Track-It Angela Merkel

BERLIN — An informant has offered German authorities a set of data containing details of hundreds of investors suspected of evading taxes via accounts in Switzerland -- the second case in as many weeks. Read more

BERLIN — European aerospace company EADS and seven countries that ordered its A400M military transporter narrowed their differences on financing the troubled project Thursday, the German Defense Ministry said. Read more

Feb. 3--German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tuesday that Germany would buy stolen information on secret Swiss bank accounts, a decision guaranteed to further sour deteriorating relations between Germany and Switzerland over tax evasion.... Read more

BERLIN — Germany indicated Monday it would likely buy data from an informant about some 1,500 investors with bank accounts in Switzerland who are suspected of evading German taxes. Read more

LONDON — The United States said Wednesday that it will support a plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters set to be announced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an international conference in London. Read more

BERLIN — Afghanistan aims to reduce soon the burden on its allies of providing security, but Afghan forces will need long-term international support, President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday. Read more

BERLIN — Germany plans to increase its troop contingent in Afghanistan by up to 850 and focus more strongly on training local security forces, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. Read more

Jan. 24--BERLIN -- In the vestibule of Germany's largest mosque, identity is complicated.

Zehra Yilmaz says her German passport will get her into a voting booth on election day, Read more

Jan. 14--BEIRUT -- Reports that Islamist militants have recently infiltrated Lebanon are unfounded, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Ash-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday. Read more