Europe
Crimean Tatar leader faces ‘lawless’ trial
Akhtem Chiygoz, deputy head of the Tatar Majlis, is about to go on trial in Russian-annexed Crimea, in a case opponents say "flies in the face of all principles of law."
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France poses anti-terror constitutional amendment
French President Francois Hollande proposed a constitutional amendment to permanently extend the state of emergency imposed in response to Paris terrorist attacks.
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Refugee resistance on Balkan border
Riots broke out at Greece's frontier with Macedonia as migrants and asylum seekers stranded there for the past two weeks blockaded the border.
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Spain strikes down Catalan independence plan
The Constitutional Court of Spain declared unconstitutional a resolution by the Parliament of Catalonia that puts forth a plan for the region's independence by 2017.
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Paris: police suppress climate protests
Police in Paris used tear-gas and batons to break up protesters who attempted to gather ahead of the UN climate summit in defiance of a state of emergency.
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French parliament extends state of emergency
The French National Assembly voted to extend the state of emergency three months, as François Hollande calls for constitutional changes making emergency powers permanent.
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Conspiracy vultures descend on Paris
The Palestinian Authority's official newspaper runs an op-ed claiming Israel was behind the Paris attacks—just one of several such unhelpful responses.
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From Beirut to Paris…
The terror campaign in Paris has shocked the world, while the previous day's ISIS attacks on a Shi'ite district of Beirut were mere background noise for the world media.
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Cold War déja vu in NATO mega-maneuvers
NATO is just winding up its biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War—Operation Trident Juncture, involving 36,000 troops from over 30 countries.
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Obama’s nuclear upgrade: Euro-missiles redux?
Revelation of Washington's plan to station missile-capable nuclear warheads in Germany was met with a Russian threat to deploy ballistic missiles in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad.
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UN authorizes operation against migrant smuggling
The UN Security Council approved a resolution to allow the European Union to intercept vessels suspected of smuggling migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Crimean Tartars in alliance with Ukrainian fascists?
Crimean Tartars, blockading the Ukrainian border in protest of Russia's annexation of their homeland, are said to be collaborating with Ukraine's neo-fascist Right Sector.