On Monday, the United States withdrew from the Syrian Peace Process because Russia was not holding up its end of the deal. The United States stated that Syria still continued to bomb in Aleppo and did not uphold the ceasefire. As a result of Russia’s failure to meet its agreements, the United States decided to pull out of the agreement…. Read more »
Washington has “suspended” bilateral contacts with Moscow over the Syrian crisis, the US State Department said. Russian Foreign Ministry said it was “disappointed” by the decision and accused the US of seeking to shift blame for its own failure in Syria. US officials had threatened for a week to withdraw from the Syrian peace process, after the latest ceasefire… Read more »
Environment ministers from all 28 European Union states agreed on Friday to a fast-track, collective ratification of last year’s UN Paris climate deal, the EU said. “All member states greenlight early EU ratification of Paris Agreement. What some believed impossible is now real,” tweeted European Council President Donald Tusk, whose home country Poland had been the main state resisting such… Read more »
Russia has suspended an agreement with the US on the disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium, the latest sign of worsening bilateral relations. In a decree, President Vladimir Putin accused the US of creating “a threat to strategic stability, as a result of unfriendly actions” towards Russia. Moscow also set pre-conditions for the US for the deal to be resumed. Under… Read more »
Should a 14-year-old married girl who migrates to Europe be viewed as a child – or a spouse? The issue has put European governments in a spin: forcing a policy U-turn in Denmark, new legislation in the Netherlands and an agonised debate in Germany.
The Brexit is causing concerns for the whole EU and with valid reason. Germany is especially upset because Germany believes the financial weight lies on them. It is unfair Germany is going to be the state that makes up for Britain’s losses. However, who would pay for the majority of EU’s funding if Germany didn’t? Smaller states do not have… Read more »
Any and all Nazis that were involved in the mass murder of the Jewish people should be convicted and sent to jail. No question about it in my mind. It gets a little excessive though when a German court is putting Hubert Zafke on trial for the fourth attempt. I’m only saying that because the man is 95 years old…. Read more »
I think it is concerning that new terror cells keep popping up in eastern Europe. Even if ISIS is defeated, these could continue to exist. However, at least law enforcement was aware that Inès posed a threat to safety. Yet, if they were aware they should have stopped the plan at an earlier stage. The gas cans could have exploded… Read more »
Restrictions on Muslim freedoms and Islamaphobia have become more and more prominent since ISIS has unleashed multiple terrorist attacks over the course of the last decade. The victims of these hateful crimes are not the only ones harmed by these attacks. Muslim people all over the globe are subject to hate crimes and discrimination, and now are being forced to… Read more »
The drubbing at the polls received by German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party over the weekend reflects Europeans’ growing disdain for their established political parties, experts warn. Only 17.6 percent of Berliners voted for Merkel’s CDU in this week’s elections, while the relative newcomer of the anti-immigration AfD gained 14.1 percent. The Social Democrats came in first, as expected, with 21.6… Read more »