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Police officers remove a vehicle that drove into a crowd near Berlin’s annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, July 26, 2026. (Annegret Hilse/Pool Photo via AP)
July 26, 2026, 7:50 pm
Suspect in deadly Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police after daylong search
Police in suburb of German capital say Lebanese-German Abdul Ballout, 21, shot after charging at officers with sharp object; car-ramming attack killed one, injured dozens
By Geir Moulson, Kirsten Grieshaber and STEFANIE DAZIO
Police and security personnel work near the scene where several people were injured in a potential car-ramming on the sideline of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin, Germany, on July 25, 2026. (Antoine LAMBROSCHINI/AFP)
July 26, 2026, 4:04 am
1 killed, at least 16 hurt in suspected ‘Islamist’ ramming attack at Berlin Pride Parade
Berlin police says it is hunting for Islamist suspect after white van hit several people before crashing into tree; pride event called off as Merz vows to punish those responsible
By Kirsten Grieshaber and FANNY BRODERSEN
The city of Lyon, central France, is seen during a heat wave, June 27, 2026. (Laurent Cipriani/AP)
June 28, 2026, 4:11 pm
France records around 1,000 additional deaths amid extreme European heat wave
Record-smashing temperatures spark fires in east German forests contaminated with WWII ammunition; Berlin cops cool down locals with water cannon; Greece on high alert for fires
By Kirsten Grieshaber and John Leicester
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport, in Miami, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
May 3, 2026, 9:22 am
Trump says US to withdraw significantly more than 5,000 troops from Germany
‘We’re going to cut way down,’ US president says, amid rift with NATO over Iran war; troop pullout plan faces bipartisan resistance
By Kirsten Grieshaber, Emma Burrows and AAMER MADHANI
People take part in a rally in support of anti-government protests in Iran, in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
January 16, 2026, 6:53 pm
Emotions run high as Iran’s exiles in Europe rally together against regime
Members of diaspora, desperate for answers about loved ones amid internet blackout during unrest, express hope for an end to theocratic rule and creation of a democracy
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Michael Smuss in his home. (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
October 23, 2025, 10:15 pm
Michael Smuss, last surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, dies at 99
While working to repair Nazi helmets, Smuss stole material for Jewish resistance needed to make Molotov cocktails; he survived the war and moved to US, then to Israel
By CLAUDIA CIOBANU, Melanie Lidman and Kirsten Grieshaber
FILE - Participants of a demonstration of Reich citizens carry black and white and other flags in Potsdam, Germany, on November 14, 2020. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP, File)
May 13, 2025, 11:27 am
Germany bans far-right extremist ‘Reich citizen’ group, arrests 4 of its leaders
Government says antisemitic ‘Kingdom of Germany’ organization tried to create ‘counter-state,’ undermining country by refusing to pay taxes, claiming illegitimacy of German state
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Friedrich Merz reacts after he was not elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
May 6, 2025, 3:19 pm
Friedrich Merz’s bid to be German chancellor fails in parliament in stunning defeat
Conservative CDU leader loses first-round vote by narrow margin as coalition wobbles; far-right AfD gains ground as Trump officials express support
By STEFANIE DAZIO and Kirsten Grieshaber
Forensics work on a damaged car sitting with its doors open after a driver plowed into a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Dec. 21, 2024. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)
December 21, 2024, 2:17 pm
Death toll in German Christmas market attack reaches 5, with at least 200 wounded
Nearly 40 seriously injured; experts surprised by profile of alleged Saudi attacker who supports far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party; Riyadh condemns ramming
By Kirsten Grieshaber, SARA ABOUBAKR and Vanessa Gera
Masih Alinejad, 48, a prominent Iranian American human rights activist poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
November 10, 2024, 1:24 am
Iranian American activist expresses defiance amid Tehran plots to kill her and Trump
Shocked by Justice Department’s disclosure of murder-for-hire schemes, Masih Alinejad says she’s more determined than ever to continue fighting for women’s rights in Iran
By Kirsten Grieshaber
An AfD election poster for the European elections reading "our country first" is fixed on a pole in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
June 5, 2024, 12:41 pm
German far-right candidate wounded in stabbing amid series of political attacks
The incident, which reportedly began when the AfD member caught someone tearing down a campaign poster, comes amid a wave of attacks on both government and opposition politicians
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Germany's Maximilian Krah, of the German far-right Alternative for Germany party, grimaces during a session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/ Jean-Francois Badias, File)
May 22, 2024, 8:45 pm
Germany’s AfD bars candidate from EU campaigning after he defends some SS members
Unclear if far-right party’s top contender for European Parliament, Maximilian Krah, is still running, after he said not all members of the notorious Nazi unit were war criminals
By Kirsten Grieshaber
One of nine suspected participants in a coup plot wears handcuffs as he is brought to the courtroom to take the stand in the first set of proceedings in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on April 29, 2024. (Bernd Weißbrod/POOL/AFP)
April 29, 2024, 2:14 pm
9 on trial in Germany for terrorism over alleged far-right coup plot to revive Reich
17 others to face court at later date; defendants include former lawmaker, self-styled prince thought to be leader of group that professed ‘conglomerate of conspiracy theories’
By Kirsten Grieshaber
File: People gather to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party, and right-wing extremism in front of the parliament building in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 18, 2024, 12:51 pm
Germany’s Nazi past comes back to haunt it, as far-right AfD surges in polls
Many believed that with education and laws, extreme nationalism would not return, but far-right party finds strong support among disillusioned in former communist east
By Kirsten Grieshaber
Tourists visit the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 27, 2024, 3:56 pm
‘Never again is every day’: Scholz’s antisemitism warning on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Chancellor calls on citizens to remain vigilant against threats to democracy, says Germany will continue to carry the responsibility for Holocaust’s ‘crime against humanity’
By Kirsten Grieshaber
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