President Ahmad al-Sharaa has postponed his visit to Berlin, for talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, due to the political situation in his country. The repatriation of Syrian refugees was high on th...
Germany's GDP grew 0.2% in 2025, ending a run of two consecutive years of recession, new figures show. The justice minister wants to combat the misuse of AI to create sexualized images. DW has more...
The president of the German Armed Forces' reservists says European troops should be sent to Greenland to block a US takeover of the territory. Meanwhile, heating bills are set to soar amid a harsh win...
Since Russia full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, Europe's attention has been firmly fixed on NATO's eastern flank. But could the Arctic become the next area requiring defence and doe...
After their very public protest at the last World Cup in Qatar, Germany's football team looks unlikely to do the same in the United States in 2026....
The second term of US President Donald Trump has brought unprecedented strain on once-solid German-American relations. The issue of Greenland could be a tipping point. DW looks back on a year of trans...
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Bavaria's State Premier Markus Söder wants to change Germany's political map, but his proposal to merge federal states is meeting with resistance....
Iran's regime has been cracking down on protesters with brutal force. Images of bodies in shrouds have provoked shock and outrage around the world — including among five Iranian women living in German...
Two Ukrainians have been accused of planning sabotage attacks for Russian spy services. Meanwhile, Germany's foreign minister has played down the US threat to Greenland. DW has more....
The official overseeing President Trump’s Border Patrol operations is Gregory Bovino, a figure who has publicly defended ICE’s hard-line enforcement approach and drawn attention for wearing a coat cri...
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Germany is pulling its troops out of Greenland after a very brief assessment mission. The withdrawal comes amid President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and his claim that Greenland should belong to th...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed the new German-Italian Action Plan in Rome, where the two delegations met for the intergovernmental summit in Rome on ...
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The German reconnaissance team is among the groups of European military personnel who are scheduled to arrive in Greenland on Thursday....
Merz is due in Bengaluru, often called India's Silicon Valley, after meeting PM Modi in Ahmedabad. The visit comes just weeks ahead of plans to sign a long-awaited free trade agreement between India a...
A majority of Germans say President Donald Trump's approach to foreign policy endangers the NATO alliance, according to a new survey....
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Since its founding, the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has stood in opposition. In 2026, it hopes to win state-level governing power and perhaps more....