Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as the far-right AfD won its best-ever results.

US business activity nearly stalled in February amid mounting fears over tariffs on imports and deep cuts in federal ...

West Australians will head to polls on March 8 but, beyond the politics, what are the practicalities of voting? The WA ...

Americans give President Donald Trump middling marks on his handling of the economy and efforts to shrink the government and ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel celebrated her party's historic performance in Germany's latest national election, with exit polls ...

Germany's political parties have promised to maintain the AfD firewall after the election -- a pledge reiterated Sunday night ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany was in some ways the biggest winner of the night, recording double its 2021 result. The ...

Germany’s conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged as the biggest winners in the German federal election, ...

AfD set for strongest result ever while incumbent chancellor’s SPD on track for worst-ever outcome in fourth snap election in ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded his center-left Social ...

A far-right party has come second in a German national election for the first time since the Second World War.

The relationship between Europe and the U.S. is one of the world’s longest alliances, and yet it has never been more closely ...