The operation followed intense criticism of the police for failing to protect hundreds of women from being sexually molested, mostly by North African men, at the start of last year.

Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf has become a bestseller in Germany again, 92 years after it was first published.

Here are five unlikely black swan events that might catch everyone unawares in the coming year.

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."

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

An Australian woman has told of the terrifying moment she saw a truck plough into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48 more.

We were warned. A month ago, Islamic State told the world there would be sickening attacks during the holiday season.

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.

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

If you think 2016 is a mess, just wait until you see what's next. A toxic mix of potential disasters could send Europe into a death spiral.

More than half a century after he was sent to a Nazi concentration camp, Bob Narev got a surprise payment from Europe.

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.