German factory orders unexpectedly dropped for a second month in December, adding to signs that Europe’s largest economy is facing a more protracted loss in momentum, Bloomberg writes. The 1.6 percent decline, the steepest in six months, may feed speculation that Germany, once Europe’s major growth...

Three Iraqi men are under arrest in northern Germany on suspicion of terrorism charges, police confirmed on Wednesday. The three suspects are aged between 23 and 36 and were arrested in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, prosecutors in Karlsruhe said. According to Spiegel magazine, investigators had uncovered...

Nearly four years after almost 1 million refugees were welcomed into the country, Germany has quietly been closing the window on asylum applications and ramping up deportations, CNNCNNwrites. This trend has continued even as the number of people arriving in Europe has dropped 80% since the height of...