- Aug 21
Car drives into Hofgeismar pedestrian zone after driver suffers medical emergency, injuring eight
A 68-year-old driver in a Mercedes travelled several hundred meters through a pedestrian street in northern Hesse on Friday morning, injuring eight people before colliding with a department store.
- Jul 28
Germany Deports 31 Afghans in Night Flight, Including First Non-Criminal Since Taliban Takeover
A charter flight carried 30 convicted offenders and one man required to leave from Leipzig to Kabul early Tuesday, marking an expansion of Berlin's deportation policy. The move, based on a direct deal with the Taliban, drew immediate condemnation from the Greens and unease from coalition partner SPD.
- Jul 23
Germany expands Afghan deportations beyond criminals as Faridoon Tofan, 46, faces removal next week
Germany is expanding deportations to Afghanistan beyond criminals and security threats, with a 46-year-old Afghan who fled the Taliban now facing removal next week after a bus trip to Rome.
