Germany

Almost half of young Muslims in Germany hold Islamist attitudes, study finds

German Parliamentary State Secretary Christoph de Vries noted that the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel’s Gaza border communities on October 7, 2023, was a “driver for Islamism as a whole.”

Pro-Palestine demonstrators attend a rally against Israeli aggression called by Amnesty International and others near the Bundestag on February 15, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
A detective stands with a flashlight in front of the smashed window of an Israeli restaurant in Munich, Germany, April 10, 2026.

Police investigating after explosive devices damage Israeli restaurant in Munich

A woman sits alone in a Frankfurt, Germany, cinema in November 2021.

Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash

A visitor stands in front of a watchtower behind a fence on the grounds of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar

Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial shut down by German authorities


A lost novel from 1943 that predicted the Holocaust has been recovered

Friedrich Torberg recorded his image of a German concentration camp in “Mein ist die Rache,” written decades before the capitalized “Holocaust” entered common parlance.

A portrait of Friedrich Torberg, Jan. 1, 1970.

In the shadow of the Holocaust, survivors kept Passover alive in 1946 - opinion

The first post-Holocaust Passover brought survivors together to reclaim dignity, remember loss, and celebrate survival.

Dachau (seen 2020): The stench, the skeletal figures, the degradation.

Syria’s minorities question German, British silence on sectarian violence during Sharaa’s visit

Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, was welcomed in Berlin on Monday, where he met with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa is welcomed by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of their meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain, March 31, 2026.

'This is apartheid’: International politicians, governments condemn terror death penalty law

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also responded to the bill on Tuesday, calling its passing "one more step toward apartheid."

A VOTE on the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians at the auditorium in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026.

Near an IKEA store: Wolf bites woman in the face in Hamburg shopping area

Experts say attacks on humans are very rare, and healthy wolves usually keep their distance.

 Wolf

Germany plans talks with Chile over site tied to cult led by abusive German preacher

The enclave, originally called Colonia Dignidad and renamed Villa Baviera, was founded in 1961 by Paul Schaefer, an evangelical preacher who was later jailed for sexually abusing children.

The name of Villa Baviera, formerly Colonia Dignidad, is engraved on a stone at the settlement created by German immigrants that served as a secret prison during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990), on the outskirts of Parral, Chile, July 20, 2025.

Germany, France, Italy, UK express 'deep concern' over Israeli death penalty bill

The foreign ministers of Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom expressed their "deep concern" over the bill, which could be voted into law next week, the statement said on Sunday.

Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ktzi’ot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025

Long-term deradicalization in Gaza faces major hurdles - opinion

Efforts to deradicalize Gaza face geographical and political barriers, making lasting change unlikely.

Members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad stand on a street during Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City, last week.

Anti-Zionist Jews: The wayward sons of our generation - opinion

Some Jews seek Judaism without peoplehood; the Haggadah warns that faith and community are inseparable.

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City.

Russia aiding Iran with targeting data to distract from 'crimes' in Ukraine, German FM says

"Putin cynically hopes that the escalation in the Middle East will divert our attention from his crimes in Ukraine... Russia is evidently supporting Iran with information," Johann Wadephul said.

Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul walks during a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting with Partner Countries at the Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey in Cernay-la-Ville outside Paris, on March 27, 2026.