LONDON (AP) — Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks ...

As a US soldier, George Leitmann, now 99, helped liberate Germany from National Socialism. Eighty years after World War Two ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s new chancellor on Tuesday, but only after a dramatic second-round ...

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

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof offered his congratulations to Friedrich Merz, who was selected by German officials to ...

Earlier on Tuesday, lawmakers elected Merz as chancellor in the second round of voting. He was confirmed in a 325-289 vote, with one abstention. At least 316 votes were required. Merz then received a ...

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has raised doubts about his new government’s ability to carry through on plans to ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany’s next chancellor after succeeding to form a coalition with the ...