Players: Allies: Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz's US Strategic Air Force (USSTAF); Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris's RAF Bomber Command. Outcome: Extensive damage to German aviation factories and ...

In a win for Ukraine as it marks three years since Russia's full-scale invasion, the United States on Monday failed to get the U.N. General Assembly to approve its resolution urging an end to the ...

Voters turned out in record numbers for the German election. Here’s a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics ...

Almost all of the old East Germany has turned AfD blue. The party has always been more popular in German areas that were once under Soviet rule, but this year has tightened its grip. Image ...

What the German election means for the world - as Mertz vows to 'create unity' in Europe Friedrich Merz wants to form a government by Easter, but will face significant hurdles as he tries to find ...

This firewall referred to a consensus amongst German political parties, since the end of World War II, that the far-right must never be allowed into government. Known in German as the "Brandmauer ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to "create unity" in Europe as it adjusts to the new Trump administration and Russia's war on Ukraine. Mr Merz's task will ...

Here are six things we learnt from the German elections and how they will affect Mr Merz’s chances of redefining the country’s defence policy and borders. With about 20 per cent of the vote ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and US vice president JD Vance publicly endorsed AfD during the campaign. German security authorities partially classify the party as far-right extremist, with certain chapters ...

of “calling into question German democracy”. It is a policy, known as “brandmauer”, which was put in place in the wake of World War II and the death of the democratically-elected Adolf ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Merz has warned against more paralysis in Berlin at a time US President Donald Trump is driving head-spinning change, the German economy is in recession, and society split after a polarising campaign.