(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, ...

Violence and ethnic conflicts have sent hundreds of thousands of people in Mali to refugee camps such as Faladié in the ...

Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023 in connection with the activities of the European Network of Election Monitoring ...

Conservatives led by Friedrich Merz remain committed to renewables, but say "we must and we will change" an economic policy focused on climate.

After long negotiations between the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats, the parties agreed to establish a coalition ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, is the worst possible man for the job. Throughout his career, he has held a dogged ...

Shortly after the new government has taken office, the smallest opposition party in the Bundestag is taking stock of its recent success at a party conference in Chemnitz. Its motto is "We are the hope ...

Gains by the far right and the far-left limited coalition options, paradoxically giving the defeated Social Democrats ...

Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from ...

It's very possible the next pope could be from Africa, where the Catholic Church continues to add millions of members.

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that threatened to hobble his new government.