British Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks aimed at salvaging Britain's divorce deal with the European Union.Merkel greeted May with a handshake in wet, gr...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the German chancellor that he is 'seriously concerned' about the weekend's escalation near Crimea and developments in Ukraine.Russian border guards on Sunday ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s anointed successor, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said on Monday that she would quit as party leader and no longer seek the country’s top position, adding to the political...

If Germany is the heart of Europe, then it is currently the slow-beating heart of a businessman resting on his office couch after an ample lunch. For Europe’s sake, and for Germany’s own, that hea...

Trust Donald Trump to shake up something as staid as a G20 summit by going out of his way to pick out India and other US allies for uncharitable comments on issues ranging from trade to security. “I...

Felix Germann was not expecting anyone when his doorbell rang last week. Outside was a doctor who looked like she had just stepped out of an operating theatre, green scrubs, face mask and all — and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron told Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday that there was not enough time to wholly rewrite Britain’s Brexit divorce deal before an Oct. 31 deadline.Johnson met M...

Two apologies have been among the ‘results’ of the elections just concluded. When you make a mistake, the judge, S.K. Kaul, said to Rahul Gandhi’s counsel, admit it. The matter was about the att...

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is among the Forbes' ranking of 100 most powerful women in the world, a list topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the ninth consecutive year.Other In...

Some words can’t be translated easily. But they can cross national borders, lose their original context along the journey, assume different meanings and crop up in unlikely places.This week, Chancel...