Merz's office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe's biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump on Thursday — the first in-person meeting between the two.

Friedrich Merz may have restored Germany’s diplomatic credibility internationally, but his latest foray into Middle Eastern ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia accused German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday of pursuing a path of "militarisation" and said ...

Friedrich Merz, the newly inaugurated German chancellor, will take a seat in the Oval Office on Thursday for his first in-person meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss in the Bundestag. In the second round, 325 lawmakers voted for Merz, bringing him past the 316-vote threshold. The far ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an unprecedented defeat on the first attempt got his coalition government off to a wobbly start.

German Chancellor Merz's meeting with President Trump is expected to cover trade disputes and defense concerns, with Merz backing Trump's call to increase NATO's military spending.

Friedrich Merz became Germany’s 10th postwar chancellor on Tuesday after a historic stumble that could complicate his efforts to revive the nation’s slumping economy, tighten its borders and ...

Trump said D-Day was "not a great day" for Germany. Merz replied the Normandy invasion marked "the liberation of my country from a Nazi dictator.” WASHINGTON −Another day, another startled ...

Police are mounting a major operation to protect the Berlin Pride parade, with hundreds of thousands expected to attend. Merz ...

Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as Germany’s 10th chancellor on Tuesday morning. Instead, he failed to win enough votes in Parliament, which is usually merely a symbolic step, falling ...

Some U.S. lawmakers do not understand the scale of Russia's rearmament campaign, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday, a day after he held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in the ...