France, Britain and Germany warned Iran against "escalatory action" on Sunday as deep UN sanctions on Tehran came back into force following failed last-minute nuclear talks.
Some of Germany's leading foreign policy experts tell The Local that, after Donald Trump becomes US President, Berlin will be more exposed in an increasingly unstable world.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday hailed Franco-German ties as she prepared to attend centenary commemorations for the Battle of Verdun at the invitation of French President Francois Hollande.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said some political developments in Turkey were a source of "great concern” and pledged to address them during a visit to the country on Monday.
Russian TV news has begun questioning Berlin officials' stories about a young woman who was pushed under a U-Bahn train last week, adding to a media broadside that has Russian-German citizens in uproar against the government.
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's visit to Egypt on Monday - his first since Abdel Fatah el-Sisi came to power in a 2013 coup - has been condemned as "sad" and "wrong" by experts.
Foreign policy think-tank the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) gave Germany top marks in its annual check-up of EU member states released on Thursday.
Israel's foreign minister called on Thursday for Germany to send inspectors into Gaza to resume monitoring of Palestinian trade with neighbours Egypt. Germany should also push the EU to find a solution to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to China this weekend for her seventh visit, eager to deepen trade and investment ties between the export powerhouses of Europe and Asia.
Germans want less international engagement in global crisis hotspots, especially in military missions, and instead favour promoting human rights and environmental causes, a survey showed on Tuesday.
Despite America's reputation in Germany taking a hit over the NSA spying scandal, Americans have a more positive impression of Germany than at any time in the last 12 years, according to a study released on Thursday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged on Friday that relations with Germany had gone through a "rough period" of late over NSA snooping but he said the US was "committed to privacy".
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday he hoped to rectify his country's image in Europe, where Germany is often accused of being behind tough belt-tightening economic policies.
Germany has been ranked the world’s leading "soft power" edging Britain and the USA off top spot for its cultural and sporting prowess, economic might and diplomacy.
The US Government hit out on Friday at a highly-critical report in a German newspaper claiming the country had become the “headquarters” for America’s “secret wars”.
Germany helped the CIA carry out drone attacks in Pakistan according to a report by Amnesty International published on Tuesday. The human rights organization has called on the German government to come clean about its involvement and slammed some of the attacks as “war crimes”.
With the spotlight this week on Germany’s foreign policy, The Local asks if Europe’s biggest economy should play a greater role in world affairs? Foreign policy expert <b>Professor Walter Russell Mead</b> explains.
Germany’s outgoing Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Tuesday welcomed a "new tone" from Tehran ahead of a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rowhani but demanded "substantial action" on its controversial nuclear program.
The German Embassy in North Korea will continue working as usual for the time being, following Pyongyang's warnings to several diplomatic missions that their safety could not be guaranteed.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is looking to Germany for advice on how to attract international investment to his isolated dictatorship in 2013, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
German President Joachim Gauck has cancelled a visit to Ukraine planned for next month in protest at the violent treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in prison.
The Bundeswehr is in danger of failing its mission in Afghanistan because German soldiers cannot use their weapons, drive their armoured vehicles or take care of their wounded properly, according to classified internal documents.
Amid criticism that Germany has been shirking its global responsibilities, Dr. Jackson Janes from the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies analyzes the importance of Chancellor Merkel’s high-profile visit to Washington this week.
A narrow majority of Germans back sending troops to Libya as part of an EU humanitarian mission, but reject accepting refugees from the North African country, according to a poll released on Friday.
A NATO summit in Berlin on Thursday threw its weight behind growing calls for Muammar Qaddafi to quit, as rebels fighting to topple the Libyan dictator reported an intensive bombardment of Tripoli by alliance warplanes.
