Latest Angela Merkel News

Allies fear the US is becoming less reliable, with growing concern over a possible Trump return

Feb. 11, 2024 14:53 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — As chances rise of a Joe Biden-Donald Trump rematch in the U.S. presidential election, America’s allies are bracing for a bumpy ride. Many worry that a second term for Trump would be an earthquake, but tremors already abound — and concerns are rising that the U.S....

German domestic spy agency has its former head, now a hard-right politician, under scrutiny

Jan. 31, 2024 12:12 PM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's domestic intelligence agency has put its former head, who has become a hard-right politician since being removed from the job several years ago, under scrutiny. Hans-Georg Maassen posted a letter from the BfV agency to his lawyer on his website Wednesday...

Germany approves the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softer approach

Jan. 10, 2024 10:07 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has approved the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softening of its hard line of recent years toward arms exports to the kingdom. Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit on Wednesday confirmed a report by news...

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81

Dec. 27, 2023 17:13 PM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a central figure in the austerity-heavy effort to drag Europe out of its debt crisis two decades later, has died. He was 81. Schaeuble died at home on Tuesday evening,...