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Dortmund deals with surge in neo-Nazi fan violence
Dealing with a surge of right-wing extremism among its fans, Borussia Dortmund has long used social workers at games to defuse tense situations and ...
German intel paid neo-Nazi informer $240,000
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has come under fire for paying almost a quarter of a million dollars to a neo-Nazi informer linked to a ...
German parents want US asylum over schooling issue
A couple who fled Germany with their five children over fears they would lose custody for not sending them to school has asked a U.S. appeals court ...
German court rejects freedom of information suit
A German court says a journalist can't use press freedom legislation to demand information from the country's foreign intelligence service — a ruling ...
Correction: France-Holocaust Theft story
In a Feb. 14 story about France giving back seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, The Associated Press erroneously ...
Dortmund bans 3 neo-Nazis from German stadiums
Borussia Dortmund has banned three neo-Nazi supporters from attending matches across Germany for chanting right-wing slogans during Wednesday's ...
Pope's mission to revive faith clouded by scandal
Benedict XVI always cast himself as the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps to the public glare and the majesty ...
Pope to resign Feb. 28, says he's too infirm
Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 — becoming the first pontiff to step ...
Pope Benedict XVI considered a friend in Israel
When Joseph Ratzinger became pope in 2005, many in Israel wondered whether the German-born Cardinal with the Nazi past would prove a worthy successor ...
Judge: No show trial for German far-right suspects
A senior German judge has rejected calls to give the public greater access at the trial of a woman suspected of involvement in a far-right murder ...
Russia marks 70th anniversary of Stalingrad battle
An aged T-34 tank clattered into the center of the southern Russian city once known as Stalingrad and soldiers dressed in World War II-era uniforms ...
Thousands march against rightist ball in Austria
Police say a demonstration protesting a right-wing ball in Vienna ended with 20 detentions and four people slightly injured. About 3,000 demonstrators ...
Russian WWII vet recalls the Battle of Stalingrad
The Soviet soldiers used their own bodies as shields, covering women and children escaping on ferry boats from a Nazi bombardment that killed 40,000 ...
8 Dortmund fans banned for flying neo-Nazi banners
Eight Borussia Dortmund fans who displayed neo-Nazi banners during a game have been banned from attending Sunday's Bundesliga match at Bayer ...
Stalingrad gets name back on days marking battle
The southern Russian city where the Red Army decisively turned back Nazi forces in a key World War II battle will once again be known as Stalingrad, ...
Germany marks 80th anniversary of Hitler's rise
On the 80th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to always fight for their principles and not fall into ...
The dead aren't always excused from trial
Sergei Magnitsky died more than three years ago in a Russian jail but authorities are moving to put him on trial in a Russian court.
Holocaust items put on display for remembrance day
When Stella Knobel's family fled World War II Poland in 1939, the only thing the 7-year-old girl could take with her was her teddy bear. For the next ...
Berlusconi defends Mussolini for backing Hitler
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi praised Benito Mussolini for "having done good" despite the Fascist dictator's anti-Jewish laws, immediately ...
Holocaust victims mourned at Auschwitz and beyond
Holocaust survivors, politicians, religious leaders and others marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday with solemn prayers and the ...