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NATO chief in talks with Germany, Turkey over air base spat

The chief of NATO says he's in touch with both Germany and Turkey regarding their latest dispute over visiting rights to a ...

German defense minister sees Jordan potential to host troops

Germany's defense minister said Saturday that a Jordanian air base she visited has "a lot of potential" as a possible ...

Rex Tillerson, Sigmar Gabriel

Turkish leader says nation 'forced to crawl' by EU

Turkey has been "made to crawl" at the gates of the European Union, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday. "Are we ...

Germany considering Jordan, Cyprus for anti-IS base

Germany's defense minister says her office has drafted a list of eight locations where it could move aircraft supporting the ...

Turkey blocks German lawmaker visit to soldiers at air base

Turkey has blocked a request for German lawmakers to visit their country's soldiers at the Incirlik air base, the German ...

Assault rifles, pistol stolen from German military vehicle

The German Defense Ministry says two assault rifles and a pistol have been stolen from inside an armored vehicle at a ...

Germany's Merkel rejects call to reintroduce conscription

Chancellor Angela Merkel is rejecting calls for the reintroduction of military conscription in response to an investigation ...

Germany arrests second soldier in alleged far-right plot

German authorities arrested a second soldier Tuesday on allegations he was part of a far-right plot to assassinate prominent ...

Remains of 21 Soviet Red Army soldiers found in Germany

Seventy-two years after the end of World War II, a construction crew has found the remains of at least 21 Soviet Red Army ...

US moves 100 troops from Germany to Poland

The U.S. military in Europe says a tactical headquarters and 100 troops have relocated to Poland from Germany to enhance the ...

German military pledges full investigation in far-right case

The German military's chief of staff is promising a full investigation into how internal checks failed in the case of an army ...

German defense minister under fire over far-right soldier

The arrest of a German army officer suspected of plotting a far-right attack is putting fresh pressure on the country's ...

German defense minister nixes US trip over soldier's arrest

Germany's defense minister canceled a trip to the United States Tuesday amid a widening government probe of a possible ...

Germany: Mistakes made in case of soldier planning attack

Germany's Interior Ministry said Friday it will "leave no stone unturned" in trying to determine how a German army officer ...

German soldier arrested on suspicion of planning attack

Police have arrested a German soldier who had posed as a Syrian refugee on suspicion he was planning an attack, apparently ...

Germany launches new military unit to combat cyberattacks

Germany has launched a new military unit dedicated to thwarting cyberattacks and responding if necessary. Defense Minister ...

Gerd Mueller

Germany says Trump military spending won't guarantee peace

Germany says the United States' plan to spend more on its military won't guarantee peace and it criticizes the Trump ...

Poland honors anti-communist fighters as founders of freedom

Poland owes its freedom to the anti-communist fighters who did not lay down arms after World War II, the nation's defense ...

German foreign minister skeptical on defense spending boost

Germany's foreign minister voiced his skepticism Wednesday about plans to increase the country's defense spending to meet ...

February 22, 2017

Ex-Iraqi soldier tells German court he held heads on orders

A former Iraqi army soldier has admitted at the start of his war-crimes trial in Germany that he posed for a photo holding ...