Sources: ABC News
One person is killed when two freight trains collide and fall off of a bridge in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. 2026-06-20
Three men are arrested in Berlin, Germany, for targeting Jewish institutions and preparing a terrorist attack on behalf of Hamas. 2025-10-1
Germany announces it will halt weapon shipments to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice" in light of Israel's plan to fully militarily occupy Gaza. 2025-08-8
A German Federal Intelligence Service official is arrested for allegedly relaying classified information to Russian intelligence services. 2022-12-21
Germany reports its first confirmed death related to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-23
Germany will close its border with the Czech Republic and Austria's Tyrol region beginning on the evening of February 14 because of a high risk of variants of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-11
A man attacks people on a bus in Lübeck, Germany, prompting an evacuation of the vehicle. Six people are hurt by a knife, one is punched and two fall down; three are critically wounded. Police find a smoldering non-explosive backpack at the scene. The Iranian-born suspect is arrested. 2018-07-20
Malta detains German migrant rescue boat MV "Sea Watch 3", which had been docked in Valletta for repairs, as it attempts to head into the Mediterranean Sea to rescue migrants off the Libyan coast. 2018-07-2
The German state of Bavaria plans "emergency measures" in response to the migrant crisis, including deporting migrants back to Austria and closing the border. An estimated 225,000 migrants have arrived in the southern German state in less than five weeks. 2015-10-8
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