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- The Netherlands barred Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu from flying to Rotterdam on Saturday and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded by calling his NATO partner a "Nazi remnant" as… International
- Twin bombs targeting Shia pilgrims on Saturday killed 46 people in Damascus, most of them Iraqis, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the Syrian capital. - There have… International
- French Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon is struggling to get his presidential campaign back on track, as a growing number of party bigwigs publicly consider voting instead for centrist Emmanuel… International
- All eyes were on Seoul’s presidential Blue House on Saturday as South Koreans awaited ex-president Park Geun-hye’s reaction to her impeachment and preparations to move into her private residence… International
- US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban executive order suffered its first legal setback on Friday as a federal judge blocked the directive’s potential impact on the family of a Syrian… International
- At least 22 civilians were killed on Friday and dozens wounded when a Saudi airstrike hit a market in western Yemen causing a fire to break out, a local official said. - Missiles launched by… International
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a setback on Friday when the upper house of parliament rejected a proposal to declare three North African states “safe countries of origin” in refugee law… International
- Just back from Kenya, Yemen, South Sudan and Somalia—countries that are facing or are at risk of famine—the top United Nations humanitarian official urged the international community for… International
- European heavyweights Germany and France backed a “multi-speed” Europe after Britain’s divorce with the union, but Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said she would never back such a plan, which… International
- Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced the “normalization” of ties between their nations, damaged by Ankara downing one of Moscow’s… International
- One of the most anticipated tourism exhibitions, ITB Berlin kicked off on March 8 in the German capital at a time when the sector is facing challenges ranging from terrorism threats to travel bans… International
- The Syrian government has called on the United Nations to force Turkey to pull its forces out of Syria, state media said on Friday. - Turkey's military shelled Syrian government forces and… International
- US President Donald Trump was granted initial approval on dozens of new trademarks in China because they met legal standards, a senior Chinese commercial official said on Friday. International
- EU leaders have reelected Donald Tusk as president of the European Council despite a bid to oust him by his home country, Poland. The leaders voted 27 to one to give him another two-and-a-half-… International
- Thousands of Berliners are facing travel misery after ground crews at both the German capital’s airports started striking early on Friday morning, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations. …International
- Indonesian politicians, including the justice minister and ex-interior minister, and officials were implicated on Thursday in a major corruption scandal estimated to have sucked about $170 million… International
- An axe-wielding attacker suffering from mental health problems injured seven people at the main train station in the German city of Dusseldorf late Thursday. - Previously, police had said… International
- A Moroccan appeals court has sentenced a Frenchman to four years in prison after he was convicted of financially supporting a “terrorist” cell, a case that has alarmed rights groups. Thomas Gallay… International
- WikiLeaks has offered to help the likes of Google and Apple identify the software holes used by purported CIA hacking tools, which puts the tech industry in something of a bind. - While… International
- South Korean President Park Geun-hye was fired on Friday as a court upheld her impeachment over a corruption scandal that has paralyzed the nation at a time of mounting tensions in East Asia. International
- At least 20,000 people from Myanmar have fled across the border to China after violence erupted between ethnic rebels and security forces. - Thousands entered border camps and are receiving… International
- Syrian government forces have reached the bank of Euphrates River east of Khafsah for the first time in four years, maintaining control of a nine-mile coastline, the Russian General Staff said on… International
- Scandal-plagued French presidential hopeful, Francois Fillon, was hit by a new revelation on Tuesday, this time over an interest-free, undeclared loan he received from a billionaire friend. International
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces on Wednesday questioning by lawmakers investigating if her government shielded Volkswagen from regulators, despite knowing the auto giant was carrying out… International
 
           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

