Plans to hold a topless tobogganing competition next month in the east German ski resort of Oberwiesenthal have caused a furore.

Mercedes-Benz is adhering to a high-quality production process with the SLS AMG super-coupe.

Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne is one automotive industry executive sceptical about the ability of Dutch niche player Spyker Cars NV to turn around the fortunes of Sweden's Saab.

Unseeded American John Isner is the first man to advance through to the final at the Heineken Open in Auckland.

A young German tourist hit and killed by a truck wrote of aggressive Kiwi drivers just a few days before her death.

Following the marriage of President Jacob Zuma to his fifth wife, the Independent looks at the arguments for and against polygamy.

A kidnap victim reveals in a new film how her captor shaved her head, forbade her to cry and brutally abused her during eight years in a cellar.

Pete Doherty has been arrested in Germany for allegedly smashing the back window of a car.

Evidence of mass cannibalism in which even children and unborn babies were on the menu has been uncovered in Germany by archaeologists.

Singer Pete Doherty has apologised for offending festival-goers in Germany when he performed a Nazi-era rendition of their national anthem.