Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament delayed him from taking office. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in the polls. By Clay Risen Reporting from Berlin Ever since the German ...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to refrain from sharing intelligence with Germany’s domestic intelligence agency days after the country’s spy arm ...

Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...

"This issue is about clarity, consistency and control," Dobrindt told reporters. Germany's Bild newspaper first reported the plans earlier on Wednesday. The rejection of asylum seekers is legally ...

VILSECK, Germany – His grandfather worked for the Army for 24 years and retired in 1995. His father worked for the Army for three decades and retired in 2023. His brother has six years working ...

Alexander Dobrindt, the new interior minister, rescinded Merkel's 2015 order, which had previously allowed hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers to enter Germany, many of whom were fleeing civil ...

In recent years, civil liberties have increasingly been curtailed in Germany. One notable incident occurred when Deutschland-Kurier, a news portal with close ties to the AfD, shared a photoshopped ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable sense of relief in the parliament chamber after a ...

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) – Tesla sales nosedived again in Germany last month even as electric vehicle sales rose strongly, data showed Tuesday, as German drivers voted with their wallets ...

BERLIN — Germany’s new Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters on Wednesday that he had instructed federal police to tighten border controls with the goal of turning back more irregular ...

Germany’s first IRIS-T SLM medium range air defence system is seen at the military base camp in Todendorf, northern Germany, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Bockwoldt / AFP) Germany has ...