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Erdogan accuses Merkel of using 'Nazi measures'

"When we call them Nazis they (Europe) get uncomfortable. They rally together in solidarity. Especially Merkel," Erdogan said in a televised speech.

Mar 19, 2017, 21:09 PM IST

Berlin does not owe any debt to NATO: Defence Minister

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump`s claim that Berlin owes NATO "vast sums of money" and must pay Washington more for defence. 

Mar 19, 2017, 20:34 PM IST

Spy comments proof Germany supports group behind attempted coup: Erdogan's spokesman

Doubts expressed by Germany`s spy agency regarding the role of a U.S.-based cleric in last year`s attempted coup in Turkey are proof that Berlin supports the organisation behind the attempt, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan`s spokesman said on Sunday.

Mar 19, 2017, 14:58 PM IST

Berlin accuses Erdogan of playing politics in anti-Europe attacks

Germany's foreign minister on Saturday openly accused Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan of ramping up anti-European rhetoric in a bid to score political points back home ahead of a key referendum. 

Mar 18, 2017, 20:33 PM IST

Nearly all flights cancelled at Berlin airports due to strike

Berlin Airport, which operates Tegel and Schoenefeld, said 455 flights had been cancelled at Tegel and 204 at Schoenefeld as of 0615 GMT.

Mar 10, 2017, 13:03 PM IST

Turkey, Germany must rebuild friendship 'step by step'

Germany on Wednesday urged Turkey to work toward restoring ties frayed by a series of bitter disputes but warned that any comparison to the Nazi era was a "red line that cannot be crossed".

Mar 08, 2017, 17:06 PM IST

Police search Berlin properties linked to Christmas market attacker's mosque

The German Police on Tuesday searched more than 20 properties in Berlin with links to a mosque visited by the Tunisian asylum seeker who killed 12 people at a Christmas market.

Feb 28, 2017, 14:21 PM IST

Angela Merkel formally nominated for German election run

Angela Merkel's conservatives have formally nominated the German chancellor as her party's top candidate for the September parliamentary election in the region where she has her political base.

Feb 25, 2017, 17:55 PM IST

Berlin Christmas market attacker was a ''ladies man''

Anis Amri, the Berlin Christmas market attacker, was a "ladies man" before he became radicalised inside an Italian prison, a woman at whose house he stayed has claimed.

Feb 11, 2017, 09:06 AM IST

Germany raids over plot to attack refugees, Jews: Prosecutors

German authorities on Wednesday carried out dawn raids against far-right suspects accused of plotting attacks on refugees, Jews and police, federal prosecutors said.

Jan 25, 2017, 18:13 PM IST

Suspected IS scout for Berlin attack sites goes on trial

An alleged Islamic State jihadist accused of scoping out potential targets for an attack in Berlin, including the Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag building, went on trial in Germany on Wednesday.

Jan 04, 2017, 18:05 PM IST

54,000 evacuated on Christmas after Germany finds World War II bomb

An unwelcome Christmas surprise in southern Germany forced the evacuation of 54,000 people from their homes Sunday after the discovery of a bomb dating from World War II, local authorities said.

Dec 25, 2016, 16:54 PM IST

Attacks like Berlin rampage 'purely religious threat': Donald Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump today claimed that attacks like the one in Berlin is a "purely religious threat which turned into reality" as he referred to the suspected attacker's video in which he talked about slaughtering crusaders who had come to kill Muslims.

Dec 24, 2016, 09:56 AM IST

Berlin truck attack suspect shot dead in Italy's Milan: Reports

The Tunisian man, believed to be the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market truck attack was killed in a shoot-out Italy's Milan on Friday, reports said.

Dec 23, 2016, 15:40 PM IST

Two arrested in Germany over mall attack plot: Police

German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre in the western city of Oberhausen, police said on Friday.

Dec 23, 2016, 08:57 AM IST

Berlin Christmas market attack: German police looking for an asylum-seeker from Tunisia

German police are looking for an asylum-seeker from Tunisia after finding an identity document under the driver`s seat of a truck that ploughed into a Berlin Christmas market and killed 12 people, officials and security sources said on Wednesday.

Dec 21, 2016, 23:27 PM IST

Berlin terror attack: Germany issues European arrest warrant against new suspect

The German Interior Minister on Wednesday announced that a European arrest warrant has been issued against a new suspect in connection with Monday's Berlin terror attack.

Dec 21, 2016, 21:36 PM IST

German police hunt Tunisian man over Berlin attack: Reports

German police are searching for a Tunisian man in connection with the deadly truck attack on a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, media reported Wednesday.

Dec 21, 2016, 16:51 PM IST

Berlin attack: Released Pakistani suspect hails from Balochistan

German authorities on Tuesday released the Pakistani asylum-seeker suspected of driving a truck into a Berlin Christmas market and killing 12 people.

Dec 21, 2016, 13:38 PM IST

Berlin police detained ‘wrong man', truck attacker still at large; Pakistani suspect had no involvement ?

The Pakistani suspect arrested following the truck attack in the German capital reportedly had no involvement in the crime. The actual perpetrator was armed and is still at large, a high-ranking security source said.

Dec 20, 2016, 19:13 PM IST