French President Macron has said plans are underway for a "defensive" mission to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices brought on by the Iran war are the highest since 2022. More on DW ...

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call today from His Excellency Friedrich Merz, ...

The Doha News live blog is updated regularly as developments unfold in Qatar following Iranian attacks on the country amid ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. European reluctance to condemn the Israeli-American intervention in Iran flies in the face of the continent's values. No one can believe that Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump's goal ...

Earlier today, G7 held an emergency meeting to address surging oil prices after Brent crude prices neared $120/barrel. The ...

Meanwhile, Defence Secretary John Healey says a drone that hit a UK base in Cyprus last week came from either Lebanon or Iraq.

Sparks flew between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Greens on Monday as the two sides jockeyed for position after Sunday's surprise election outcome in the south-western ...

Responsibility for ending the war in Iran lies with the leadership in Iran, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday. ...

Germany has a new chancellor — but the first months in office have been turbulent. Friedrich Merz came to power promising ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Sunday's election in the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg was a "bitter" result for ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirms no cooperation with far-right AfD after a close Baden Wuerttemberg state election, affirming coalition's stance.