IS Claims First German Attack With Train Axe Assault

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for its first attack in Germany, an axe and knife assault on a train carried out by a 17-year-old Afghan refugee. German authorities said they had found a hand-painted IS flag among the belongings of the asylum seeker, who seriously injured four members of a family of tourists from Hong Kong in his rampage. The teenage assailant was killed as he tried to flee. “The perpetrator of the stabbing attack in Germany was one of the fighters of the Islamic State,” the IS-linked Amaq news agency said.

Time Magazine Person Of The Year.........And The Winner Is??

Time Magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its “Person of the Year”. The magazine cited her role in Europe’s crises over migration and Greek debt.

Germany On Course To Receiving 1m Asylum-seekers

Germany has registered 964,574 new asylum-seekers in the first 11 months of the year, putting it on course for more than a million in 2015. The number of migrants arriving has not slowed despite the winter cold, with a record high of 206,101 in November.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in August that the country expected 800,000 asylum-seekers over the year.

The Latest: Canadian Red Cross Sends Refugee Aid to Germany

BERLIN — The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local (CET):The Canadian Red Cross says it's sending thousands of cots and blankets to Germany to help