Germany’s foreign minister called the result a “bitter defeat” after it lost a seat at the UN Security Council for the first ...

Dozens of artists at this year’s Venice Biennale are threatening legal action if their names aren't removed from a visitor ...

Johann Wadephul said it was "no secret" Russia had stirred up sentiment against Germany over its support for Ukraine.

Criticism comes from across political spectrum after decision regarded as blow to Friedrich Merz’s government ...

By attending the reburial ceremony of Andriy Melnyk, a pro-independence leader who collaborated with Nazi Germany against the ...

Also in this newsletter: The EU's trade chief to meet his Chinese counterpart in Paris amid escalating trade tensions; and ...

Some of Russia’s best known hawks have become more open in expressing a belief that Moscow doesn’t have capacity to achieve ...

Germany failed on Wednesday for the first time to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, with Portugal and Austria ...

Fifteen of the 193 UN member states sit on the UN Security Council. Germany was in competition with Austria and Portugal for ...

The resolution would not immediately stop the war but it would provide a symbolic – if not legal – step against further ...

The 15-member Security Council's 10 rotating seats are earmarked for different regions. Five countries are elected each year to serve two-year terms.