BERLIN: Responding to a firestorm of protest in Germany over its disputed Street View navigation service, Google said Thursday it would extend a deadline for allowing people to opt out. The move is part... (more...)

CAPE TOWN: A South African court on Saturday handed a German football fan a suspended jail term for shoving aeroplane cabin crew after his World Cup semi-final-bound flight was denied landing in Durban.... (more...)

ERASMIA, South Africa: Germany are the uncrowned kings of World Cup penalty shoot-outs, but coach Joachim Loew is taking nothing for granted ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final against Argentina. Germany... (more...)

BERLIN: Germany wants to impose a levy on banks not to exceed 15 percent of their annual net profit to create a fund to prepare for potential future banking crises, according to a document seen by AFP... (more...)

LONDON: Rafael Nadal survived a scare to book his place in the fourth round at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3 win against Germany’s Philipp Petzschner on Saturday. Nadal had been... (more...)

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa: Germany Saturday insisted coach Joachim Loew’s no-show at a World Cup press conference was not in protest at a ban on training at the stadium to be used for the clash... (more...)

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday her planned austerity measures would not harm growth, after US President Barack Obama warned scaling back spending too fast could harm the global economy.”It... (more...)

CAPE TOWN: Fabio Capello believes Wayne Rooney’s World Cup drought is down to a “mental” problem.Rooney has failed to score in six appearances on football’s bigest stage —... (more...)

JOHANNESBURG: Serbia stunned Germany in the World Cup and Slovenia squandered a great chance to reach the second round Friday as poor starters England sought maximum points against Algeria.  Liverpool-bound... (more...)

BERLIN: Ten alleged Somali pirates arrived in Germany Thursday after extradition from the Netherlands for what will likely be the first piracy trial in the northern port city of Hamburg in around 400 years.A... (more...)