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"We are an open society. We show our face. We are not burqa," Thomas de Maiziere wrote. (AFP)

May 3rd, 2017 - 06:44 GMT

‘We Show our Face, we are Not Burqa’ says German Interior Minister

German minister Thomas de Maiziere calls for laws banning the burqa to protect his country's 'dominant culture'.

People mourn at a memorial on July 24, 2016 in front of the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping center in Munich, Germany, where an 18-year-old German-Iranian student shot and killed nine people. (AFP/Christof Stache)

July 25th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Munich shooter planned attack for a year, received psychiatric treatment

andles and flowers lie in front of the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping centre on July 23, 2016 in Munich, southern Germany, one day after a teenage German-Iranian gunman killed nine people and wounded 16. (AFP/Sven Hoppe)

July 24th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

No link between Munich shooting and Daesh

The third attack on civilians in Europe in barely a week saw panicked shoppers fleeing the Olympia (OEZ) mall in Munich as police launched a massive operation. (AFP/File)

July 23rd, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Munich shooting: Nine killed in deadly shopping attack

German police shot dead a 17-year-old Afghan refugee Monday after he attacked train passengers with an axe and a knife. (AFP/File)

July 20th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Germany says axe attacker was ‘goaded’ by Daesh propaganda

Refugees arrive at the train station in Germany. (AFP/File)

July 9th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Over 220, 000 refugees enter Germany in 2016

Two women walk along the beach with a child in Myrsini on April 20, 2016, a few metres away from a summer resort sheltering nearly 350 Syrian refugees. (AFP/Aris Messinis)

April 30th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Germany, Austria pressure Italy to halt migration from North Africa

A migrant boy walks at the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni on March 30, 2016, where thousands of refugees and migrants are stranded by the Balkan border blockade. (AFP/Sakis Mitrolidis)

April 3rd, 2016 - 06:31 GMT

EU may seek refugee deals with North African countries

Refugee children and their parents from Afghanistan look at books and games in the refugee camp "Bayernkaserne" in Munich, southern Germany, on March 21, 2016. (AFP/Christof Stache)

March 30th, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Turkish leader in Germany slams country’s plans to penalize refugees if not ‘successfully integrated’

Refugees look through a fence towards the Macedonian side at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on March 1 , 2016, where thousands are stranded. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)

March 10th, 2016 - 01:30 GMT

EU on alert for alternative migration routes as borders close

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February 1st, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Taliban suicide bombing kills ten in Afghanistan's Kabul

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January 13th, 2016 - 11:19 GMT

Turkey arrests Daesh members after fatal attack on Sultanahmet

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December 8th, 2015 - 06:00 GMT

Nearly 965,000 asylum seekers registered in Germany