Friedrich Merz has never been part of a government, but now he is set to become German chancellor at a difficult time for the country. Berlin must navigate treacherous international waters with a lagging economy and a fractured political landscape.

The use of artificial intelligence is changing the balance of power on the battlefield and in the German arms industry. Established giants are facing new challenges from up-and-coming startups.

The German election campaign has become a magnet for fake news and AI-generated propaganda as foreign actors seek to boost the right wing. The attacks are becoming more sophisticated, and are no longer coming just from Russia, but from the U.S. as we...

In an interview on the occasion of the publishing of her memoirs, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, 70, speaks about her experiences with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the road ahead for democracy and the mistakes she may have made.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has long been sharply critical of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government. Now, though, Merz appears to be in good position to become Germany's next chancellor. Would he really do things that much differently?

The images that began coming out of Bergamo in early 2020 - of coffins being loaded onto military trucks as the coronavirus tightened its grip - spread fear across Europe. And the scars are still fresh today.

With U.S. President Donald Trump having made it clear that he has little use for the trans-Atlantic alliance, Europe is rapidly trying to design a strategy for Ukraine - and for its own future.

Donald Trump has jettisoned the existing world order and the U.S. is backing away from decades-old alliances. Europe has no choice but to fend for itself.

First came the collapse of the Soviet Union, then an economic crisis and now the Russian invasion: Ukraine's population has been dropping for some time. Putin's war has turned the crisis into a catastrophe. An area in northern Ukraine provides a case...

Hundreds of Finns fought with the German Waffen-SS in Ukraine during World War II. New research shows that many of them were convinced Nazis and may have committed atrocities. The finding has triggered a debate in Finland.