German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung says it has obtained a vast trove of documents detailing the offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous.

Police in Germany are in possession of files containing personal data on members of the extremist Islamic State group and believe them to be authentic.

German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen, seen by many as a potential successor to the chancellor, Angela Merkel as leader of the conservatives, has denied accusations of plagiarism in the doctoral dissertation she wrote 25 years ago.

The co-pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 researched how to get hold of deadly drugs and the possibility of a living will, it has been claimed.

The German government rejected suggestions it intentionally misled the public about the US’s willingness to negotiate a “no-spy” agreement between the countries.

Charlie Hebdo is releasing a new version of its irreverent and often offensive newspaper, defiantly putting a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed on the cover that drew immediate criticism and threats of more violence.

Germany is investigating a suspected US spy in its military days after the arrest of a member of its foreign intelligence agency as a double agent tested US relations already strained by espionage.

Germany’s governing coalition is squabbling over calls to restrict welfare payments to European immigrants as Europe’s labour markets open to Romanians and Bulgarians.

Iran wants to improve bilateral relations with the United States and other Western powers, president Hassan Rouhani said in an editorial published in a German newspaper, broaching an issue he has so far avoided since he took office.

Any hopes that Ireland had of recouping some of the money it put into its banks, or having the banks borrow to cover any shortfall that shows up in the current asset tests, appear to be dashed by the big German political parties.

A German bank is seeking damages from Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone over the sale of its stake in the racing series it says was compromised by a bribe to one of its bankers.

Frankfurt: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed closer economic links between Russia and the European Union that would lead to establishing a free-trade zone “from Lisbon to Vladivostok”. He is on a visit to Germany.

Shooting began today in a forest outside Berlin of a film starring Tom Cruise as Germany's most famous anti-Hitler plotter.

IT’S a prospect loaded with historical baggage: German troops joining a proposed international force in Lebanon to police the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

Aides to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and rival Angela Merkel showed no signs of compromise on their competing leadership claims as the pair met today for a second round of talks on forming a new German government.

The German government plans to borrow an additional €4-5bn next year to help finance its tax cuts package, government sources said.

With an offer of €2.6bn, US billionaire and film producer Haim Saban has lodged the highest bid for the assets of the insolvent KirchMedia, German media reported.

Germany has for the first time raised the possibility that a truck bombing at a Tunisian synagogue that killed 16 people was an al-Qaida terrorist attack.