Jorg Luyken

A local councillor for the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) was shot in the jaw on Tuesday when police tried to arrest him over an alleged plot to mount a Nazi-inspired coup.

Germany's fragile government has collapsed after Olaf Scholz , the Chancellor, fired his finance minister on Wednesday evening.

Olaf Scholz, right, has dismissed Christian Lindner, left - Clemens Bilan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Olaf Scholz has been accused of lying by claiming he fired his finance minister over his lack of support for Ukraine, a decision that led to the implosion of his government

Makkabi Berlin was set up in the 1970s by Holocaust survivors - Markus Lenhardt/Avalon

A Norwegian fishing boat has caught its largest ever haul – a US navy nuclear-powered submarine weighing in at 7,800 tons.

Publika An opposition politician has thrown paint at the head of Georgia's electoral commission, accusing him of being a “black spot” on the country's democratic system.

Israel has killed two senior leaders of the Islamic Jihad terror organisation as it intensifies its air strikes in Syria.

Austria's airspace was left undefended for several days last week due to the country's army running out of flight controllers to oversee its main airbase.

A critical underwater internet cable linking Finland to Germany has been severed, sparking fears of Russian sabotage.