A storm hit coastal areas in the north, disrupting rail services and prompting flood warnings even in the port city of Hamburg, with the port inundated as water levels in the Elbe River, which flows into the North Sea, rose 5,2 metres above normal levels

The country will send a new frigate to the Red Sea in August to help secure maritime traffic, which has now been disrupted for months due to Houthi attacks

The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, has approved the so-called "self-determination law," a provision that makes it easier to change gender identity and name at the registry office

The parliamentary groups in current governing coalition are pushing for a strong legal framework to clarify the use of social media by parliamentary groups in the Bundestag to ensure transparent and legal use of taxpayers' money allocated to these groups

Those seeking German citizenship may soon have to answer test questions on anti-Semitism, Germany's commitment to Israel, and Jewish life in Germany