Ukraine and Russia have agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of war each after the first face-to-face talks in three years. The ...

Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.

Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the ...

Germany's government has banned the largest “Reich citizen” group. The extremist far-right organization calls itself the ...

Ankara’s enhanced global mediation role reflects a long-term strategy bolstered by impartiality and diplomatic ingenuity, ...

Putin had earlier called for "direct talks" with Ukraine on 15 May in Istanbul, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ...

Friedrich Merz has plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor. He presented ...

Conservatives led by Friedrich Merz remain committed to renewables, but say "we must and we will change" an economic policy ...

The Nazis targeted Black people living in Germany, excluding them from society through forced sterilization and denial of ...

Merz is now facing a myriad of challenges, including keeping his coalition government united and boosting Germany's ...

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that threatened to hobble his new government.