The changes are part Microsoft's efforts to improve the resiliency of the Windows operating system after last year’s CrowdStrike crashes.

The Trump administration has emerged as a staunch defender of Alternative for Germany, known as AfD, a party with Nazi echoes that has risen in popularity.

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has said it will await a court ruling before moving forward with plans to classify the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a "right-wing ...

Germany's domestic spy agency BfV has paused its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist organisation in what the AfD on Thursday called a partial victory for its ...

Rubio condemns German intelligence’s decision to classify far-right party AfD as extremist Secretary of State Marco Rubio advised Germany to “reverse course” following the domestic ...

German intelligence classifies AfD party as extremist threat to democracy Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has designated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party a right-wing ...

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist entity that threatens democracy, a move enabling it to better monitor the ...

BERLIN Germany's domestic intelligence agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germnay (AfD) party as a “proven extremist group”—a designation likely to reignite the debate ...

Germany designates rising far-right AfD party as ‘extremist’ group The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate ...

The agency cited a "xenophobic, anti-minority, Islamophobic" rhetoric among the reasons for the designation. The label gives authorities more power to investigate the far-right party.

While BfV classifications have had limited impact on AfD’s rise so far, it remains to be seen how being officially labeled a “confirmed case” of extremism will affect its standing with voters.

Friday's decision deepens Germany's political divisions as the AfD's opponents, especially those on the left, call to ban the party from politics. Meanwhile, AfD leaders and their supporters argue ...