German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to make the Bundeswehr the "strongest conventional army in Europe." Other EU countries also have ambitious plans for their armed forces. DW takes a closer look.

A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four ...

Brief talks between Russia and Ukraine took place in Istanbul with lower-level delegations. This was the first time the two ...

Zelensky calls Trump after Moscow and Kyiv agree to 1000-prisoner swap - The critical talks ended after a turbulent two days ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz talks about his private exchanges with U.S. President Donald Trump, his own lack of ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is open to discussing the deployment of France's nuclear weapons in Europe in response to ...

Putin proposes direct talks with Kyiv after Trump and Europe’s ceasefire ultimatum - Putin proposed that the talks be ...

Unfortunately, the U.K. has fallen right into Trump's hands, scraping through a trade deal with more loopholes than advantages. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is living under the delusion that he can ...

State visits to Britain are particularly prized by some heads of state because they come with a full complement of royal pomp ...

The French president was traveling by train with the leaders of Germany and the U.K. to Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2025.

At the urging of U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would go to Turkey for talks with Russia. He challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to show up in ...