Bayerische Motoren Werke and Toyota Motor Corp are planning to expand cooperation beyond green car technology and diesel engines, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday, without citing any sources.

European leaders dealing with the sovereign debt crisis have done too little, too late, outgoing World Bank chief Robert Zoellick said, warning that Europe risks losing influence and developing nation

A German newspaper is reporting that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will end his political career when his second term ends next year.

Ahmadinejad was quoted on Saturday as saying in

A porn actor dubbed the 'Canadian Psycho' for allegedly killing and chopping up his lover is due to appear before a Berlin judge on Tuesday after being captured while on the run in Germany.

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As tensions mount in the Gulf over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israel is reported to have armed its new fleet of submarines supplied by Germany with nuclear tipped cruise missiles.

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Police in Berlin on Monday arrested a man suspected of being the "Canadian Psycho", who is thought to have killed and chopped up his boyfriend and filmed the attack, a spokesman said.

The police spok

A 14-year-old schoolboy armed with two weapons was locked in a tense stand-off with police on Tuesday after firing a shot at his school in southern Germany, authorities said.

The boy, who has not be

Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a stable Greek government to be formed quickly after new elections in a telephone call with President Carolos Papoulias on Friday, a German government spokesman sai

As Greece headed for a fresh election after the last attempt to form a government failed in Athens, new French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced their support

Chancellor Angela Merkel was counting the cost on Monday of an historic drubbing for her conservative party by voters in Germany's most populous state, in the countdown to next year's national polls.