Outgoing German leader will meet Israeli cabinet and local entrepreneurs and discuss regional challenges with PM Bennett

After cancelling August trip over Afghanistan crisis, outgoing German chancellor plans to travel to Jewish state next month, following the German national election

Frank-Walter Steinmeier becomes first German leader to recognize sacrifice of Czechoslovak paratroopers, who then died in gunfight

Herzog urges 'special effort' to counter global warming as death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 160

Hundreds still missing in Germany, Belgium as rescuers work to find survivors; threat not yet over, with swollen Meuse river looking 'very dangerous' for nearby town

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on state visit to Israel, says Hamas missiles unacceptable; Israeli president thanks 'true friend' for fighting antisemitism

National Security Agency said to have eavesdropped on Danish internet cables, text messages and telephone calls to spy on top politicians and high-ranking officials in Germany

Marking 76th anniversary of concentration camp's liberation, Frank-Walter Steinmeier says it stands for 'racial fanaticism, torture, murder and elimination'

President tells his German counterpart that Iran using 'nuclear blackmail' to have sanctions removed; IDF chief: 'We do everything' to avoid harming innocents

In emotional Bundestag speech to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Charlotte Knobloch tells lawmakers to mount tougher defense of country's 'fragile' democracy