A counter-terror operation in Germany swooped on suspects smuggling military clothing and funds to militant groups in Syria a month early after one ISIS sympathising member became suspicious that he was being monitored by police. The men, who are Salafist
Europe faces yet another recession, and the prospect is shaking global financial markets. To eliminate the persistent threat of collapse, Europe must drop the euro, and Germany must abandon mercantilism. When the euro was adopted in 1999, domestic prices, the
Two German hostages have been freed by Islamist militants in the Philippines. Stefan Viktor Okonek and Henrike Dielen were captured by the Abu Sayyaf group in April. Local residents on the southern island of Jolo found them walking near a
BERLIN (Reuters) – French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron has called on Germany to spend an additional 50 billion euros (39.59 billion pounds) on investments over the next three years to support the European economy, according to comments that appeared in
The 100th anniversary of World War I has generated an enormous amount of interest in the Great War, especially given its startling parallels to current events. Harry W. Crocker III’s new book, The Yanks are Coming! A Military History of the United States
German, French, and British fighters within the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) are threatening their homelands and America following the U.S.-led air attacks against the terrorist group. The three jihadists, who filmed “Wait. We Too Are Waiting” in Aleppo, Syria, challenge the
World stock markets mostly rebounded Friday after a fall in U.S. unemployment applications and comments from a Federal Reserve official eased nerves about a stalling economic recovery. KEEPING SCORE: After sharp falls earlier this week, European markets shot higher, continuing
Marches have been taking place in major German towns and cities, leading police to fear a return to right wing hooliganism. A march in Frankfurt last weekend left no doubt as to the concerns of the protestors despite only involving
The former foreign minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer, has said that the EU risks failing if it does not respond to the swing to more eurosceptic parties. In a press conference at the launch of his book ‘Should it fail?’
A Sudanese national who was employed as a UN medical worker in Liberia has died of Ebola at a hospital in Germany. Despite receiving multiple experimental drugs to help combat the deadly virus, the UN aid worker died of hemorrhagic
A California farmer made history on Monday after submitting a 2,058-pound pumpkin to a growing competition, breaking the record for largest pumpkin grown in North America. Organizers of the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival told the Los Angeles Times that
A German hospital confirmed on Tuesday that a United Nations worker has died from Ebola eight days after testing positive. St. Georg hospital in Leipzig says after undergoing “intensive medical procedures,” an unnamed 56-year-old man died from the Ebola infection
GENEVA (AP) — The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce
There is a fresh bout of fear over the economies which form the eurozone area following the announcement of growth statistics by the International Monetary Fund. At its annual meeting in Washington the talk was of concern that the area
A Sudanese doctor has died of Ebola in Germany after he contracted the disease in Liberia while performing aid work for the United Nations. The deceased was flown from Liberia to the St. Georg clinic in Liepzig, in the East
The latest edition of a glossy magazine published by the Islamic State (ISIS) contains numerous calls to kill Americans, including civilians, along with our European and Australian allies. The ISIS magazine is called Dabiq. The fourth issue was released last
Britain’s government officially launched on Monday an attempt to sell its 40-percent stake in Eurostar, the high-speed rail service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. It forms part the state’s plan to recoup £20 billion ($32.2 billion, 25.4 billion euros)
Five months after the landmark ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union ordering Google to remove links to webpages in a “right to be forgotten”, Google has released data on the more than 142,000 requests received from
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greece is not yet giving European leaders sleepless nights again, but as the euro zone’s problem child approaches the end of its second international bailout, political uncertainty in Athens is set to test the currency area’s resilience.
After an 800-man brawl outside a mosque in Hamburg on Tuesday German police deployed 1,300 officers on Wednesday night, but were still unable to separate warring Islamic fundamentalists and Yazidi Kurds in violence which again led to a hospitalisation for
(AFP) Worries over the worldwide spread of Ebola grew Thursday after three more health workers were quarantined in Spain and North America threw up border controls at main ports of arrival from the plagued African states. The United States and
(AFP) Street clashes pitting Kurds against radical Muslims left 23 people wounded in Germany, police said Wednesday amid fears that fighting in Syria and Iraq could further inflame passions. Riot police used batons, pepper spray and water cannon to keep
BERLIN (AP) — Leading economic think tanks have slashed their growth forecast for Germany due to weak eurozone and global growth as well as uncertainty over the Ukraine crisis. The four economic institutes Thursday predict Europe’s biggest economy will expand
The Nameless Non-War spills out from the hazy borders of Syria and Iraq into Germany, where Kurds and Islamists had to be separated with water cannon, as reported by Reuters: German police used water cannon to stop clashes between hundreds
A new theory has emerged to explain why the German bishops have been pushing so hard for Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics. They are afraid of losing tax revenue. The head of the German Bishops’ Conference came out publicly
