President Donald Trump said NATO countries must sharply increase their defense spending, demanding member states push beyond current benchmarks that many of them already struggle to hit.

The sites also spread content favourable to politicians and parties taking more nationalist and Russia-friendly stands, like Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

But not all of the leading conservative populist parties in the world are the same — in rhetoric or on policy.

BERLIN - Ukraine must win the war against Russia, regain lost territory and be free to join military alliances, Mr Friedrich Merz - favourite to become Germany’s next chancellor - said on Jan 23. Mr ...

U.S. President Donald Trump drew pockets of laughter and a few moans with his blunt comments to an international audience while appearing by video link at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Sw ...

In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at precisely the moment when Russia, having just lost the Crimean War, was ...

In Germany, a toxic national debate on Muslims and immigration has fueled the rise of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland. Polling second place ahead of February’s federal elections, mainstream ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that restoring the alliance's credibility after a Russian victory in Ukraine could require trillions of dollars.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has told DW that Europe must take on a greater security load whoever is in the White House.

After years in which Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, conservative election front-runner Friedrich Merz has vowed a bold return to ...

He emphasized the urgent need to strengthen the Alliance’s defense capabilities amid military developments in Russia, where ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House has darkened the mood in Germany a month before elections, as multiple crises shake ...