Recruiting tens of thousands of extra troops will be a big challenge for Berlin and will likely spark a fresh debate on ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he found President Donald Trump open to discussion and is convinced that Washington ...

Germany will need around 50,000 to 60,000 additional active troops under the new NATO targets, German defence minister Boris ...

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion and ...

As Germany’s new chancellor increases military spending, he has presided over the activation of a German tank brigade based ...

Germany and its NATO partners are prepared to defend every inch of the alliance's territory, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said ...

Germany’s top military leader has issued a chilling warning to all NATO members — the threat from Russia is growing fast and could explode into action much sooner than expected. Following a massive ...

Germany's defence chief has starkly warned that NATO should be prepared for a possible attack by Russia in the next four years. General Carsten Breuer said Russia poses a 'very serious threat ...

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Germany's new government surprised NATO allies on Thursday by putting forward plans to boost defence spending, to meet a target of five percent of GDP demanded by US President Donald Trump.

BERLIN - Nato will ask Germany to provide seven more brigades, or some 40,000 troops, for the alliance's defence, three sources told Reuters, under new targets for weapons and troop numbers that ...

"Germany will be ready to defend every square inch of NATO territory," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius vowed in his first speech to the Bundestag after the new government took over two ...