MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration will change the direction and tone of American foreign policy by listening to its allies.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Pirates off the Somali coast have kidnapped a German liquefied petroleum gas tanker and its crew of 13.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan was not blessed by Allah with significant hydrocarbon resources, and its economy has been battered by its reliance on hydroelectric power and the constantly rising cost of energy imports. Now Bishkek is hoping to improve its energy situation by broadening its options by developing the nation’s solar potential along with other renewable energy sources, passing legislation to encourage their development.

PARIS, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The French Foreign Ministry said Friday it wants European Union members to reach a common policy regarding Guantanamo Bay prisoners.

BERLIN, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Germany's economic stimulus package will reportedly cost about half as much as originally reported, government officials said.

HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Two German doctors charged with manslaughter after helping a terminally ill British man die in 2004 have been acquitted, observers said.

BERLIN, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Germany says it is willing to consider accepting some of the terrorism suspects being held at the U.S. military prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

BERLIN, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Germany's Central Office, an agency that tracks down suspected Nazi war criminals, is still functioning 50 years after its founding, officials say.

STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- One of the last imprisoned members of the Red Army Faction, a 1970s German militant group, will soon be released, officials said Monday.