A US doctor infected with Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the country’s deadly current outbreak has been admitted to a high-security isolation unit at a hospital in Germany, health officials said. The patient, identified as medical missionary Dr Peter Stafford, reached Germany overnight after the United States asked Berlin to assist with his treatment. "I can confirm that the US citizen who was infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been admitted to the…

A deadly car attack tore through central Leipzig, leaving two people dead and about 20 others injured after a vehicle sped into a crowd in the eastern German city’s historic heart. Police arrested the driver — a 33-year-old German man — at the scene, but officials said they had not yet determined what drove him to carry out the attack. The incident adds to a disturbing string of car-ramming attacks that have rattled Germany in recent years, including assaults in Berlin, Munich and, in 2024, at a Christmas market in…

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said the relationship between the United States and the European Union has reached a “point of no return” after Washington moved to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany. Vučić described the decision as the opening stage of a possible clash between the United States and Germany, Europe’s largest economy, warning that the standoff could intensify quickly in the months ahead. “It is the beginning of a serious confrontation that may deepen quickly,” Vučić said, voicing…

President Donald Trump has intensified a brewing dispute with key European allies, declaring the planned withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany is only the start as tensions widen over the Middle East war. The Pentagon unveiled the 5,000-troop drawdown on Friday, but Mr Trump signalled on Saturday that the cut would go deeper. "We're going to cut way down, and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000," he told reporters, without offering further details. The latest move comes after a public clash between Mr Trump and…

A US plan to pull 5,000 troops out of Germany is sharpening pressure on Europe to bolster its own military strength, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said, even as two senior Republicans warned the forces should stay on the continent. The ⁠Pentagon unveiled the reduction from Germany, the hub of America’s military presence in Europe, yesterday, deepening strains in the transatlantic relationship as disagreements over the Iran war and trade tariffs widen. Under the US move, Washington has also scrapped a Biden-era plan…

NATO is reviewing the United States’s plan to pull roughly 5,000 troops out of Germany, as friction over the war in Iran deepens between Washington and its European allies. In a statement on Saturday, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said the alliance is “working with the US to understand the details of their decision on force posture in Germany”, with the Pentagon saying the process is expected to take six to 12 months. The proposed reduction lands against a backdrop of sharpened tensions between US President Donald Trump and…

A desperate rescue effort that many had written off has ended with a humpback whale back in open water, after the animal was ferried by barge from near the German coast and released into the North Sea off Denmark. The whale, nicknamed "Timmy" in Germany as its struggle gripped the public and triggered intense media attention, slipped out of the barge, blasted air through its blowhole and swam away, according to Karin Walter-Mommert, one of the wealthy entrepreneurs who bankrolled the operation. She said the whale was moving…

A planned drawdown of 5,000 US troops from Germany has sharpened a warning already echoing across Europe: the continent can no longer afford to leave its security primarily in Washington’s hands. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Europeans must assume greater responsibility for their own defence after the Pentagon confirmed it would reduce the American military presence in Germany. "Germany is on the right track" in this regard, Mr Pistorius said, citing the expansion of the Bundeswehr, faster and broader weapons…

President Donald Trump has revived pressure on Germany and its NATO partners, saying his administration is weighing a cut to the US military presence in Germany after accusing allies of failing to do more, including in efforts to help secure the Strait of Hormuz. "The United States is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany, with a determination to be made over the next short period of time," Mr Trump said on Truth Social. Earlier this month, a senior White House official told Reuters that Mr Trump…

As Sudan's civil war enters its third year, claiming tens of thousands of lives and forcing millions to flee, an international aid conference in Berlin has pledged over $1.5 billion for humanitarian relief, German officials announced on Wednesday. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, speaking on the eve of the donor meeting, expressed optimism, referencing a previous conference in London that had garnered a billion dollars. "We are on track for more," he told Deutschlandfunk, noting an uptick in pledges. At the…