Germany to vote on military mission as Putin calls for the world to fight IS with ‘one powerful fist’

Germany’s foreign minister said today that former deputy foreign minister Juergen Chrobog and his wife and three children, held hostage for a week in Yemen, have been freed.

Germany’s conservatives are moving toward completing the lineup of Chancellor-designate Angela Merkel’s cabinet, with a key ally preparing to nominate his final choice for the new government.

Social Democratic Party chairman Franz Muentefering will serve as vice-chancellor and labour minister in a coalition government under conservative Chancellor-designate Angela Merkel, party officials said today.