IT’S 10am. My first day of work.

Naomi Campbell spoke of her desire to have children as she announced a fashion show to raise money to prevent women dying in pregnancy today.

Germany’s foreign minister will host his Russian and US counterparts and the UN secretary general next week, convening the so-called Mideast “Quartet” to discuss developments in the Middle East.

An Austrian court in Innsbruck today began hearing testimony from a helicopter pilot involved in a cable car accident that killed nine German skiers, including six children.

Tribesmen today kidnapped a family of five German tourists – reportedly including a former deputy foreign minister – to press the government for the release of jailed members of their tribe, Yemeni officials and the German government said.

An extremist group posted a video on a website today showing a man it said was an American hostage being shot in the back of the head, and the German government said one of its citizens released by kidnappers was expected to leave Iraq.

A German woman has been missing in Iraq since Friday and a special crisis team has been set up to secure her safe return, Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger said today.