Germany

Plane near explosive drone found at German airport was carrying ammunition, media reports say

Forensic experts found that the explosives attached to the drone were of a high military grade, reported the outlets, which also included broadcasters NDR and WDR, citing a confidential police report

Police officers work in the vicinity of an Antonov cargo plane, near which a drone was found, at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Germany, August 5, 2026.
A DHL Boeing 757 cargo airplane is pictured at the Leipzig/Halle airport in Schkeuditz, Germany, August 21, 2019.

DHL plane hits unknown object over Germany, forcing unscheduled Hanover landing

Tourists and visitors observe and pay respects at a makeshift memorial set in Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg gate, one week after the Christopher Street Day pride parade attack on August 2, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin attack highlights Europe’s shift to individualized, multi-layered terror threats - analysis

Hamburg, Germany.

Not just Berlin: Israelis return to Germany – and rediscover it


German high court rules comparing Israel to Nazi Germany is protected speech

A German appeals court acquitted a woman who compared Israel to Nazi Germany online, ruling that the posts were protected expression and did not meet the legal threshold for incitement.

Israel flag and Germany flag.

Hamas official says group will reject Board of Peace disarmament deal if Israel does not approve

Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas official involved in the negotiations, said the agreement was a "comprehensive framework" that went beyond the issue of disarmament.

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Zohran Mamdani's genocide accusation matters far beyond Israel - opinion

Using "genocide" to describe Israel weakens the term's meaning and fuels hostility toward New York's Jewish community.

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

I left Germany looking for free speech and found it in a room full of Israelis, Arabs, and Iranians

In London, my instinct to filter my words slowly faded. I found myself speaking more freely than I had in years – not because everyone shared my views, but because I no longer had to soften them

 The Mediterranean Sea.

Berlin Pride attacker recorded masked pledge of allegiance to ISIS on phone, prosecutors say

Though the person in the video was masked, authorities assume it shows the suspected attacker, 21-year-old German citizen Abdul Ballout, a spokesperson for the federal prosecutors' office said.

Forensic pathologist van at an allotment garden complex in the Berlin suburb of Spandau after a known Islamist, suspected of ramming a minivan into a crowd near Berlin's annual Christopher Street Day Pride parade on Saturday evening, was shot and killed in a police operation, in Berlin, Germany

German postal service reverses decision on anti-antisemitism Star of David stamp

Deutsche Post says it "stands firmly and unequivocally against antisemitism" after approving a Star of David stamp it had initially declined.

The Star of David design on an individualized stamp approved by Deutsche Post. July 28, 2026.

Suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police in Berlin suburb

Police added on Sunday morning that several of those wounded had been reportedly hurt with "stabbing weapons."

Police officers walk, as emergency responders work on the site, after the annual Berlin's Christopher Street Day Pride parade was called off, after a car crashed into the crowd at Tiergarten park, leaving several people injured, in Berlin, Germany, July 25, 2026.

German police probe antisemitic motive in attack over Israeli flag pin

The assault prompted a solidarity rally in Würzburg, where participants called for stronger action against antisemitic violence in Germany.

ILLUSTRATIVE: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant wears a pin of the German and Israeli flag as he addresses a press conference with hie German coounterpart after signing a Declaration of Intent on the ARROW 3 missile defence project at the Defence Ministry in Berlin on September 28, 2023.

Germany's Merz picks first woman chief of staff in shake-up before state elections

Warken will be the first woman to hold her new post, an important position that serves as a node between the chancellery, ministries and lawmakers.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (2ndR), outgoing German Health Minister Nina Warken, outgoing parliamentary State Secretary in the Digital Ministry Philipp Amthor and outgoing Secretary General of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Carsten Linnemann (R), July 23, 2026.

Merchant ship hijacked off Yemen now held by Somali pirates, residents say

United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said last week that a vessel boarded by unauthorized personnel in the Gulf of Aden had been maneuvered into Somali waters, classifying it as a hijack.

An Indian soldier stands guard next to captured Somali pirates after they were brought in for prosecution by the Indian Navy, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, March 23, 2024.