A former member of communist East Germany's secret police has been charged with murder over the killing of a Polish national at a border crossing in divided Berlin in 1974, prosecutors said Thursday.

BERLINBERLIN — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, went on trial Thursday over the killing of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 ...

A return to the rails of a historic express train from the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) era has been postponed at the last minute after technical problems emerged. The GDR express train ...

An 80-year-old former Stasi officer has gone on trial for the killing of a Polish man at a Berlin border crossing 50 years ago. The suspect, unnamed due to German privacy rules, faces murder charges ...

BERLIN — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided ...