Friedrich Merz lost the first round of votes Tuesday morning in a historic defeat, but ultimately prevailed hours later on ...

The conservative leader had been expected to smoothly win the vote to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since World War II. No ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented defeat signaled ...

Hours after he suffered a historic defeat, Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor on Tuesday. The leader of the ...

Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over the Nazis in an intense fight for the German ...

Because the vote is held by secret ballot, it is not immediately clear — and might never be known — who defected from Merz's ...

Across Europe, in forests, fields and beneath old farmland, the remains of German soldiers are still being found, exhumed and reburied by teams from a nonprofit organization called the Volksbund ...

President Trump announced plans to officially designate May 8, the date when the Germans signed the articles of surrender to ...