Thousands of Italians take to social media to congratulate the two police officers who finally put a stop to Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri's escape through Europe.

Jailed at a migrant reception centre for minors on the isle of Sicily the boy who once drank alcohol - and never went to mosque - suddenly got religion.

A little girl has been reunited with her favourite teddy after she accidentally left him behind in Auckland Airport when her family moved to Germany.

The prime suspect sought in the deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market was the subject of a terrorism probe in Germany earlier this year.

Policeare desperately hunting a "violent and armed" suspect, as the Berlin attack exposes gaping holes in Germany's security system.

Europe has recently witnessed the emergence of a worrisome new type of militant attacker, according to experts: "underage terrorists."

German police have said they cannot be certain the man in custody is responsible for the attack, as they scour the truck's log for clues.

A deadly truck crash in Berlin has sparked warnings that Australia needs to do more to prevent terrorists carrying out copycat acts on home soil.

Berlin police storm disused Tempelhof Airport used as refugee camp in the wake of Christmas market attack, while truck driver identified as young Pakistani.

Recent events in Berlin and Ankara are "unsettling", Prime Minister Bill English has said.

A Kiwi in Berlin has spoken out on the tragic events at a Christmas market in the city.

A young woman fed up with receiving unsolicited explicit photos from men decided it was time to take sweet revenge. But not everyone agreed with what she did.

The New Zealand Government this morning issued a travel advisory to Kiwis in Berlin in the wake of today's Christmas market attack.

Kaitaia-based Highway Patrol constable Darren Critchley thought his working day was over at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon but it was only just beginning...

A boy dubbed "The Kindergarten Bomber" is accused of planting a nail bomb near a Christmas market in Germany.

A German cannibal killer stands in his sandals and socks in the basement where he murdered and chopped up a willing victim he had met online.

CCTV footage shows a man kicking a woman in the back, sending her flying eight steps down a flight of stairs.

Speeding motorcyclist killed fellow rider when he cut a blind corner, court told.

A World War Two paratrooper who survived being shot four times in the conflict died on Remembrance Sunday while the Last Post played at 11am.

VW has reached an agreement with US regulators to fix or buy back 80,000 vehicles with tainted diesel engines .

The sunshine and the sea - and the chance to catch up with other "gap year" students from back home in Germany has made Osnabruck's

After nearly 50 years together, a husband is jailed for life for the strangulation of his wife. Greg Bruce discovers how an ordinary relationship went so horribly wrong.

On November 11, 1918, at 11am Germany and the Allied forces signed an armistice to end four years of brutal battle, marking the end

The number of British Jews applying for German citizenship has gone up exponentially this year.

From playing a small role to becoming a major attraction, Hobbit actor John Callen experiences Hobbitcon's buzz.

A little girl has written a note asking the thieves who burgled her home to return the treasured items they stole from her family.

There is a house in western Germany that looks like a typical child's drawing. Unlike a structure born from a child's imagination, though, this was a house of nightmares.

A private Berlin museum has unveiled a replica of part of Hitler's bunker and it hasn't been universally welcomed.

A search for intelligence on Uncle George takes Phil Vine deep inside the headquarters of East Germany's tyrannical Stasi.

Scientists face a tense night as they desperately wait for a response from their probe to Mars.