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A woman holds a small Taiwanese national flag during a rally in Hong Kong last October. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images)
Taiwan Wants to Know Why German Gov’t Won’t Show its National Flag on Website
07/14/2020 - 20:04
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer inspects army recruits in Berlin. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)
German Lawmakers Doubt Resuming Conscription Would Help Counter Far-Right Extremism in the Army
07/07/2020 - 18:46
Police officers at Linate airport in Milan, Italy during the lockdown. (Photo by Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images)
EU Opens Borders Selectively From Wednesday; US Not Included
06/30/2020 - 21:10
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and commander-in-chief of Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov at Wednesday’s parade in Moscow. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
At a Time of Declining Popularity, Russia to Vote on Changes That Could Extend Putin’s Rule
06/24/2020 - 19:31
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz meets in Warsaw with his German counterpart Heiko Maas. (Photo by Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images)
Germany Says US Troop Reduction Would be a Mistake; Poland Denies Link With Planned Increase There
06/17/2020 - 18:58
President Trump greets U.S. troops at Ramstein Air Base in Germany in Dec. 2018. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Germany Confirms US is Mulling Reducing Troop Numbers; GOP Lawmakers Oppose the Move
06/10/2020 - 18:22
President Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France. Also visible are Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
G7 Partners Reject Trump’s Proposal on Readmitting Russia to a Bigger, China-Focused Group
06/03/2020 - 18:56
U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell presents his credentials to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photo: U.S. Embassy Berlin)
Outgoing Ambassador Grenell Issues New Sanctions Warning Over Germany-Russia Pipeline
05/27/2020 - 19:36
U.S. Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher, top left, attends a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. With her are German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Marshal of the Polish Senate Stanislaw Karczewski, and Polish State Secretary Krzysztof Szczerski. (Photo by Wojtek Laski/Getty Images)
Russia Riled by Ambassador’s Tweeted Suggestion About Moving U.S. Nukes to Poland
05/20/2020 - 18:47
A F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off from the carrier USS Harry S. Truman. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
German Delay in F/A-18 Fighter Purchase Raises Questions About its Commitment to NATO Nuclear-Sharing
05/13/2020 - 19:39