German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her conservative party on Monday that she's ready to step down as party leader following a pair of state election debacles, but plans to stay on as chancellor for ...

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, intercepted some unencrypted calls around the same time the U.S. was spying ...

MUNICH — She leaves a void in her wake. After 16 years beset by crises and critics, Angela Merkel, arguably the world’s most powerful woman, is stepping down from the world stage. On Sunday, Germany ...

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday rejected remarks by Turkey’s president accusing officials of “Nazi practices,” days after a local authority in Germany prevented a Turkish ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the European Union's de facto leader, is in a unique position to play "good cop" in the crisis gripping Ukraine as Russia occupies its key Crimea region. But some ...

The contest's outcome is expected to be crucial in deciding whether Merkel, Europe's most influential leader, can realise her stated goal of completing her fourth term in 2021 and then leaving ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel said ...