German Chancellor Angela Merkel's endorsement of her party's call for a partial ban on the burqa has unleashed a wave of opinion, both from those who support her position, as well as those who oppose it. Another proposal to institute a full-face ban will be held this week. At stake are core national values such as protection of diversity and the sanctity of secular liberties.
President Obama's final White House Correspondents' dinner was a zesty and zingy night for media, politicians and film stars.
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel it is in their interest that the UK stays in the EU.
George Clooney had his word about the Syrian migrant crisis and dropped that as an activist-actor, he wanted to make a film centered on this issue.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is "horrified" by Russia's bombing of Syria.
After Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann and German chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to accept the migrants, thousands walked upto Austria and Germany.
People in the truck may have died of suffocation more than a day ago, police said on Thursday while adding that perpetrators may have fled the country.
As legal action pertaining to industrial espionage has begun in European courts, the German intelligence agency known as the BND has cut off its support for US spying activities.
The French aerospace firm Airbus has said it will seek to file a lawsuit against unknown persons in relation to allegations of industrial espionage by the National Security Agency that have surfaced in the German media.
A who's who of international diplomats and leaders gathered in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev as fighting in the east of the country continued to increase in intensity.
Former Saudi Arabian tyrant, King Abdullah, was not the reformer or human rights activist that he is being made out to be by western leaders, who just seek wealth and strategic position, say critics.
The leader of the German, virulently anti-immigrant group called Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West has resigned from his post after photos of him dressed as Adolf Hitler went viral.
The historic Cologne Cathedral, a German landmark on par with the Brandenburg Gate, has announced that it will go dark in response to a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment throughout Germany.
More than half of a convoy of Russian trucks laden with aid has returned to Russia from Ukraine after dropping off its supplies in the besieged Ukrainian city of Luhansk.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Kiev, Ukraine as part of a diplomatic push to bring an end to ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine that broke out after the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovich in Feb. 2014.
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