People have staged a rally in Berlin to protest against the government's decision to send battle tanks to Kiev.

The US role in Ukraine has slowly escalated since the beginning of the war almost a year ago, raising the question of how far Washington is willing to go.

The United States and Germany are set to send their most advanced tanks to Ukraine, indicating a broad shift in the mood of Western countries, which had so far avoided sending critical weaponry to Kiev and escalating with Russia.

Germany says it will approve the transfer of German-made tanks to Ukraine only if the United States agrees to send its own tanks to Kiev, according to a report.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday in the first high-profile visit by a leader of the Group of Seven (G7) nations to China in three years.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government approves new arms export deals to Saudi Arabia.

Germany and Qatar express their support for efforts aimed at reviving Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal.

Germany says it will continue to support Ukraine against Russia, despite warnings that the country has "hit the limit" in the amount of weapons it can give the country from its army reserves.

The Russian gas giant Gazprom has indefinitely suspended natural gas flows to Europe via Nord Stream 1 pipeline amid a worsening energy crisis in the continent.

Inflation has risen in Germany due to the rising cost of energy prices, exacerbated by Russia’s ban on gas supplies to Europe, with politicians and senior officials already warning that energy needs to be conserved ahead of the cold season this autumn.