Germany’s centrist establishment has long scorned the far left, but it is increasingly reliant on leftists to outmaneuver the far right in crucial votes in Parliament.

The U.S. announced more than $11 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, which is bracing for a long-feared invasion by China. The Trump administration said it would pull federal funding from any U.S.

German parliament on Friday voted to pass a bill that would allow military conscription, following rising tensions between Russia and European Union (EU) states. With 323 votes in support coming from ...

BERLIN(AP) — Germany's parliament on Friday approved a pension reform package that had prompted a rebellion in the ranks of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party, averting a crisis for the government ...

Recruits attend a tank destruction exercise in the field at the Westfalen-Kaserne barracks of the German armed forces in Ahlen, western Germany on Nov. 13, 2025. (Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images) ...