The beginning of the end for Germany’s Angela Merkel?
For a dozen years, Angela Merkel seemingly floated above the laws of political gravity, making her calm and consensual leadership style as much a part of the German landscape as...
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EU begins sending people back across the sea, despite human rights outcry
The European Union began offloading its refugee crisis onto its Turkish neighbors Monday, sending back more than 200 migrants in the first stage of a plan to deport thousands that...
U.S. keeps Disneyland-bound British Muslim family out of the country
A trip to Disneyland that was supposed to be a dream vacation for a British Muslim family has instead become the latest flash-point in an international debate over Islam and...
Greece approves contentious austerity measures, smoothing way for bailout
Hours after police and demonstrators clashed in central Athens, Greek lawmakers on Thursday approved austerity measures that were overwhelmingly rejected by their citizens just days ago. The vote represented a...
A month after kosher market attack, French Jews plan an exodus
For all her 30 years, Jennifer Sebag has lived in a community that embodies everything modern Europe is supposed to be. Inclusive, integrated, peaceful and prosperous, the elegant city of...
A Scotland made anew by surge in political engagement
On the cobbled streets of Edinburgh on Saturday, the "yes" and "no" campaign offices were dark, the doors locked, the insides strewn with deflated balloons and abandoned leaflets — the...
Musharraf gives deadline for Pakistan vote
As a possible clash loomed between security forces and supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday set a deadline of Feb. 15 for holding...
Pakistan high court asked to rescind Sharif deportation
A day after the Pakistani government deported former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his supporters launched a formal protest with the Supreme Court on Tuesday but were largely prevented from taking...
Rockets target Afghan leader
The Taliban carried out an apparent attempt to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, firing rockets that missed him by several hundred yards as he spoke to a group...
U.S. turns work over to Iraqis
An Iraq reconstruction effort that has been dominated for more than three years by U.S. dollars and companies is being transferred to Iraqis, leaving them the challenge of completing a...