In her newly published memoir, "Freedom," former German Chancellor Angela Merkel reflects on her 16 years in office, including interactions...

In her forthcoming memoir, "Freedom," former German Chancellor Angela Merkel reveals her unease following her initial encounter with then-P...

With the AfD high in opinion polls ahead of regional and European elections later this year, the party is facing legal and political scruti...

Schaeuble, who spent much of his career devoted to re-unifying his country and later served as former chancellor Angela Merkel's frugal fin...

Women in leadership positions have made significant progress in recent years, breaking through traditional barriers and challenging gender ...

Questions had remained over how Ernie and other Chinese chatbots in development would treat topics that are sensitive in mainland China, wh...

When it comes to the situation of women in Germany, Angela Merkel - who said in 2018 that she wouldn't seek reelection in this Sunday's gen...

The phenomenon of Donald Trump and the violent insurrection he incited are a sober reminder that American democracy is not settled. Trump m...

After months of chaotic negotiations, the EU also will head into 2021 with both a long-term budget and a coronavirus recovery fund worth 1....

Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world's biggest...

The G7's closing statement also included a general pledge against ocean pollution by cutting down on plastic, although neither the United S...

The award saves Angela Merkel's detractors the discomfort of seeing international honor bestowed on the chancellor for an open-door policy.

Five years from 2008, a key question is if political instability will tail off, especially if economic recovery takes hold in much of the w...

Statesmen and elected rulers decide the fate of the world or at least their petty nations. Churchill, Stalin, Lincoln, Gandhi et al.

Sarkozy wanted, as Thatcher did in Britain, to mess with the mind of France: to make the country more outwardlooking, more confident.

Many in Germany are opposing the possible appointment of an Indian-born Anshu Jain as head of Deutsche Bank. How Indian, Western CEOs differ

Being a woman, being foreign-born, you’ve got to be smarter than anyone else,” Chennai-born PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi had once said famousl...