Almost one year into the war in Ukraine, the Bundeswehr finds itself still lacking military equipment and qualified personnel. A debate has flared up again whether general conscription could help solve the problems.

Bullied, insulted, subtly shamed — people with a visible migration background report about their experiences with racism in Germany in a new book.

Germany is home to more than three-million people with Turkish roots. Many of them are worried about loved ones affected by the sever earthquake in southern Turkey — and they want to help.

More than 5 million Muslims live in Germany, and one day many of them will die here. But suitable resting places are in short supply.

Finland and Sweden's NATO membership bids remain blocked by members Turkey and Hungary. Germany's top diplomat Annalena Baerbock said she expected their NATO accession to take place "without further delay."

Israel's government said it would would legalize nine settlements in the occupied West Bank after recent attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem. Several Western countries said they are "deeply troubled" by such a move.

Having lived away from Malaysia and intermittently in Germany for 19 years, Brenda Haas finds these days that culture shock goes both ways.

Germany is among eight EU members that have been referred to the European Court of Justice for failure to implement the bloc's directives on protecting whistleblowers.

Labor action at seven German airports is set to ground nearly 300,000 passengers Friday as unions call for higher pay amid decades-high inflation. Portugal is ending its "Golden Visa" program for real-estate investors as housing prices skyrocket, and US regulators charge crypto firm Terraform Labs and founder Do Kwan with fraud in the $40 billion collapse of the Terra/Luna stablecoin system last year.

Nearly 6,500 people deported from Germany sneaked back to the country over the past three years, police told Bild newspaper.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Berlin would increase aid by over €22 million. Meanwhile, the UN reports almost 9 million people have been affected by the disaster in Syria. Follow DW for the latest.

From immigration to the energy transition, the success of Germany's biggest economic priorities relies on an increasingly older, paper-bound bureaucracy getting its act together.