The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) rejected on Wednesday an arrest warrant issued by federal prosecutors against a 27-year-old Syrian accused of plotting an attack for terror group Isis.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called Turkey's latest arrests of journalists "highly alarming", after her government was initially criticized for its "weak" reaction.
Emergency services were still searching for two people who went missing after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in western Germany on Monday. Two people have been confirmed as victims of the blast.
Police were searching at least a dozen schools across Germany after they received threats by email Monday, although officials said they didn't believe the messages constituted a serious danger.
At least one person has died, six have been injured and another six remain missing after an explosion on Monday at a chemical plant at BASF's headquarters in western Germany.
Authorities at the Leipzig prison where a terror suspect committed suicide on Wednesday evening have said that they did not deem him to be at high risk of killing himself.
A new study presented on Monday revealed that more than half of the leadership of the West German Justice Ministry were former members of the Nazi party, including dozens of former paramilitary SA members.
Germany's highest court on Thursday rejected compensation claims by relatives of victims of an airstrike in Afghanistan seven years ago that killed dozens of civilians.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that those opposed to the EU signing the TTIP free trade deal with the US wouldn't be half as loud if the negotiations were with Russia.
More than 50 flights were cancelled by Air Berlin and Tuifly on Wednesday after a large number of staff called in sick amid concerns about a partial merger between the two companies.
Six German lawmakers will visit a key airbase in Turkey on Wednesday, a Turkish official told AFP, as the NATO allies seek to move on from a bitter diplomatic row.
On Thursday, German president Joachim Gauck spoke in Kiev 75 years after the Nazis slaughtered 33,771 Jews during one of the worst single massacres of the Holocaust.
Previous reports had suggested that around 1.1 million people entered Germany to seek asylum last year. But now the German government has confirmed the number was actually lower.
In the Saxon town of Bautzen, which has become a byword for racism and anti-migrant sentiment, two youths have attacked a 72-year-old man, shouting 'foreigners out'.
After scoring yet another impressive result in state elections in Berlin on Sunday, the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) deputy leader claimed they are heading for third place in national elections next year.
Violence broke out this week between refugees and members of the far-right scene in Bautzen, Saxony. Now local officials have imposed restrictions on the young refugees living there.
UPDATE: After the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) beat Angela Merkel's CDU into third place in a state election on Sunday, the Chancellor has said that she takes some of the blame.
Swiss federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have opened an investigation into money laundering against Franz Beckenbauer, and three other prominent German football leaders amid allegations of corruption in the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany.
A court in Lower Saxony has ruled that Volkswagen can seize car parts from two suppliers who are refusing to deliver to the auto giant in a fight that has brought construction to a halt.
German special forces have arrested a Syrian suspected of being a member of the Isis group, local authorities said Tuesday, citing a threat to the opening game of the upcoming Bundesliga football championships.
