Angela Merkel

Richard Grenell attempted to deflect reports of a strained relationship between the leaders.

"It's no longer the case that the United States will simply just protect us," Merkel said at an award ceremony for French President Emmanuel Macron.

After French President Macron apparently failed to persuade Trump to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, German Chancellor Merkel has a turn. Why it matters to Europe—and to a possible deal with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

"They were going to spend a billion, and we're going to spend much less than a half a million," Trump said.

During her upcoming trip to Washington, Chancellor Merkel could face backlash for Germany's failure to participate in the airstrikes on Syria.

Putin dreams of a continent on its knees—dominated by a new conservative leader.

Syria has been ravaged by a bloody civil war for the past seven years.

Germany may soon implement a gender-neutral national anthem after a government commissioner on equality called for the removal of "fatherland" from the lyrics.

Some of the charity's vans have been vandalized in protest, with graffiti calling the charity "Nazis" spray-painted on the sides.

He could end up as kingmaker after the Italian election on March 4.

China has more icebreakers under construction than the U.S.

The German chancellor said it was "shameful" Berlin still needed to allocate special police resources to protect Jewish institutions.

Russia is reinforcing its forces in Crimea by dispatching more S-400 surface to air missiles there.

Arthur Wagner's departure has caused a minor media sensation.

Ukraine's future is no longer a binary struggle between a pro-Western and a pro-Russian future. Now, China's in the mix.

Chinese Army aircraft may approach Taiwan under the guise of commercial airliners.

Ukraine's security service has brought criminal charges against leading reform groups.

Corruption, corruption, corruption. Starting with the judiciary.

Three important things to know about China's burgeoning military policy.

Does Trump have the necessary perseverance and thoroughness to challenge Xi?

The German chancellor had to tell the president she needed the other 27 members of the European Union to make a trade deal with the U.S.

U.S. military forces in Europe are busily repainting their desert tan equipment in forest green.

The EU cannot afford to become indifferent to threats to the rule of law among its members.

China may ultimately prefer Ukraine to be in Russia's orbit rather than the West's.

Putin knows that escalation means many more Russian casualties and even more crippling sanctions.

Beyond Ukraine's borders, there's a race to militarize against the revanchist Russian threat.

On Sunday night, a small centrist party threw German politics into disarray.

Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg founded "America's Pledge" after Trump decided to pull America out of the Paris climate deal.

Veterans are more likely to be jobless and they have suicide rates higher than the national average.

Trump and Putin, two of the world's most powerful men, both lost out big time to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.