The Local Germany

'I'm a proud European': Pakistani-born German on identity as Brexit looms

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:33:59 +0200

At a crossroads due to Brexit, Pakistani-born German national Anam Hussain who lives in the UK discusses identity in uncertain times.

German retailer ups payout for Pakistan factory fire victims

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:07:39 +0200

German discount clothes retailer KiK has agreed to pay another $5.15 million in compensation to victims of one of Pakistan's worst-ever industrial accidents, the company said in a statement.

Germany blasts countries that won't take back migrants

Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:00:29 +0100

The German government has sent angry letters to the 17 countries most reluctant to take back their nationals who’ve had asylum applications rejected in Germany.

'Germans among dead' in Pakistan air strikes

Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:36:00 +0100

Three Germans were among 40 people killed when Pakistani jets and helicopters bombarded suspected Taliban hideouts in a northwestern tribal district, a senior security source said on Wednesday.

German security contact dies in US drone attack

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:50:00 +0100

A German man has reportedly been killed in a US drone attack in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although a convert to Islam, he was said to be in contact with German security officials.

Germany helped US with 'illegal' drone attacks

Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:35:00 +0200

Germany helped the CIA carry out drone attacks in Pakistan according to a report by Amnesty International published on Tuesday. The human rights organization has called on the German government to come clean about its involvement and slammed some of the attacks as “war crimes”.

Retailers consider factory fire safety push

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:43:00 +0100

Major German clothes retailers are talking about how they can exert pressure on manufacturers in developing countries to protect their workers better, after a number of fires killed scores of workers.

German Taliban 'put off by dirt and violence'

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:41:00 +0100

A German man who ran away to join the Taliban told a court this week how he had a horrible time in the Pakistani borderlands and was happy to be back home – even though he now faces a prison term.

Clothing firm increases fire compensation offer

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:46:00 +0200

German discount clothing retailer Kik has agreed to pay more than $1.2 million compensation for victims of a Pakistan factory fire, a union leader said Wednesday, after an initial offer worked out to less than €1,500 per life lost.

Factory fire firm offers less than €1,500 a death

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:00:00 +0200

German discount clothing firm Kik, which was the main contractor at a Pakistani factory where more than 259 people died in a fire last month, has set up a fund for the victims – offering less than €1,500 per dead worker.

Kik bought clothes from doomed factory

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:35:00 +0200

Discount clothes chain Kik has admitted to getting products made at the factory in Pakistan where nearly 300 workers died in a fire last week, due to basic safety standards being flouted.

Germany probes drone killing in Pakistan

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:29:00 +0200

The German federal prosecutor's office has opened a probe into the 2010 death of a German national in a drone strike in a Pakistan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, a spokesman said Thursday.

Asylum applications jump to eight-year high

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:30:00 +0100

The number of people seeking asylum in Germany has jumped to its highest point in eight years, although it is still well below early-90s levels, a newspaper report said Tuesday.

German 'spies' detained in Pakistan

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:14:00 +0100

Three alleged German spies have been detained in Pakistan by police and released to German diplomats, according to media reports.

Al Qaida 'planned to take German hostages'

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:15:00 +0100

Documents seized in May linked to al Qaida leaders indicate that the terrorist organisation was aiming to take hostages in Germany and other Western countries as part of a "war of attrition," according to a newspaper report.

Karzai slams Pakistan for boycotting Bonn talks

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:06:00 +0100

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused Pakistan of undermining negotiations with the ban by boycotting an international conference on Afghanistan starting Monday in Bonn.

Pakistan spied on Germans in Afghanistan

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:12:00 +0100

Pakistan’s intelligence agency reportedly spied on German police officers working in Afghanistan, raising questions whether Pakistan is passing information on to the insurgent Taliban about security forces’ operations.

German terrorist 'killed by drone'

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:39:00 +0200

A German terrorist who helped found a group dedicated to attacking Germans and Americans has been killed by an US drone in Pakistan, according to media reports.

'German Mother Theresa' saves lives in Pakistan

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:52:00 +0100

Drone attack target was 20-year-old from Wuppertal

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:45:00 +0200

One of the three Germans killed at the start of the month in a US army drone attack in Pakistan was a 20-year-old from the Wuppertal region, according to Essen-based WAZ newspaper group.