The choice of ministers points to a tolerance for political risk, but it also assembles a team of loyalists around the new ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House today. The meeting comes as the US ...

Friedrich Merz is becoming chancellor at the most challenging time for Germany since reunification 35 years ago.

To accomplish that task, he will need to repair ties with the U.S. and allies, end an immigration crisis and kick-start the ...

On May 6, 1937, the German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock in New Jersey, killing 36 of ...

Germany officially labeled the far-right Alternative für Germany (AfD) party as a confirmed right-wing extremist group. This ...

German lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz will become the country’s 10th ...

Pessimism is the German national sport, but the new chancellor will be determined to prove his compatriots wrong.

The secretary of state, who has been steadily rising through the ranks under the orders of his former rival, is now taking ...

In January 1945 the end of the Second World War looked hopeful, but was by no means guaranteed as the Nazis continued to ...

Germany's new coalition government will be sworn in on May 6, with chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz picking close allies ...

The new German leader, who aims to dedicate two-thirds of his first year in office to Europan affairs, has planned trips to ...