Germany

Non-voters and young people turned out for the AfD and far left, depriving the CDU of an enthusiastic mandate

Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is expected to make historic gains.

There is a major operation in Berlin following a terrifying knife attack at the Holocaust Memorial.

Belongings strewn on ground after car drives through crowd in Munich

German officials faced mounting criticism on Sunday over the failure to prevent a deadly Christmas market attack in Magdeburg as it emerged that the 50-year-old suspect had made online death threats against German citizens and had a history of quarrelling with state authorities.

Olaf Scholz finally runs out of patience with Christian Lindner

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday promised a full investigation after what appeared to be a recording of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was posted on Russian social media, in a potentially huge embarrassment for Berlin.

A giant aquarium containing around 1,500 tropical fish has burst, flooding a hotel lobby and a nearby street and leaving two people injured, emergency services said.

Thousands of police have raided sites in Germany targeting a far-right “terror group” that allegedly planned to overthrow the government.

Authorities have detained 25 people, including ex-police and military personnel, who allegedly wanted to reinstate a monarchy

In the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Germany is cutting a rather ambivalent figure. Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is one major reason why. Can the Social Democrats and the country find its way out from under his shadow?

Germany’s so-called traffic light coalition has unveiled its plan to form a government eight weeks after the federal election, with former finance minister Olaf Scholz set to be chancellor.

In a new twist, Berlin has suggested that a country’s commitment to NATO be measured by the proportion of its armed forces allocated for the alliance’s needs, not by the well-worn rule of spending two percent of GDP on defense.

“Whenever you can get back out on the pitch with a ball, you're happy,” U.S. international Tyler Adams told NBC News.