An airline stewardess struggling to lift her bag at a German airport led to the discovery of a 6-million euro (5.3 million pound) coin fraud.

The customs officer who stopped the stewardess in early 2

Shares in the German insurance groups plunged in early trading on Friday as they appeared set to take a hammering from the massive earthquake in Japan.

A former Rwandan mayor went on trial Tuesday accused of ordering three Tutsi massacres during the country’s 1994 genocide, in the first such case prosecuted in Germany.

Germany captain Michael Ballack will not find out his World Cup fate until Monday because heavy swelling on his injured right ankle has delayed an MRI scan by 24 hours.