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G20 Summit: Donald Trump praises Angela Merkel for 'fantastic' conclave despite protests

US president Donald Trump on Saturday praised German chancellor Angela Merkel for the "fantastic job" organising the G20 summit

Angela Merkel calls for ban on Muslim veils in Germany

Angela Merkel laid out her case for a fourth term as German chancellor on Tuesday, with a call to ban full-face Muslim veils and the promise of a tougher stance on immigration after a record influx of refugees

Assassination attempt on Angela Merkel foiled in Prague; Czech police detained armed man

An assassination attempt on German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly been foiled in Prague as Czech police detained an armed man who tried to join her motorcade during visit to the capital.

Germany's Angela Merkel marks 10 years in power, put to test by refugees

German Chancellor Angela Merkel marks a decade in power Sunday facing the fight of her political life over her liberal stance on refugees.

Angela Merkel suffers pelvic injury after skiing accident

German Chancellor Angela Merkel cracked her pelvis during a skiing accident in the Swiss Alps and will have to cut back on her work schedule for the next three weeks

Germany elects Angela Merkel to third term

Germany's Parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to a third term as the leader of Europe's biggest economic power on Tuesday

Why should non-academics always head Jamia Millia Islamia and AMU?

Imagine the government appointing a general or an IAS officer as the VC of Delhi University or JNU. Delhi’s intellectuals and students would have been out on the streets.

German president set to resign, big blow for Merkel

Angela Merkel's hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president was expected to resign on Friday in a scandal over political favours, dealing a blow to the German chancellor in the midst of the euro zone crisis.

German vote won, but is Merkel hungry for more?

Germany will shoulder up to €211 billion of the fund's €440 billion worth of guarantees, but critics fear it is already clear this will not be enough and taxpayers will be asked for more.

Upcoming euro vote will put Germany's Merkel on test

Merkel tried to assure her coalition that German taxpayers' money would not be wasted by voting a new bailout for Athens — but she could not rule out that the money might be written off if, as financial markets increasingly fear, Greece defaults.