HAMBURG, Germany — German conservatives on Friday elected an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel to become her party’s new leader — giving her the challenge of opening a new chapter and improving the ...

Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union party elected Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as its new leader on Friday. Kramp-Karrenbauer, nicknamed AKK, is often ...

BERLIN (AP) — The Washington-based Fulbright Association says its 2018 prize for international understanding will go to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The organization said Tuesday it decided to ...

AFTER 18 years, Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union has a new leader. Inside a conference centre in Hamburg the party chose Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel, who remains ...

Chancellor of Germany Angela D. Merkel will cross the Atlantic next May to speak at Harvard’s 368th Commencement ceremony, the University announced Friday. Merkel will be the principal speaker in the ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel and her defence minister on Wednesday vowed to continue boosting German military spending after ...

In an emotional farewell for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Christian Democratic Union party delegates gathered to elect a successor in Hamburg, the city where Merkel was born. Merkel, 64, will pass ...

BERLIN — Angela Merkel has been chancellor of Germany and unofficial leader of Europe for 13 years. When she was first appointed, George W. Bush was still in the White House and Tony Blair ran Britain ...

Germany’s Jews had a strong ally in Angela Merkel, who confronted antisemitism head on throughout her 16 years leading the nation, and most recently during the May fighting between Israel and Hamas, ...