Sources: ABC News
Israel's government unanimously approves recognition of the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman empire as genocide, pending parliamentary ratification. 2026-06-28
German Catholic priest Hans-Joachim Lohre, who disappeared in Bamako, Mali, in November 2022 and was presumed kidnapped, is released and returns to Germany. 2023-11-26
At least seventeen people are killed in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom as Storm Eunice impacts northwestern Europe. Millions are also left without power. 2022-02-18
The German government calls on Russia to cease its cyber-attack operations, alleging phishing attacks against members of the Bundestag. Those accused are believed to be "cyber-actors of the Russian state" and specifically from the GRU. 2021-09-6
Authorities arrest eight men after a gang rape in Freiburg, Germany on 14 October, with police seeking more men. 2018-10-26
At least two people have been killed and 90 injured in an attack on the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif. The Taliban has claimed responsibility. 2016-11-10
American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto rejects an unsolicited $62 billion takeover bid by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, saying the price was too low but adding that it remained “open to further talks.” 2016-05-24
Germany's most successful television show, "Wetten, dass..?", ends after a 33-year-run. 2014-12-13
In a joint ceremony at the Hartmannswillerkopf cemetery, French President François Hollande and his German counterpart, Joachim Gauck, commemorate the 100th anniversary of Germany's declaration of war on France in the beginning of World War I. 2014-08-3
German troops kill at least five Afghan soldiers in a friendly fire incident north of the capital Kabul. 2010-04-3