Xi Jinping's government hopes to see a 5% economic growth in 2025, the same goal as 2024, despite slowing consumer demand at home and what looks like a new trade war with Trump.

Many African countries are facing acute economic challenges. As the number of super-rich on the continent grows, so do calls ...

Fifteen police officers in Hamburg, some of them retired, are being investigated over racist chat messages. They could face ...

The federal election was disastrous for Germany's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). Voters have been fleeing it in ...

Should children be punished for the crimes of their parents? Hundreds of children of members of Islamic State (IS) are stuck ...

The pilot of a small aircraft died after it crashed into the garden of a residential building in Plettenberg in Germany's western North-Rhein Westphalia state. The man's identity had yet to be ...

Donald Trump's controversial initiative to end the war in Ukraine has reignited the longstanding issue of how Europe can fend for itself. What would that mean in economic and financial terms?

A taxi driver who was born in Pakistan, but since gained German citizenship, has been praised for his actions to impede further harm in Monday's attack.

Another car ramming attack has struck a German town but with no clear motive. Is there a way of understanding why these attacks keep happening?

US President Trump is standing by his guns on Ukraine. All US military aid for Kyiv is now on hold. For Ukraine, however, US aid is key, especially for air defense.

Egypt's alternative to Trump's "Gaza Riviera" plan is expected to cost $53 billion and take five years. Cairo says it will host a conference for Gaza reconstruction next month.

The European Commission president says increasing defense spending is necessary in "an era of rearmament." A European summit on defense and Ukraine is planned this week amid tense transatlantic ...