kerry

Kerry lauds Merkel's 'courage' on refugees

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday praised Chancellor Angela Merkel's "great courage" during Europe's refugee crisis, while warning that the influx posed a "near existential threat" to the continent.

ISIS

Merkel wants Assad at table for Syria talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that President Bashar al-Assad should be involved in any Syrian peace talks, amid mounting pressure to end the four-year conflict.

Russia

G7 throws weight behind German diplomacy

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven on Wednesday threw their "full support" behind Germany's mediation efforts between Russia and Ukraine.

Russia

'Grave concern' about Ukraine in Berlin talks

The French, German, Russian and Ukranian foreign ministers expressed "grave concern" Tuesday at a meeting in Berlin about violations of a shaky ceasefire in separatist-held east Ukraine.

Russia

Germany and USA keep up Ukraine pressure

On a trip to Washington to meet his American counterpart John Kerry, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned that the West remained determined to bring about peace in Ukraine.

clinton

Germany spied on John Kerry: report

German intelligence listened in on at least one telephone conversation of US Secretary of State John Kerry and has spied on NATO ally Turkey for years, Der Spiegel will report on Sunday.

US

Kerry in Berlin: 'US is committed to privacy'

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".