in southern Germany, making a statement in Pashto while brandishing a knife. (Militant video via AP)

Germany: Afghan teenage ax attacker acted alone

Authorities say 17-year-old asylum seeker who stabbed Chinese family was radicalized by Islamic State propaganda online

By David Rising

June 17, 2016
3:52 pm

94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, arrives at a courtroom in Detmold, Germany, Saturday June 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)

Germany jails ex-Auschwitz guard, 94, for five years

Reinhold Hanning found guilty on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder; volunteered for SS at 18; was at camp from 1942-4, claimed he wasn’t involved in killings

By David Rising

June 17, 2016
12:21 pm

Verdict due in trial of 94-year-old ex-Auschwitz guard

SS sergeant Reinhold Hanning faces a 15-year sentence if found guilty on 100,000 counts of accessory to murder

By David Rising

February 11, 2016
8:09 am

94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, center, leaves the building after the opening of his trial in Detmold, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP)

Ex-SS guard on trial in late push to punish Nazi crimes

40 Auschwitz survivors to testify in case of 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning, who faces 170,000 counts of accessory to murder

By David Rising

January 10, 2016
9:07 pm

In this Dec. 31, 2015 picture, people gather at the Cologne, Germany, main train station. (Markus Boehm/dpa via AP)

Cologne police: New Year mob violence cases rise to 516

Apparently coordinated robberies, sexual assaults on women by ‘foreign’ assailants put new pressure on Germany’s migrant policy

By David Rising

Writer: David Rising

Merkel: Turkish comments about Nazis trivialize victims

Erdogan’s comparison of limits to Turkey’s referendum campaigning on German soil to Nazism ‘so incredibly misplaced that one really can’t comment’

Pence offers ‘unwavering’ NATO pledge, but ‘not a word on EU’

French foreign minister complains about limited scope of US vice president’s assurances as allies look for signs of Trump administration’s intentions

World leaders hoping for clarity on US policy at Munich security meet

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman representing Israel at international gathering; Iranian FM also set to attend

German authorities investigate imams as possible Turkish spies

Group said to have used status as Islamic clerics to gather intelligence on supporters of US-based Erdogan opponent Fethullah Gulen

Most Nazi crimes suspects, including Heydrich’s widow, never lost their pensions

Review finds tens of thousands of family members, including widow of key Holocaust planner, continued to receive money

Obama advises Trump to stand up to Russia

Amid Kremlin accusations that ties being harmed, US president says Moscow must be confronted when it breaches ‘our values and international norms’

German bomb plot suspect kills self in Saxony prison cell

Police had found explosives and a home-made bomb vest in apartment of ‘radicalized’ Syrian asylum seeker Jaber Albakr

German police hunt terror bomb plot suspect

Authorities searching for 22-year-old Syrian; another man in custody suspected of involvement in planned attack

Raped and tortured by IS, Yazidi women recover in Germany

Among those in the treatment program is Yasmin, who set herself on fire to make herself undesirable to Islamic State militants

Swiss train attack suspect, victim die of wounds

Man accused of stabbing, dousing passengers with burning liquid succumbs to his injuries, along with 34-year-old woman hurt in attack

Germany: Afghan teenage ax attacker acted alone

Authorities say 17-year-old asylum seeker who stabbed Chinese family was radicalized by Islamic State propaganda online

Germany jails ex-Auschwitz guard, 94, for five years

Reinhold Hanning found guilty on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder; volunteered for SS at 18; was at camp from 1942-4, claimed he wasn’t involved in killings

Verdict due in trial of 94-year-old ex-Auschwitz guard

SS sergeant Reinhold Hanning faces a 15-year sentence if found guilty on 100,000 counts of accessory to murder

Ex-SS guard on trial in late push to punish Nazi crimes

40 Auschwitz survivors to testify in case of 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning, who faces 170,000 counts of accessory to murder

Cologne police: New Year mob violence cases rise to 516

Apparently coordinated robberies, sexual assaults on women by ‘foreign’ assailants put new pressure on Germany’s migrant policy

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