Friedrich Merz is becoming chancellor at the most challenging time for Germany since reunification 35 years ago.

The choice of ministers points to a tolerance for political risk, but it also assembles a team of loyalists around the new chancellor and vice chancellor.

Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the ...

German lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz will become the country's 10th ...

BERLIN - Conservative Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in on Tuesday as Germany's new chancellor at a critical juncture as ...

BERLIN — Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in as chancellor on Tuesday with a mission to revive ...