Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz warned the US against abandoning allies and urged Europe to strengthen its defence, ...

With Merz at the helm and the SPD’s Boris Pistorius likely gaining a seat at the table, Ukraine can expect a stronger ally in ...

If Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s Chancellor, he must navigate coalition-building, far-right influence, economic hurdles, ...

A long election night in Germany has ended with five parties entering the next parliament and the conservative alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social ...

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 1.3%. Japan's Nikkei returned from a public holiday with a ...

President Donald Trump hosted French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Monday to continue discussions about ending the war in Ukraine.

Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron expressed hope that peace could be achieved in Ukraine. But questions remain at what cost, ...

German business morale unexpectedly stagnated in February, a survey showed this week, dealing a difficult hand to a future ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s centre-right conservative party (CDU), is set to become the country’s new chancellor after provisional results confirmed his mainstream conservatives had won the ...