The US had just ​over 68,000 active-duty military personnel assigned permanently in its overseas bases in Europe and more than half are based in Germany

Germany and the Czech Republic denied requests for Taiwan President Lai Ching-te to transit through Europe earlier this month, dooming his last-minute effort to circumvent a China-backed blockade of his first diplomatic trip to Africa,

Germany announced its first stand-alone military strategy on Tuesday, intending to become the strongest “conventional army in Europe” by 2039. Titled “Verantwortung für Europa,” or “Responsibility for Europe,

The Bundeswehr will move away from rigid hardware quotas − the number of tanks, aircraft or ships − toward a flexible, effects-based planning model.

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, examines whether the country can achieve its goals—and what stands in its way

The U.S. is being "humiliated" by the Iranian regime, Germany's chancellor has said, as European leaders grow increasingly frustrated at the war with Iran.

Germany has positioned itself to become the "strongest conventional army in Europe" by 2039. Big military investments are fueling such predictions.

Europeans are diverging over how to conduct a mission to secure sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, as French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer convene a meeting of leaders later Friday to discuss the issue.

Fiscal spending is now a critical tailwind for Germany's economy, as the Iran war hammers its growth outlook.