Franz Josef Jung

Germany's labor minister said on Friday that he is resigning from the cabinet amid the fallout from an air strike in northern Afghanistan that…

Two NATO members said Friday they will not send more troops to Afghanistan unless its Nov. 7 presidential runoff creates a legitimate government and…

Germany's defense minister says NATO's peacekeeping force in Kosovo will be reduced by a third because of the improving security situation in that…

Germany's Parliament granted final approval Thursday to an extension of the country's military mission in Afghanistan for 14 more months, and allowed…

More than 30 Taliban fighters, four policemen and a German soldier were killed in a series of clashes, airstrikes and bombings in Afghanistan,…

Germany plans to increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan by 1,000 this fall, senior defense officials said Tuesday. The proposed increase…

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for NATO allies to step up their efforts in Afghanistan on Friday as he reported that the number of…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's speech in German before the Knesset this afternoon will be the culmination of what the Israeli media has referred…

Germany's defense minister said Wednesday that three men have been arrested on suspicion of plotting attacks on Frankfurt's international airport and…

German authorities said Wednesday they had arrested three suspected Islamic terrorists for allegedly plotting attacks on Frankfurt airport and the…

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday apologized for "misunderstandings" involving German forces and Israeli planes off the Lebanese coast and pledged…

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologized on Sunday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for an incident that occurred last week between an Israeli fighter…

Germany's defense minister will go to Israel and Lebanon this week, his ministry said Sunday, a trip that follows an incident last week involving a…

Israeli jets fired in the air over a German intelligence-gathering ship off Lebanon's coast, German officials said Friday, as both countries…

In the wake of the controversy surrounding reports of IAF fighter jets firing on a German warship, IDF sources on Wednesday denied that any shots…

Germany began its biggest naval operation since World War II on Thursday, as eight warships set sail for the eastern Mediterranean to join UN efforts…

Ambassador to Germany Shimon Stein is pleased that Germany has agreed to consider Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's request that it send peace-keeping…

Germany will likely contribute more than 1,200 service personnel to the UN peacekeeping force for Lebanon, its defense minister said in remarks…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday she is confident that Europe will contribute ground troops to an expanded UN peacekeeping force in…

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he would welcome German troops participating in an international force in southern Lebanon, according to a newspaper…