Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday gave the final seal of approval to a massive spending package to build up the ...

"A really big bazooka," wrote Berenberg economist Holger Schmieding, commenting on the German measures. "These proposals for an immediate loosening of Germany’s fiscal rules will likely be enacted.

German authorities fear that the defunct militant far-left group Red Army Faction may be re-emerging. The RAF, which waged a terror campaign in the 1970s and 80s and was formerly known as the ...