Will Hungary’s Migrant Referendum Swing Europe Further Right?
As in many parts of Hungary, factories in this town have been shuttered for decades. Locals say those who have jobs are paid poorly. When asked, many of the people…
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Hundreds Mourn Ugandan Refugee Shot by Police in California
Alfred Olango, the unarmed black man shot and killed by police in a suburb of San Diego, was remembered in a demonstration Saturday organized by clergy members and supporters of…
continue readingHackers Crack State Voting Systems, Leave Data Untouched
Hackers have made their way into state election systems in a few cases, but the federal government hasn’t found “any manipulation’’ so far of voting information, the homeland security secretary…
continue readingMay Pledges to Make Britain ‘Sovereign’ Again With Brexit Step
Prime Minister Theresa May will promise to make Britain “a sovereign and independent country” by repealing the act that took it into what is now the European Union next year,…
continue readingUS Says Afghan Aid ‘Is Not a Blank Check’
The international community is looking for signs of progress on key issues ahead of an international conference on Afghanistan in Brussels next week, said Ambassador Richard Olson, the U.S. special…
continue readingTurkey Demands Answer on EU Membership, Visa Deal
Turkey’s president on Saturday warned that his country had reached the endgame in its decadelong bid for European Union membership. Speaking to lawmakers at the opening of the parliamentary session,…
continue readingHospital in Rebel-held Part of Aleppo Is Bombed Again
Relief workers said the largest remaining Syrian hospital in the rebel-held eastern half of the city of Aleppo was bombed Saturday for the second time in recent days, as Syrian…
continue readingSupreme Court Begins Term Monday, Short One Justice
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its new term Monday, and for the first time in 25 years, only eight of its nine seats will be filled, its future to…
continue readingHungarians Set To Send Fresh Antimigrant Message To Rest Of EU
Hungarians are set to vote in a referendum on October 2 that is all but certain to send a strong — if symbolic — antimigrant message to the rest of…
continue readingHungarians Set To Send Antimigrant Message To EU
Hungarians are voting in a referendum that is all but certain to send a strong — if symbolic — antimigrant message to the rest of the European Union. …
continue readingCITES Signatories to Tackle Online Wildlife Trafficking
Illegal sales of wildlife products are booming on the shadowy, hard-to-regulate web. But the world’s largest convention on wildlife trade hopes to stop that by passing a landmark resolution aimed…
continue readingU.S. Homeland Security Chief Says No ‘Manipulation’ Of Voting Data By Hackers
The secretary of U.S. Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, says “malicious” hackers who recently breached electronic safeguards to “scan” voting systems in a number of U.S. states do not appear to…
continue readingTrump Says He’ll Stress Sexual Indiscretions of Clinton’s Husband
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has apparently launched a plan to try to discredit Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton by attempting to make former President Bill Clinton’s sexual indiscretions a…
continue readingTurkey MPs Back Extension Of Troop Mandate In Syria, Iraq
The Turkish parliament has backed extending for another year a mandate for ongoing military operations in neighboring Syria and Iraq. …
continue readingErdogan Blasts EU For Keeping Turks ‘Waiting At The Door,’ Says ‘Game’ Over
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used a major speech to his country’s lawmakers to press the European Union to clarify its position on eventual Turkish membership and follow through…
continue readingIS Takes to Ancient Strategy as Battle for Mosul Looms
Reeling from U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and battlefield defeats by Iraqi and Kurdish forces, the Islamic State (IS) is resorting to an ancient defense strategy as a massive battle looms to…
continue readingFriendly Fire Incident Kills Five Afghan Troops, One Police Officer
Officials in Kabul say “inaccurate information from ground forces” was to blame for an errant air strike by an Afghan military helicopter that killed five Afghan soldiers and a police…
continue readingPope Calls for Peaceful ‘Coexistence’ in Caucasus
Pope Francis held an open-air mass in Georgia Saturday as he continued a peace mission to the Caucasus region that is torn between Russia and the West. Speaking in…
continue readingIndians Declare $9.5 Billion in ‘Black’ Money
Tens of thousands of Indians have come forward over the past four months to declare a collective $9.5 billion in income that was never reported or taxed, India’s finance minister…
continue readingKyrgyz President Back Home After Heart Scare, Russian Hospitalization
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has arrived home in Bishkek after more than a week in a Russian hospital, where his office said he received “treatment” for possible heart problems after…
continue readingChechnya Museums Mum on Republic’s Independence Wars
In Chechnya, very little evidence remains of the two destructive wars Russia fought there from 1994 to 1996 and 1999 to 2009 to quash independence and Islamist movements. The republic’s…
continue readingWhite House Options Grim as Syria Spirals Downward
Exactly one year after Russia began its air campaign to help Bashar al-Assad’s government crush opposition rebels, Syria continues a hellish descent into chaos, carnage and devastation. The White…
continue readingAl-Shabab Bomb Attack Hits Mogadishu Restaurant
A car bomb targeting Somalia security forces rocked the capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday afternoon. At least two people were killed and six others were wounded in the explosion, according to…
continue readingPhilippine President Rejects Hitler Comparison
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman says the president rejects being labeled as a mass murderer or linking himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. During a speech Friday, Duterte said “Hitler…
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