German lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that explicitly permits male infant circumcision, ending months of legal uncertainty after a court ruling that the practice amounts to bodily harm led to an outcry from Jewish and Muslim groups. (Source: Ass... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index looked set to open lower on Friday, after the Bundesbank slashed its growth outlook for Germany while caution ahead of November U.S. jobs data weighed on investor sentiment. Employment trends is on the econ... [Full Article]
German security officials are trying again to ban the country's only significant far-right party, after meticulously collecting new evidence in an effort to avoid a repeat of the debacle caused when they tried to ban it in 2003. (Source: Associa... [Full Article]
Sixty years after a landmark accord started German government compensation for victims of Nazi crimes, fund administrators and German officials say payments to Holocaust survivors are needed more than ever as they enter their final years. (Source: As... [Full Article]
Germany opened a long-awaited memorial Wednesday to the hundreds of thousands of Gypsies, or Roma, who were killed by the Nazis in what one survivor called "the forgotten Holocaust" - and pledged to fight the discrimination the minority sti... [Full Article]
Turkey and Germany on Friday joined an appeal for a cease-fire to stop the bloodshed in Syria during a Muslim holiday next week. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Twitter has blocked messages in Germany from a group banned by local authorities over right-wing extremism, using its powers to withhold content in one specific country for the first time. "The account and all its content h... [Full Article]
Germany's foreign minister is urging the EU to adopt even tougher sanctions on Iran to hinder the country from building nuclear weapons. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Greece next week for the first time since the debt crisis erupted to meet the country's prime minister - who warned Friday that Athens will run out of money at the end of November if it doesn't... [Full Article]
Germany's jobless rate fell to 6.5 percent in September thanks to a traditional seasonal improvement, official figures showed Thursday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]