At least 18 people have died after an inflatable boat with an outboard motor capsized in Turkish waters early Wednesday morning. Turkish authorities said the vessel, which was ferrying migrants across the Aegean Sea en route to Europe, ignored repeated warnings to stop, with the pilot instead attempting to outrun them.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke of "an explosion of violence" during a session of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, in March, where he was asked about violence against women. He said there was a need to talk about the causes of this, adding that "a significant portion of this violence comes from immigrant groups."
Now, more than 80 years after the end of the Nazi dictatorship, anyone can click through millions of index cards in the US National Archives without registering, and search for the names of their own grandparents and great-grandparents.
Homesick in a foreign country, a teenager meets a lifelong friend Holly Deiaco-Smith (left) and Chantal Jouve (right) in Strasbourg, France, in 2014. The two met in the 1990s, during an encounter in a post office.
A wolf bit and injured a woman in the northern German city of Hamburg, police said late Monday. It represents a rare human encounter with the typically shy species. The incident occurred near an Ikea store about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the center of Germany's second-biggest city, authorities said.
March 31, 2026 In the international friendlies before the FIFA World Cup, some players on Germany's national football team made the most of their chances, while others missed the opportunity to impress.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and foreign ministers from across the bloc arrived in Kyiv to attend a memorial on Tuesday for victims of the 2022 Bucha killings. The Russian army is accused of killing hundreds of civilians in the Kyiv suburb at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, as Moscow troops withdrew on March 31.
In a major interview with German sports magazine kicker at the start of March, Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann had said a team's belief can emerge in the space of just two games.
A Ukrainian drone that crashed in southern Finland was found to have carried an unexploded warhead, Finnish police said on Monday. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the incident.
It's not just the German authorities who have access to documents created by German government agencies, at state and federal level. The US authorities potentially do too, since the German authorities currently predominantly use computer programs whose providers are based in the United States.
Skip next section German lawmaker urges focus on minority rights during Syrian leader's visit March 30, 2026 German lawmaker urges focus on minority rights during Syrian leader's visit Center-left Social Democrat politician Hakan Demir has joined those voicing concern over the visit of Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa, while stressing the need for dialogue.
Finland's Defense Ministry reported on Sunday a suspected territorial violation by unmanned aerial vehicles in the southern part of the country.