Germany
Steinmeier chosen as German president
The former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is highly popular in Germany and has been critical of US President Donald Trump.
Rummenigge critical of World Cup expansion
FIFA's decision to increase the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams was described as nonsense by German great Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
The Distance Plan - climate art
The new President of the United States, Donald Trump, might not believe in climate change, but a Kiwi artist now based there is working with climate scientists to persuade the public that it's… Video, Audio
Trump worries Nato with 'obsolete' comment
Donald Trump said Nato "wasn't taking care of terror", days after his incoming defence secretary called the alliance central to US defence.
Screenings to prevent mass sexual assaults - German police
German police say the screening of 650 mostly North African men who had gathered for New Year celebrations in Cologne was not racial profiling.
Man held over Berlin market attack
A 40-year-old Tunisian man has been detained in Berlin in connection with last week's attack on a Christmas market, German state prosecutors say.
Germans evacuated after WWII bomb found
More than 50,000 residents from Augsburg were evacuated on Christmas Day so that a huge bomb could be defused.
Man sought over Berlin truck attack 'had been under surveillance'
The Tunisian man wanted for the Berlin truck attack which killed 12 people had been under surveillance but it ended due to a lack of evidence.
Berlin boosts security as manhunt continues
More than one person might be on the run after yesterday's Christmas market truck attack, police say.
Berlin truck attack
What the Panelists Wendyl Nissen and Bernard Hickey want to talk about. Audio
IS claims it carried out Berlin truck attack
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a fatal attack on a Berlin Christmas Market, in which a truck ploughed into a crowd of people, killing 12 and injuring 48.
Suspect in terror attack in Berlin released from custody
The man arrested by Berlin police following the terror attack on a Christmas market in the city has been released. The Guardian's Kate Connolly says Police say he could not have been the driver. Audio
12 dead, dozens injured in Berlin truck 'attack'
Police are questioning the suspected driver of a truck that ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 and injuring up to 50.
Was the truck crash in Germany an act of terrorism?
Correspondent Ira Spitzer says it's still not clear whether the attack in Berlin was an act of terrorism. Video, Audio
Germany correspondent Carsten von Nahmen
A look back at this week's EU summit (which dealt with Syria and Ukraine and the EU's sanctions against Russia, but also looked ahead at the next year with Brexit talks expected to officially start in… Audio
Merkel backs burka ban 'wherever legally possible'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the wearing of full-faced veils should be prohibited in the country "wherever it is legally possible".
Angela Merkel to stand for another four years as chancellor
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has put an end to weeks of speculation and has announced she will run for a fourth term in office. Audio
Angela Merkel to seek fourth term as German Chancellor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will run for a fourth term in office, members of her conservative party have said.
Outraged Germans petition against gang rapists' sentences
Tens of thousands of Germans have signed a petition demanding a group of teenagers be jailed for a brutal rape.
Lion shot dead after escaping from German zoo
One of two lions that escaped from an enclosure in Leipzig zoo in Germany has been shot dead after attempts to use a tranquilliser failed.
