German arms exports have risen sharply, including to the Middle East. Both major churches are calling for stricter licensing rules. At more than €12 billion ($12,6 billion), licenses for German ...

T HE GERMAN state of North Rhine-Westphalia has long provided bodyguards to Armin Papperger. But since American and German ...

By Melissa Eddy Reporting from Berlin The German defense contractor Rheinmetall ... The company is a key supplier of arms to Ukraine and is building plants there and in countries like Lithuania ...