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 A Tunisian man and his German wife went on trial Friday, charged with planning a foiled biological bomb attack in Germany with the deadly poison ricin. https://www.thelocal.de/20190607/tunisian-german-couple-in-court-over-ricin-attack-plot Fri, 07 Jun 2019 09:34:02 +0200 tunisian-german-couple-in-court-over-ricin-attack-plot Germany has one of the highest rates of gun ownership worldwide, yet also one of the lowest rates of gun-related deaths. The Local looks at some other facts that might surprise you. https://www.thelocal.de/20160616/five-things-to-know-about-guns-in-germany-us-gun-control-laws Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:11:01 +0200 five-things-to-know-about-guns-in-germany-us-gun-control-laws A man riding a train between Düsseldorf and Dortmund was apparently so bothered by some youths' music and singing, that he pulled out a firearm. https://www.thelocal.de/20161011/man-threatens-young-people-with-gun-over-their-taste-in-music Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:33:13 +0200 man-threatens-young-people-with-gun-over-their-taste-in-music A new report by Amnesty International blames "decades of poorly regulated arms flows" into Iraq for providing Isis with a huge arsenal of weapons - including some marked "made in Germany". https://www.thelocal.de/20151208/amnesty-isis-using-german-weapons-for-terror Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:29:13 +0100 amnesty-isis-using-german-weapons-for-terror A woman from Düsseldorf who shot her daughter multiple times before ending her own life this week was trying to stop the teen travelling to Australia, it emerged on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150812/mother-shot-own-daughter-over-planned-australia-trip Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:39:40 +0200 mother-shot-own-daughter-over-planned-australia-trip Elsterwerda police had to secure their station for two hours after an elderly man who found a World War II-era grenade laid it in their yard in an Aldi discount grocery store bag on Monday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.de/20080715/13077 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:57:00 +0200 13077