The Bundestag has elected the CDU/CSU bloc leader Friedrich Merz as Germany’s new federal chancellor, replacing Social Democrat Olaf Scholz. Merz was elected by the Bundestag on the second attempt. In the first round,

A convoy transporting heavy mining equipment from the Malian capital Bamako to Allied Gold's Sadiola mine came under attack in the Kayes region over the weekend, two people familiar with the incident told Reuters late on Tuesday.

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor on Tuesday — hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat.