News Muncher - category berlin

1 day, 8 hours ago

Panic triggered after backpack catches fire at Berlin Airport

A sudden fire broke out at Berlin Airport on Saturday when a backpack spontaneously caught fire, sparking panic among passengers and airport staff. The incident took place at a busy terminal as the black backpack was seen engulfed in flames, with surrounding luggage remaining untouched by the blaze. The alarming scene quickly escalated as passengers, including a woman nearby, were …

Berlin Backpack

What we know about the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany

Associated Press

MAGDEBURG, Germany — Four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed and 200 people were injured when a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg — an attack that has left Germans mourning the victims and with a shaken sense of security. The Christmas market, where a car drove into a …

Christmas Market Car Attack Crowd Share Saudi

2 days, 1 hour ago

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

Associated Press

LONDON — A car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany, which police are treating as an attack, is the latest in a grim series of events in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2017 — Sayfullo Saipov, an Islamic extremist from …

France London Christmas Market Barcelona Germany Attack

2 days, 1 hour ago

How Red Army tried to identify Hitler's body in his bunker by checking his SOCKS: Author reveals how Soviets bungled discovery of Fuhrers' corpse and sparked wild theories he escaped Berlin

Daily Mail

For 79 years, the details surrounding Adolf Hitler's death have been the subject of intense speculation. Not least among the dazzling array of anomalies and curiosities in the investigation conducted by Soviet forensic experts, which Laurier analyses in his new book Le Cadavre d’Hitler, is the revelation that one of the 13 bodies discovered in the bunker was ruled out …

Red Stalin Berlin Bunker Soviet Braun Soviets

Magdeburg Christmas market car attack: Saudis warned Germans over suspect three times - as shocking details emerge

Daily Mail

Saudi Arabia reportedly warned German authorities three times about the perpetrator of a Christmas market massacre that killed five people and injured hundreds. Psychologist Taleb al-Abdulmohsen has been revealed as the perpetrator of a Christmas market massacre that killed at least five people and injured hundreds Footage taken in the minutes after the crash, which happened at around 7pm, showed …

Christmas Market Car Islam Germany Attack Saudi Arabia

Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market

Associated Press

MAGDEBURG, Germany — Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing five people, injuring 200 others and shaking the public’s sense of security at what would otherwise be a time of joy. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard …

Christmas Market Germany Attack 2024 Share Saudi

Germans mourn after 5 killed and 200 injured in driver’s suspected attack on a Christmas market

LA Times

Mourners outside a cathedral in Magdeburg, Germany, follow a memorial service on Saturday for victims killed at a Christmas market. Germans mourned on Saturday after a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing five people, injuring 200 others and shaking the public’s sense of security. A Berlin church choir whose members witnessed a previous Christmas market …

Christmas Market Attack Saudi Suspect Berlin Nopens

2 days, 15 hours ago

Germans mourn five people killed, 200 injured in Christmas market attack

Al Jazeera

A memorial service takes place in the cathedral of Magdeburg, a city shaken by the deadly incident. Germans have gathered in Magdeburg to mourn the victims of a car-ramming attack in the eastern city that killed at least five people and injured 200. Authorities said a doctor drove into the busy outdoor Christmas market on Friday evening, killing four adults …

Germany Attack City Saudi German Suspect Berlin

New bullet train launched to connect Berlin and Paris

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new direct high-speed train has been launched connecting two of Europe’s biggest cities. Berlin Mayor …

Europe France Germany Direct Paris German Berlin

4 days, 10 hours ago

Thousands of Syrian doctors work in Germany. It hopes they will stay after Assad's fall

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gass said the picture hospital operators are getting from …

Health Syria Germany Work Doctors Hospital Syrian

4 days, 15 hours ago

As Gaza war rages, Deutsche Welle insiders accuse outlet of pro-Israel bias

Al Jazeera

Names marked with an asterisk* have been changed to protect identities. They accuse Deutsche Welle of pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian bias, allege that they have heard colleagues make Islamophobic and dehumanising remarks about Palestinians and protesters in the Berlin office with impunity, and have shared with Al Jazeera several internal documents – one of which lists “possible comebacks” for anchors to …

Holocaust War Germany Palestine Jewish Western Palestinian

5 days, 19 hours ago

Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A prominent Russian opposition politician …

War Poisoning Russian Kremlin German His Mother Berlin

6 days ago

New bullet train launched to finally connect two of Europe’s biggest cities

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new direct high-speed train has been launched connecting two of Europe’s biggest cities. Berlin Mayor …

Europe France Germany Direct Paris German Connect

6 days, 4 hours ago

The best of Europe’s Interrail routes

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Interrail routes European capitals odyssey London – Paris – Brussels – Amsterdam – Berlin – Prague – Vienna – Budapest …

Travel Europe Spain Brussels London Trains Barcelona

6 days, 7 hours ago

Why did German Chancellor Olaf Scholz face no-confidence vote and lose? What next?

