Kremlin says North Korea leader won’t be visiting Russia next month
MOSCOW — The reclusive leader of North Korea won’t be coming to Moscow next month for the Victory Day celebration, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman announced Thursday. The highly anticipated visit...
View ArticleGreece puts finishing touches on painful new bailout deal
BRUSSELS — After months of acrimony, Greece finally clinched a bailout agreement with its European creditors on Monday that will, if implemented, secure the country’s place in the euro and avoid...
View ArticleMerkel urges German approval for Greek bailout
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel urged German lawmakers Friday to vote in favor of a third bailout package for Greece, arguing that the cash-strapped country faces chaos without a deal. The proposed...
View Article‘We can’t wait until tomorrow': Migrants frustrated, but stay in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hundreds of frustrated refugees stuck at Budapest’s Keleti train station gathered up their belongings Friday and vowed to make their way to Vienna on foot. But the protest was...
View ArticleVW crisis deepens; automaker sets aside $7.3 billion for emissions scandal
BERLIN — The crisis enveloping Volkswagen AG, the world’s top-selling carmaker, escalated Tuesday as the company issued a profit warning following a stunning admission that some 11 million of its...
View ArticleEU scrambles, holds emergency meetings to address migration crisis
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s two emergency meetings on the migration crisis this week won’t provide any quick solutions to ease the plight of tens of thousands of people seeking sanctuary in Europe....
View ArticleGermany taking steps to accommodate immigrants, but influx poses problems
BERLIN — Fadi and Fadiya started school in Berlin last month not knowing a word of German. The 9-year-old twins from Syria are among nearly 400,000 children among a wave of up to 1 million migrants...
View ArticleUruguayans’ patience with Syrian refugees grows thin
JUAN LACAZE, Uruguay — When Uruguay announced last year that it would be taking in five families fleeing Syria’s devastating civil war, residents of this small town pulled together and lobbied to host...
View ArticleEuropean migrant crisis weighing on German Chancellor Merkel
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been looking unusually vulnerable as she prepares to meet the world’s top leaders this week, struggling to slow a huge influx of migrants amid mounting...
View Article10 things to know, Friday, Nov. 13
1. Kurdish Iraqis advance strongly in IS-held town Iraqi Kurdish militia fighters battling to take back Sinjar from Islamic State militants reach the town center, though officials caution it is too...
View ArticleWorld leaders pressed into action after Paris attacks
ANTALYA, Turkey — World leaders vowed Monday to boost intelligence-sharing, cut off terrorist funding and strengthen border security in Europe, as they sought to show resolve and unity following the...
View ArticlePolice arrest 21 in Belgium; Paris fugitive remains at large
BRUSSELS — Belgian police launched more raids in Brussels and beyond early Monday, detaining five more people as they continued their hunt for a fugitive suspect in the Paris attacks. In Paris, British...
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Time names Germany’s Merkel person of the year
NEW YORK — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time’s Person of the Year, praised Wednesday by the magazine for her leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt crisis....
View ArticleCameron heads to crucial summit with British EU membership at stake
BRUSSELS — British Prime Minister David Cameron is bracing for a crucial European Union summit on Thursday, convinced he needs to clinch a deal to fundamentally reform the bloc to make sure a U.K....
View ArticleEurope goes from ‘welcome’ to ‘enough’ on migrants
PARIS — Last fall, soccer fans celebrated refugee children at a legendary Munich stadium; today, European voters are boosting anti-immigrant political parties and governments are closing their gates to...
View ArticleAt Olympic closing ceremony, Japanese prime minister makes brief but notable...
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's brief but showstopping gig at the Olympics closing ceremony as the Nintendo game character Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo's plans for...
View ArticleRussia stops using Iranian base for air strikes after chiding from defense...
TEHRAN, Iran — Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for launching airstrikes on Syria for the time being, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday, just hours after the Iranian defense...
View ArticleDivided America: Millennials' vote in November could have profound effect
The oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City's Twin Towers — are old enough to remember the relative economic prosperity of the 1990s, and when a different Clinton was...
View ArticleRio Olympics close with look ahead to Asia
RIO DE JANEIRO — Shaking to samba and expressing a sense of longing with uniquely Brazilian words, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash that was both revelatory and a...
View ArticleJoint U.S.-South Korea military drills raise tensions with North
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea's threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal.
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