German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has strongly backed Israel's war on Iran and said on Tuesday that Israel was "doing dirty work" for the West by launching the assault. "This is the dirty work Israel is doing for all of us. We are also victims of this regime. This...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz clarified on Tuesday that the decision to allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory with NATO missiles was made months ago. "The issue of limiting the range of deployed weapons played a role a few months and a few years ago. As far as...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that there were no longer any restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western-provided weapons in strikes on Russian territory. "There are no more range limitations for weapons delivered to Ukraine. Neither from the Brits, nor...
Friedrich Merz, the German politician who is expected to be the next chancellor following Sunday's elections, vowed that he would work to make Europe independent of the US and suggested NATO may need to be replaced. "My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe...
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a factory in Ukraine that was opened by the German arms maker Rheinmetall could become a target of the Russian military. When asked if Russia considered the factory a "legitimate military target," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
On Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a diplomatic push toward peace in Ukraine and said he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed that Russia should attend a future peace summit. "I believe that now is the time to discuss how to arrive at...
German prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man they believe was involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany. The man, who was identified by the media as 44-year-old Volodymyr Zhuravlov, is a...
A new poll about a planned US missile deployment to Germany shows that more Germans are opposed to the idea than favor it. The US recently announced that starting in 2026, it will be deploying missile systems that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range...
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Sunday that Russia could deploy new missile systems in response to a planned US missile deployment to Germany and warned of a Cold War-style incident. Earlier this month, the US announced it would deploy missiles to Germany in...
Members of Germany's ruling coalition government are at odds with each other over a US plan to deploy missile systems to the country in 2026 that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which the US withdrew from in 2019. The plan...