Firstpost

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a no-confidence motion, paving the way for early general elections on February 23, 2025. Why Olaf Scholz faced a no-confidence vote The 2021 parliamentary election saw Scholz’s party, the Social Democratic Party, achieve its best result in two decades, securing 25.7% of the vote and emerging as the largest party for the first time …

Germany Election Coalition Party Vote Olaf Scholz Berlin

6 days, 23 hours ago

Germany's Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Setting Up Early Election

Huff Post

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag where he faces a vote of confidence, Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 16, 2024. Markus Schreiber via Associated Press BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to …

War Germany Election Vote German Scholz Olaf Scholz

1 week ago

Germany and France launch a direct high-speed train between Berlin and Paris

Associated Press

BERLIN — Germany and France on Monday launched a direct high-speed train between Berlin and Paris, a connection hailed as a symbol of a close friendship between the two countries and a sign of Europe’s potential to attract more travelers to the rails. At about eight hours, the once-a-day service with German operator Deutsche Bahn’s ICE trains offers an increase …

Europe France Germany Train Paris German Berlin

1 week, 1 day ago

Bochum launch appeal after player hit by object at Union Berlin

Hindustan Times

Bochum have launched an appeal to be awarded three points after their goalkeeper was hit by an object thrown from the crowd in a 1-1 Bundesliga draw at Union Berlin on Saturday. Bochum managing director Ilja Kaenzig said "the match should have been abandoned" and said the side should be awarded a victory "according to the rules." We had exhausted …

Play Bochum Kaenzig

1 week, 3 days ago

Europe has a new Syrian refugee problem, they don't want to go home amid HTS takeover

Firstpost

Despite Assad’s departure, Syria remains mired in uncertainty, with widespread destruction, a bankrupt state, and unclear governance. Germany, home to around 970,000 Syrian refugees, has been at the centre of Europe’s refugee response since former Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the doors to asylum seekers in 2015. Austria unveiled plans for a repatriation program, while Sweden’s far-right Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson …

Refugees Europe Syria Germany Refugee Syrian Return

1 week, 4 days ago

Syria's new PM urges refugees to come back and 'rebuild' the country - as many insist they still intend to head for Britain or stay in Europe despite the fall of Assad

Daily Mail

Syria's new transitional prime minister has called for Syrians abroad to return to their homeland and help rebuild it, as Britain and other European countries have rushed to freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians. Thousands of Syrians in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep celebrate at the news of the fall of the Syrian government in Damascus, on December …

Europe Military Germany Turkey Fall Israel House

1 week, 5 days ago

NFL will play its first regular-season game in Berlin in 2025

Associated Press

IRVING, Texas — The NFL will play its first regular-season game in Berlin in 2025, the league’s fifth game ever in Germany. “We first held a preseason game at the Olympic Stadium 34 years ago, before it was home to NFL Europe’s Berlin Thunder in the early 2000s. Now, with almost 20 million NFL fans in Germany, we’ll make a …

Game Germany Play Nfl Berlin

Middle East latest: UN General Assembly demands a ceasefire in Gaza

Associated Press

The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and expressing support for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban. Five people were killed Wednesday by at least three Israeli strikes in different towns in the southern municipality of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state news agency said. “We’re …

Security United Nations War Russia Middle East Syria Iran

1 week, 5 days ago

Research biologist based in Berlin receives $10,000 prize given to unpublished Black poets

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A biologist’s debut poetry collection that weaves science with a condemnation of slavery and colonialism has received a $10,000 literary award. Dr. Brandon Kilbourne’s “Natural History” is this year’s winner of the Cave Canem award, given for work by an unpublished Black poet. “A research biologist working at the Berlin Museum of Natural History, Dr. Kilbourne has …

Prize Poet Natural History Cave Canem Kilbourne

1 week, 5 days ago

Syrians in Germany worried by some politicians’ eagerness for them to go home after Assad’s fall

Associated Press

BERLIN — Nearly a decade after he arrived in Germany from Syria and took a selfie with then-Chancellor Angela Merkel, Anas Modamani has finished his university studies and has a German passport. As Syrians took to the streets of Berlin Sunday, far-right leader Alice Weidel wrote on social platform X that anyone celebrating a “free Syria” in Germany “evidently no …

Syria Germany Interior Syrian German Return Berlin

Filters

Articles for Berlin

Panic triggered after backpack catches fire at Berlin Airport

What we know about the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

How Red Army tried to identify Hitler's body in his bunker by checking his SOCKS: Author reveals how Soviets bungled discovery of Fuhrers' corpse and sparked wild theories he escaped Berlin

Magdeburg Christmas market car attack: Saudis warned Germans over suspect three times - as shocking details emerge

Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market

Germans mourn after 5 killed and 200 injured in driver’s suspected attack on a Christmas market

Germans mourn five people killed, 200 injured in Christmas market attack

New bullet train launched to connect Berlin and Paris

Thousands of Syrian doctors work in Germany. It hopes they will stay after Assad's fall

As Gaza war rages, Deutsche Welle insiders accuse outlet of pro-Israel bias

Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false

New bullet train launched to finally connect two of Europe’s biggest cities

The best of Europe’s Interrail routes

Why did German Chancellor Olaf Scholz face no-confidence vote and lose? What next?

Germany's Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Setting Up Early Election

Germany and France launch a direct high-speed train between Berlin and Paris

Bochum launch appeal after player hit by object at Union Berlin

Europe has a new Syrian refugee problem, they don't want to go home amid HTS takeover

Syria's new PM urges refugees to come back and 'rebuild' the country - as many insist they still intend to head for Britain or stay in Europe despite the fall of Assad

NFL will play its first regular-season game in Berlin in 2025

Middle East latest: UN General Assembly demands a ceasefire in Gaza

Research biologist based in Berlin receives $10,000 prize given to unpublished Black poets

Syrians in Germany worried by some politicians’ eagerness for them to go home after Assad’s fall