After five months of uncertainty, the SPD's party members have approved a coalition deal with Angela Merkel's Conservatives — and the new government could be in place in less than two weeks' time.

Last year a German teenager was murdered by her former boyfriend, an Afghan refugee. Now, a small German town has seen its streets hijacked by heated demonstrations of the country's competing migration ideologies.

Join us LIVE in Berlin from the SPD headquarters as the party announces the result of a member referendum on whether to join another coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU.

"We need a new start for Europe,” Angela Merkel has said. But without a grand coalition, would Germany be able to deliver?

By asking gun manufacturers and sellers how they monitor firearm safety, BlackRock has taken the most critical stance of any major firm since the deadly Florida shooting.

That family reunion would be *MASSIVE* 😱

Lawmakers hope residents will use the cryptocurrency for everything from paying taxes to buying groceries.

Ahead of the Italian election on Sunday, the mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando, Sindaco di Palermo speaks out against 'Berlusconi culture':

"I'm not saying Berlusconi is a mafioso... but what I'm saying is that Berlusconi culture is exactly what the Mafia needs."

"During the weeks [after my escape], I couldn't wash or eat properly. But it was better than the awful things I had seen and experienced in Somalia. I will never go back."

"Silvio Berlusconi is an excellent politician. For me, he is a perfect person."

Ahead of Italy's national election on Sunday, Italians share their views on the return of the kingmaker, former PM Silvio Berlusconi.

Most of them were carried out by right-wing extremists.

Germany's Social Democrats start counting more than 460,000 votes today after a party-wide poll on whether to approve a coalition agreement with Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU. But what could happen if the SPD says no?

"Dear Italy: are you serious? Berlusconi is back again?"

Italy goes to the polls in national elections on Sunday, and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi — think corruption scandals, so-called 'Bunga Bunga' sex parties, and a tax fraud conviction — could be a kingmaker. DW's Federica Baggio pens a letter to Italy.

The EU wants to send an inquiry committee to Slovakia to investigate journalist's murder.