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'Human error' caused deadly German train crash INTERNATIONAL

'Human error' caused deadly German train crash

German prosecutors Tuesday said human error was to blame for a train crash last week that killed 11 people and charged a 39-year-old signalling worker with negligence leading to the accident.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Germany's Catholic Church calls for 'reduction' in refugees INTERNATIONAL

Germany's Catholic Church calls for 'reduction' in refugees

The German Catholic Church called for a reduction in the influx of refugees arriving in Germany, saying the country cannot take in "all the world's needy," according to an interview published Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German spy agency says IS sending fighters disguised as refugees INTERNATIONAL

German spy agency says IS sending fighters disguised as refugees

Islamic State militants have slipped into Europe disguised as refugees, the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency (BfV) said on Friday, a day after security forces thwarted a potential IS attack in Berlin.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
New Year assaults 'in 12 German states': report INTERNATIONAL

New Year assaults 'in 12 German states': report

German police have found that the wave of sexual assaults and robberies on New Year's eve did not only happen in Cologne but that similar incidents also took place in 12 of Germany's regional states, local media reported Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German police make first arrest over Cologne sex assaults INTERNATIONAL

German police make first arrest over Cologne sex assaults

Police have arrested an Algerian asylum seeker over alleged sexual offences during New Year's Eve festivities in Cologne, prosecutors said Monday, the first directly linked to a spate of sex crimes that shocked Germany.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German exports to Iran expected to double after sanctions lifted ECONOMY

German exports to Iran expected to double after sanctions lifted

German industry expects a steep rise in exports to Iran following the lifting of international sanctions, and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday he would seek to drum up trade on visit Tehran in early May.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dubai jails Frenchman for life for drug dealing ASIA

Dubai jails Frenchman for life for drug dealing

A court in Dubai on Tuesday sentenced a Frenchman to life in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking, Emirati media reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nine Germans among 10 killed in Istanbul suicide attack ASIA

Nine Germans among 10 killed in Istanbul suicide attack

A Syrian suicide bomber on Tuesday struck the heart of Istanbul's busiest tourist district, killing 10 people, nine of them Germans, in the latest deadly attack blamed on Islamic State jihadists.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two Pakistanis, Syrian man injured in gang attacks in Cologne INTERNATIONAL

Two Pakistanis, Syrian man injured in gang attacks in Cologne

Two Pakistanis and a Syrian man were injured in attacks by gangs of people in Cologne, German police said late on Sunday, the city where the vast majority of dozens of New Year Eve assaults on women took place.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Paris police station attacker lived in German refugee shelter INTERNATIONAL

Paris police station attacker lived in German refugee shelter

A man who attacked a Paris police station last week had lived in a centre for asylum-seekers in Germany, German investigators say, a finding likely to fuel criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel's liberal stance towards war refugees.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Merkel wants expulsion rules toughened after Cologne sex assaults INTERNATIONAL

Merkel wants expulsion rules toughened after Cologne sex assaults

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Saturday backed a toughening of expulsion rules for convicted refugees, as protesters took to the streets against a shocking rash of sexual assaults blamed on migrants ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German mob attacks claim Cologne police chief's scalp INTERNATIONAL

German mob attacks claim Cologne police chief's scalp

The police chief of the German city of Cologne was suspended Friday for failing to stop mob violence at New Year's Eve celebrations, as authorities said many suspects were asylum seekers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016