Germany's politicians face mounting pressure to speed up forming a new government and provide fresh aid to Kyiv as Berlin ...

Friedrich Merz will try to govern with a moderate coalition at a time of rising support for extremist political forces ...

Likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he will find "ways and means" for Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Germany. Israel's Prime Minister is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes ...

Several German election candidates have cried foul as a new electoral reform meant they were left without a seat despite winning their district. The CDU/CSU wants to make electoral reform a condition ...

The victory of the Christian Democratic leader in the February 23 German parliamentary elections was met with relief by ...

Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

Two Kurdish women are running in Hamburg state elections for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after their party won the ...

Kremlin has at least 1,550 long-range missiles, meanwhile, concerns are rising that Trump will cut back security guarantees ...

For most of his first term, President Donald Trump was a relatively lonely figure on the world stage. Establishment figures considered him vulgar, and his unaba ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a tense confrontation with US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance ...

German federal election was staged with all the intensity and anticipation worthy of the world’s 4th largest economy. Voters flocked to polling stations against the backdrop of vigorous debate and ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...