Wilders Defeat Celebrated By PM Rutte
Dutch people rejected "the wrong kind of populism", Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said, as he celebrated victory in Wednesday's election. "The Netherlands said 'Whoa!'" he declared after his...
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Turkey’s Red Meat Association Sends Cows Back To Holland
Turkey's red meat association has ordered Dutch cattle to be sent back to the Netherlands, saying that the diplomatic crisis between the countries has led to a decision to no longer farm the cows....
Europe Braced For NEXIT
Millions of Dutch voters are going to the polls today in key elections overshadowed by a blazing diplomatic row with Turkey and all eyes on the anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders. Following last year's...
Facebook, Twitter and Google Grilled By UK MPs Over Hate Speech
Social media giants should “do a better job” to protect users from online hate speech, British MPs have said. Executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google were asked by the Home Affairs select...
Meteorologists Revise Down Storm Forecast For New York
Winter Storm Stella was no longer expected to be the worst winter storm of the season, at least in New York City, where meteorologists Tuesday revised down expected snow accumulation. Stella had been...
‘Why Are You Hiding Terrorists’
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued his rhetorical attacks on European leaders on Monday by accusing German Chancellor Angela Merkel of "supporting terrorists". Merkel called the...
Dutch Warn Citizens After Erdogan Threat
The Netherlands has warned its citizens over travel to Turkey as a row between the countries shows no sign of abating. Germany, Austria and the Netherlands blocked Turkish attempts to hold rallies in...
Germany and Netherlands Harden Stance
Several EU leaders have criticised Turkey, amid a growing row over the Turkish government's attempts to hold rallies in European countries. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany and the...
The Netherlands Bars Turkish Foreign Minister’s Plane From Landing
The Netherlands barred a plane carrying Turkey's foreign minister from landing to stop him from addressing a political rally Saturday in Rotterdam. The Dutch government announced that Foreign...
German MPs Reject Declaring N.African States ‘safe’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a setback Friday when the upper house of parliament rejected a proposal to declare three North African states "safe countries of origin" in refugee law. The...
Algeria’s Ailing President Doing ‘very Well’
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has rarely appeared in public since a crippling stroke in 2013, is doing "very well", the country's prime minister said on Thursday. Speculation has...
Iraq PM Abadi To Visit White House This Month
US President Donald Trump will host Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Washington this month, the White House said Tuesday, a fence-mending meeting as the two countries fight the Islamic State...
Facebook Wins Case Against Refugee In Merkel Selfie
Facebook clinched victory Tuesday in a German court case brought by a Syrian refugee whose selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel had made him the target of racist trolls. The court ruled that the US...
Facebook Case Brought By Syrian Refugee In Germany Heads To Verdict
A German court was due to rule Tuesday on a dispute between Facebook and a Syrian refugee whose post of a selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel fuelled fake news linking him to terrorism. Online...
Trade Deficit Threat To National Security
The Trump administration's top trade advisor said Monday US trade deficits are a threat to national security that could cause the loss of American freedom and prosperity. Outlining an...
What If Germany Had Not Lost Its Colonies In Africa?
The Germans were latecomers to the scramble for Africa. Even if there may have been individual Germans scouring the coasts of Africa (as slave traders?), it was only after the Berlin Conference of...
115 Migrants Rescued, 25 Missing
The Libyan navy said it rescued 115 migrants Friday headed for Europe whose overloaded rubber boat was sinking off the coast near Tripoli, and that another 25 people were missing. "We rescued 115...
Merkel ‘plans US Meeting With Trump Mid-March’
Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to hold her first meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington on March 14, a German government source told AFP Friday. "Such a plan is in the works," the...
Angela Merkel Visits Tunisia For Talks On Migrant Crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal migrants to her country during a visit on Friday. Her two-day trip, which also...
George W. Bush Exhibits His Portraits of US War Veterans
After putting down his executive pen former US President George W. Bush picked up a paint brush -- and the hobby has become something of a career. An exhibition of his oil paintings depicting US...