Police ‘don’t know anything about the culprit’ but have arrested the driver and insisted there is no further danger. Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 A car has been driven into a crowd in the German city of Leipzig killing at least two people. Police said the driver had been arrested and was “no…
A driver plowed through a crowded pedestrian zone on Monday afternoon in central Leipzig, in eastern Germany, killing at least two people and hitting others, according to the city’s mayor. The mayor, Burkhard Jung, said that a person believed to be the driver had been arrested but that their motive had yet to be determined….
The US president has accused some NATO countries of not doing enough to support the US-Israel war on Iran. Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says European leaders have “gotten the message” after United States President Donald Trump announced plans to withdraw 5,000 soldiers from Germany. Trump has grown increasingly…
A humpback whale that was stranded for weeks off the coast of Germany was released on Saturday in the North Sea, the culmination of an elaborate and costly rescue effort that transfixed the nation. The 40-foot whale, affectionately nicknamed Timmy by the German news media, swam free after the fifth and by far the most…
President Trump is right to demand that Europe spend more on its own defense. But the Trump administration’s announcement on Friday that it would pull 5,000 U.S. troops out of Germany risks weakening one of America’s best strategic investments: a military presence that deters Russia and keeps Europe’s old rivalries from becoming America’s problem again….
The Pentagon announced on Friday that it would pull 5,000 troops from Germany, a U.S. ally that has found itself at odds with President Trump. That would reduce one of the world’s largest overseas deployments of American troops, but tens of thousands would remain. Germany hosts more than 36,000 active-duty personnel, according to the U.S….
As President Trump fired off a series of social media posts criticizing Germany this past week, including a threat to pull some American troops from the country, German leaders showed no public signs that they believed the president was serious. That now appears to have been a miscalculation — one of several that German leaders…
Pentagon officials said on Friday that they were pulling 5,000 troops from Germany and would redeploy them to the United States and other posts overseas. The Defense Department is also canceling a plan developed under the Biden administration to place a missile-equipped artillery unit in Europe. The moves will return U.S. forces in Europe to…
President Donald Trump has feuded with European allies over their reluctance to step up support for war on Iran. Published On 1 May 20261 May 2026 The United States military has said that it will pull 5,000 troops out of Germany amid ongoing tensions with the key European ally concerning the US war against Iran,…
The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from NATO ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as a rift over the Iran war widens between President Donald Trump and Europe. Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said on Monday the Iranians were humiliating…
