Aid agencies face uphill battle in Europe migrant crisis
Persecution, conflict and poverty forced an unprecedented 1 million people to flee from Africa and the Middle East to Europe
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EU calls for ‘political solutions’ in dealing with migrant crisis
The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management has called for “political solutions” in dealing with “the root causes”
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Turkey’s economy sees fallout from terrorism, Russian sanctions
Terrorism and Russian sanctions have left Turkey’s already struggling economy bracing for the worst. Tourism seems sure to take hit,
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Turkey issues ‘limited’ media ban after suicide attack
The Turkish government has imposed what it called a “limited” media ban on news coverage following Tuesday’s suicide bombing in
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Explosion hits historic Istanbul square
Turkish media said an explosion Tuesday hit a historic district in central Istanbul, causing casualties. The cause of the blast
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Anti-government protest turns violent in Kosovo
Kosovo’s worst political crisis since declaring independence from Serbia in 2008 deepened Saturday, with thousands of opposition protesters taking to
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Poland adopts controversial media-control law
Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a controversial new law giving the country’s conservative government direct control of state media,
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Russian economy killers: Oil and sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin gets a bad report card, even a failing grade, for his handling of the economic crisis
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New Russian strategy document calls NATO a ‘threat’
On December 31, President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new national security strategy for Russia that unequivocally identifies NATO
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