Matthias Williams

German reinsurer Munich ​Re posted ‌preliminary second-quarter net profit ​above ​expectations on Friday, helped ⁠by ​strong operational ​performance and very low major-loss ​expenditure in ​its property-casualty reinsurance.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday said he would advise his children against living or studying in the United ​States at the moment, citing a rapidly changing social climate ‌and limited opportunities even for the highly educated.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany must "pull itself together" or risk being left behind in a rapidly changing world, ​in a speech to trade unionists on Tuesday that sparked jeers, whistles and ‌boos.

An Oscar statuette belonging to Russian director Pavel Talankin who won best documentary this ‌year for "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" has been found after going missing on a flight from New York to Germany, German airline Lufthansa said on Friday.

More than 1,900 people have ​been killed and ‌at least 20,000 injured in Iran ​since the ​start of U.S. and ⁠Israeli attacks, ​said Maria Martinez of ​the International Federation of Red Cross and ​Red Crescent ​Societies (IFRC) on Friday, citing figures ‌provided ⁠by the Iranian Red Crescent.

The premier of the German state of Hesse on ​Tuesday called on Italy's UniCredit ‌to submit a concrete offer for the German lender Commerzbank and to clarify ​its objectives.

A Palestinian-Syrian film director accused Germany of being "partners in the genocide in Gaza by Israel" at the Berlin Film Festival, prompting a German minister to walk out of the awards ceremony.

Migrants in Libya, including young girls, are at risk of being killed, tortured, raped or put into domestic slavery, according to a U.N. report that called for a moratorium on the return of migrant boats to the country until human rights are ensured.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday that the future of the French-German-Spanish FCAS warplane programme would become clear in the next few days.

Berlin airport is resuming operations but with significant delays and cancellations after black ice had grounded flights in the German capital earlier on Friday, the airport said.