Germans are widely known for the ease with which they shed clothing, so it comes as little surprise the country’s first route for hiking naked could soon open in the hilly Harz region. Foreigners are frequently shocked by the widespread nudity found...

A Thai waxworks museum has apologised and covered up a giant billboard of Adolf Hitler giving a Nazi salute after the Israeli and German embassies lodged complaints, its director said on Sunday. The billboard was one of four featuring pictures of...

The personal car of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has copped the fury of political critics, with unknown assailants sticking nails in the car's tyres, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported Tuesday.

A controversial law forcing communications companies to keep records of customers' phone and internet use for six months was to be scrutinised Tuesday by the Constitutional Court after 34,000 people lodged appeals against it.

NATO hopes to send two tactical groups, up to 3,000 troops, to north Afghanistan under German command, a NATO chief of staff said Monday.

The opposition Social Democrats in January will try to question Chancellor Angela Merkel over the deadly Afghan air strike affair as they broaden their political attack on the government, news magazine Der Spiegel reported Tuesday.

Spending the day at the beach can be hard work if you're Europe's top-ranked volleyball players. Jeff Kavanagh catches up with Laura Ludwig and Sara Goller.