Christian Hirte of German leader's CDU had congratulated new state governor, elected with help of AfD, leading to calls for his removal by her coalition partners

A day after taking office, Thuringia PM Thomas Kemmerich laments his election win with votes of Alternative for Germany party, calls new elections amid nationwide outrage

Thomas Kemmerich faces calls to resign after winning vote in eastern state of Thuringia by relying on support of Alternative for Germany to defeat left-wing incumbent

President to give Hebrew-language speech in memory of the victims of Nazism to the Bundestag; members of the Goldin and Shaul families will be in attendance

75 years after death camp prisoners freed, photo project featuring 75 people who survived the Holocaust to open at Ruhr Museum in the presence of German Chancellor Merkel

European leaders also plead with parties to not jeopardize a battle against Islamic State after Iraqi parliament demands exit thousands of US troops

French president urges Tehran to avoid 'military escalation that could aggravate instability in the region' following death of Soleimani

Palestinian official says German chancellor recently told Abbas she won four elections since he was last elected in 2005; some European diplomats question future financial aid

Chancellor says Berlin doesn't have to agree with 100% of Jerusalem's policies after Simon Wiesenthal Center accuses country of bias against Jewish state

Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy sit down with Germany's Merkel, France's Macron, in effort to end 5 years of fighting between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists