https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German prosecutors said Monday they have arrested a German-Tunisian woman, the widow of a German rapper turned Islamic State fighter, over her alleged membership of the extremist group. https://www.thelocal.de/20190909/widow-of-german-rapper-turned-is-fighter-arrested Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:20:17 +0200 widow-of-german-rapper-turned-is-fighter-arrested Where your parents come from should not determine the durability of your German citizenship, argues Christina Lee. https://www.thelocal.de/20190402/opinion-why-germany-shouldnt-be-creating-second-class-citizenship-for-foreign-fighters Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:36:17 +0200 opinion-why-germany-shouldnt-be-creating-second-class-citizenship-for-foreign-fighters German prosecutors said on Friday they were looking into allegations that a German national arrested and then deported by Egypt is a jihadist militant. https://www.thelocal.de/20190112/german-arrested-in-egypt-is-jihadist-officials-say Sat, 12 Jan 2019 10:38:41 +0100 german-arrested-in-egypt-is-jihadist-officials-say A 31-year-old Chechen man who is alleged to have stored large quantities of explosives in his Berlin apartment has been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20180822/chechen-terror-suspect-arrested-in-berlin Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:38:52 +0200 chechen-terror-suspect-arrested-in-berlin An Iraqi court said Sunday it had condemned to death by hanging a German woman of Moroccan origin after finding her guilty of belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group. https://www.thelocal.de/20180121/iraq-condemns-german-woman-to-death-for-belonging-to-isis Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:57:05 +0100 iraq-condemns-german-woman-to-death-for-belonging-to-isis Deso Dogg has been reported killed twice before, once by jihadist sources, once by the Pentagon. A US-monitoring group is now claiming the elusive German rapper who went to fight for Isis has been killed again. https://www.thelocal.de/20180119/berlin-rapper-turned-isis-fighter-killed-in-syria-for-third-time Fri, 19 Jan 2018 10:09:57 +0100 berlin-rapper-turned-isis-fighter-killed-in-syria-for-third-time Prior to the suspect’s arrest on Wednesday over alleged plans to carry out an Isis-style ramming attack on the crowds outside a skating rink in the southern German city, security authorities had kept a close eye on the man for some time. https://www.thelocal.de/20171221/man-suspected-of-plotting-karlsruhe-terror-attack-arrested-after-close-observation Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:04:24 +0100 man-suspected-of-plotting-karlsruhe-terror-attack-arrested-after-close-observation Germany's leaders admitted on Tuesday that the government failed to provide adequate support and comfort to relatives of victims in last year's devastating Christmas market attack, and acknowledged security gaps in the run-up to the atrocity. https://www.thelocal.de/20171219/germany-remembers-victims-of-berlin-christmas-market-attack Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:59:45 +0100 germany-remembers-victims-of-berlin-christmas-market-attack A year after an Islamic jihadist ploughed a truck into a Christmas market crowd, killing 12, Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Monday with the victims' families for the first time. https://www.thelocal.de/20171218/merkel-to-meet-bereaved-a-year-after-christmas-market-terrorist-attack Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:57:37 +0100 merkel-to-meet-bereaved-a-year-after-christmas-market-terrorist-attack Raids in the nation’s capital have been taking place since early in the morning on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20171214/berlin-police-raid-properties-of-suspects-linked-to-isis Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:18:40 +0100 berlin-police-raid-properties-of-suspects-linked-to-isis German Chancellor Angela Merkel will this month hold her first face-to-face meeting with relatives of the victims of last year's Christmas market attack, her spokesman said Monday, after the families criticised her for not sufficiently acknowledging their grief. https://www.thelocal.de/20171204/merkel-to-meet-terror-victims-families-after-criticism-over-lack-of-condolences Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:16:18 +0100 merkel-to-meet-terror-victims-families-after-criticism-over-lack-of-condolences Nearly one year after an Islamist terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, another failure during police investigations into the terrorist behind the attack has come to light. https://www.thelocal.de/20171127/new-failures-uncovered-in-police-investigation-of-berlin-truck-attacker Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:30:30 +0100 new-failures-uncovered-in-police-investigation-of-berlin-truck-attacker Six Syrian refugees arrested in Germany on suspicion of preparing a terror attack on behalf of Isis were freed on Wednesday because of a lack of evidence, a prosecutor said. https://www.thelocal.de/20171123/six-syrians-suspected-of-terror-plot-released-over-lack-of-evidence Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:14:55 +0100 six-syrians-suspected-of-terror-plot-released-over-lack-of-evidence An ex-federal prosecutor tasked by the city of Berlin to look into the police’s surveillance of terrorist Anis Amri found that investigators repeatedly missed chances to stop him before he killed anyone. https://www.thelocal.de/20171012/official-investigation-slams-police-over-handling-of-berlin-terror-attacker Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:47:42 +0200 official-investigation-slams-police-over-handling-of-berlin-terror-attacker Notorious hate preacher Abu Walaa, described as the Islamic State group's de facto leader in Germany, goes on trial on Tuesday accused of radicalizing young men and running a jihadist network linked to the Berlin Christmas market attacker. https://www.thelocal.de/20170926/german-is-leader-on-trial-for-recruiting-jihadists Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:37:21 +0200 german-is-leader-on-trial-for-recruiting-jihadists German authorities believe the Islamic State group holds some 11,100 blank Syrian passports that can be completed with any individual's details, weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170910/isis-holds-11100-blank-syrian-passports-german-officials Sun, 10 Sep 2017 16:36:19 +0200 isis-holds-11100-blank-syrian-passports-german-officials A German newspaper has reported more details about the four German women - including one 16-year-old girl - arrested in Iraq as suspected Isis "brides". https://www.thelocal.de/20170726/more-details-emerge-on-4-german-women-arrested-as-suspected-isis-brides Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:25:13 +0200 more-details-emerge-on-4-german-women-arrested-as-suspected-isis-brides A German 16-year-old girl suspected of joining the Islamic State (Isis) jihadists in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, a German judicial source said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170722/german-jihadi-girl-arrested-in-iraq Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:38:17 +0200 german-jihadi-girl-arrested-in-iraq Federal prosecutors filed charges on Friday against an Iraqi man and four associates who allegedly ran a recruiting network for the terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20170721/prosecutors-file-terror-charges-against-isis-ambassador-in-germany Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:44:39 +0200 prosecutors-file-terror-charges-against-isis-ambassador-in-germany Three alleged Syrian jihadists went on trial in Germany Wednesday accused of plotting coordinated suicide bombings and shootings in the western city of Düsseldorf. https://www.thelocal.de/20170705/three-syrians-go-on-trial-over-dsseldorf-terror-plot Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:50:03 +0200 three-syrians-go-on-trial-over-dsseldorf-terror-plot