German minister resigns over child pornography 'probe leak'

Chancellor Angela Merkel-led new German government has been jolted by its first political crisis after a minister resigned over claims he leaked confidential information about an international......

Merkel rejects calls for orderly insolvency of Greece

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected calls for the 'orderly insolvency' of debt-stricken Greece she tried to calm financial markets and defuse a crisis that threatens to tear apart her......