World
Changing captains in Germany’s Left Party
June 11, 2015The Left Party is the only opposition force with any real clout in Germany, so a gathering with representatives of its 60,000 members was important enough.
Read moreDark plots in the Middle East?
June 10, 2015A quiet meeting this past March in Saudi Arabia, and a recent anonymous leak from the Israeli military, set the stage for what may be a new and wider war in the Middle East.
Read moreA hot weekend and a chilly G7 summit
June 9, 2015Top leaders of seven nations at the G7 Summit discuss "the global economy as well as... foreign, security and development policy."
Read moreEnforcement not the answer to Europe’s immigration problems
June 9, 2015International law guarantees the right to seek asylum; seizing boats and mass detentions are violations of this right.
Read moreMassive anti-austerity march as Portugal prepares for national elections
June 8, 2015The red hammer-and-sickle banners of the Portuguese Communist Party and the green flags of the Green Ecological Party filled the streets of Lisbon.
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