On this day, 75 years ago, the bloodiest war in human history broke out when Nazi Germany, fresh off of signing a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union, invaded Poland. Though two years would pass before the United States entered
Poland marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II Monday with one eye on Russia, which invaded it during the war and is now throwing its weight around in neighbouring Ukraine. From the very first German shells
An apparent schism is opening in the heart of Europe as Germany’s new Eurosceptic party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is tipped for a breakthrough result today as state election polling stations close in the East German federal freitstaat of Saxony.
A century ago, the First World War began. On 28 July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, then on 1 August, Germany declared war on Russia, and over the course of a few short days, several more world powers joined
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence chief says he expects Islamic extremists who have traveled to Syria and Iraq will return and commit terror attacks. Hans-Georg Maassen told Deutschlandfunk radio on Sunday that there was an “increased abstract threat” of
Given the various strands of British euroscepticism which have been developing across the political spectrum, also within UKIP, it is time to address certain popular myths which have been doing rounds. Firstly, the EU in its current post-crisis shape is
Twenty live giant millipedes were seized after arriving from Germany in a large foam box labeled “toy car model” and landing at a San Francisco mail facility. The large package arrived in the U.S. Postal Service International Service Center at
A 21-year-old British student has posted a video on social media urging Muslims to join the “golden era of jihad”. Hamzah Parvez had told his family he had gone to study in Germany, but instead went to fight for Islamic
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as a leading American health official warned that the outbreak sweeping West Africa would get worse. The disease has
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said two of the leading state-sponsors of the Muslim Brotherhood terror group — Qatar and Turkey — have unloaded millions of dollars in expenditures to incite upheaval in the Middle East. “Qatar, Turkey and the
Europe’s brand-new Justice Commissioner has only been in the job five weeks, but she has already made her own unique contribution to worsening relations between the European Union and their eastern cousins by using ‘black ribbon day’ to remind Russia
Monday night, on the upper east side of New York City, a gang of anti-Semitic “thugs” attacked a peaceful but visibly Jewish man – he was wearing a skullcap (a yarmulke or kippa). They also attacked his wife. Two cars “flying
As the West steps up military aid to Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Iraq, Germany has sent its own contribution in the form of beef sausages, burgers, biscuits and granola bars, according to The Local. The shipment came after newspaper
The French cabinet was dissolved this weekend thanks to increasing signs of rebellion from ministers on the left who are angry over “German austerity”. French President François Hollande has ordered his Prime Minister Manuel Valls to convene a new cabinet.
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s prime minister will scramble to put together a new pro-reform government on Tuesday, a day after the surprise eviction of rebel ministers who had opposed budgetary rigor. Manuel Valls will seek as wide a basis as
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande dissolved the government on Monday after open feuding among his Cabinet over the country’s stagnant economy. Prime Minister Manuel Valls offered up his Socialist government’s resignation after accusing France’s outspoken economy minister of
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on September 1 in Brussels to agree a framework for renewed nuclear talks, Iran said on Sunday. Ashton is the lead negotiator for the six major
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived Saturday in Kiev for crucial talks with Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership on how to end the bloodshed in the east of the country. Merkel is meeting President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and several mayors
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has declared war on Western industrial civilisation by funding and narrating a series of short eco documentaries urging us all to leave fossil fuels in the ground, cripple our economies with carbon taxes and embrace bird-frying, bat-chomping
Former CIA covert operations officer Mike Baker argued that the United Kingdom’s embrace of diversity and multiculturalism is responsible for the problem of homegrown Islamic extremist terrorism in the country on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Laura Ingraham Show.” “[The UK]
A German official has openly accused the government of Qatar with financing the Islamic State terror group. Germany’s development aid minister, Gerd Mueller, said Wednesday from Berlin: “A story like this always has a history. Who is financing these troops?
On August 18, German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured Baltic states that NATO would protect them against Russian aggression. Merkel said, “Article 5 of the NATO contract–the duty to provide mutual support–is not something which just exists on paper, but is
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In a move led by hard-line lawmakers, Iran’s parliament dismissed the country’s science minister on Wednesday over his alleged support for pro-Western voices at universities, dealing a blow to moderate President Hassan Rouhani. The no-confidence vote
The small minority of Iraqi Yazidis – a religious minority of Kurdish ethnicity singled out by the terrorist group the Islamic State for extermination – is ready to move on from Iraq. After mass killings, starvation, enslavement, and a history of being the
(Reuters) – Refugee Samo Ilyas Ali has nine children to feed but he can’t focus on the future because the sounds of women and children crying out for help while being buried alive by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq
