Kurdish militants burn their own guns In a symbolic ending to more than 40 years of rebellion against the Turkish government, fighters from the PKK — a Kurdish militia — melted a cache of weapons in a gigantic cauldron on Friday.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz will pass an early plank of his domestic agenda into law on Friday, grounded in classical economic arguments.

The European Union braced on Friday to receive a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, outlining planned duties on his largest trade and investment partner after a broadening of his tariff war in recent days.

As President Donald Trump began issuing letters slapping tariffs on over a dozen countries, Germany warned that the European Union is ready to retaliate against the U.S. in case a fair deal is not reached.

President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats were adding pressure to global stocks on Friday. Shares of the popular Global X DAX Germany exchange-traded fund were down 1.2% on Friday, while heading for a 2% two-day slump.

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to send 10 Patriot interceptors to Ukraine - a smaller number than had been paused previously while en route to the country, Axios reported on July 8, citing its sources.

When incoming US president Donald Trump moved to revoke birthright citizenship, stripping people born in the country of their US nationality if their parents are non-citizen immigrants, some saw echoes of Nazi Germany.

The Trump effect has forced Germany to reprioritize defense as Berlin plays catch-up in military spending with NATO allies after getting pressure from the U.S. administration.

Germany’s new chancellor has a mission when he meets President Trump: keeping him invested in the fate of Europe. Friedrich Merz is the latest leader from the continent to travel to the White House in recent weeks,