By today's standards, Eric Fisher Wood Sr. would probably not have joined the National Guard, let alone join two armies to ...

BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country. Even though it's highly ...

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...

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The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday in which two people were killed, including a toddler ...

Ever since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the authorities have intensified their focus on propaganda, including efforts aimed at children and teenagers. According to calculations by ...

Earlier this month Musk hosted Alice Weidel, the AfD's candidate to be German chancellor, for a wide-ranging livestream chat on X. He has previously attacked Scholz on X, labelling the chancellor ...

PARIS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sought to project unity at a meeting in Paris on Wednesday, as Europe struggles to respond with one ...

BERLIN — A 2-year-old boy of Moroccan origin and a 41-year-old German man were killed in a knife attack Wednesday in a park in Aschaffenburg in southern Germany. Three other people were injured ...

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk called the chancellor of Germany "Oaf Schitz" on his social media platform X on Tuesday, responding to a video of the leader's comments on free speech at the World ...

While leading German politicians fear the worst from Trump's second presidency, German parties are taking very different approaches to him. The nationalist AfD is delighted — and was even ...