The cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany agreed Tuesday to send a further 1,000 soldiers to Afghanistan, but not to the south of the country where most of the heavy fighting has been taking place.

Politicians in Germany warned Saturday of the dangers posed by Islamists, following the arrest of two terrorist suspects and a police search for two others.

Germany has recalled its ambassador to Iran because a German diplomat attended a military parade in Tehran, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said Saturday.

Political changes in South Africa, Germany's biggest trading partner on the African continent, that will likely put the left-leaning Jacob Zuma in power next year have German investors worried.

As Germany's conservative bloc starts the countdown to federal elections next year, polls show that the Christian Social Union, sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, could lose its absolute majority in Bavaria this weekend.

Robbed of a good night's sleep on account of guilt pangs, a thief in Germany returned to the scene of the crime to deliver a note of apology and pay compensation to his burglary victims.

Extradition proceedings begin for a man arrested in Germany over the murder of a 20-year-old internet gamer in Nottingham.

Sub-prime mortgages are virtually unknown in Germany since home ownership rates are relatively low. Germans tend to be debt-averse and are required to put down more equity in financing a home purchase.

As European airlines suffer from rising fuel prices, experts have said larger carriers, including Germany's Lufthansa, could benefit from the industry's consolidation.

Germany links love of coal with green ambitions