Struggling to cope with refugees, Germany prints its constitution in Arabic

Few Germans expect absolutely everything to go smoothly as hundreds of thousands of refugees arrive in the country. What has happened in recent days -- including violent clashes among asylum seekers and reports of homeless refugees sleeping on streets in Berlin -- has raised new concerns whether bureaucratic and rule-obsessed Germany will be able to cope. Germany's vice chancellor, Sigmar […]











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Chart: The world is already losing interest in the refugee crisis

For months, even years, there had been warnings about the huge refugee crisis now confronting the world. In June, a damning report from the U.N. refugee agency noted that the mass displacement of people around the world in 2014 was worse than at any other time since World War II. Despite this warning, few paid attention. […]











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Read Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’s U.N. General Assembly speech

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday and said he would not honor previous accords with Israel unless it lives up to its commitments. Here is the full text of his remarks. H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, president of the General Assembly, H.E Mr. Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations, Excellencies, heads of delegations […]











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Why Russia’s Syria war is bad news for the U.S. (and why it isn’t)

Russian warplanes are conducting airstrikes now in Syria, according to a slew of news reports. The move follows authorization by a vote in Russian parliament as well as weeks of concerted Kremlin messaging about the importance of bolstering the Syrian regime to combat the Islamic State. But it's not clear whether the targets of the current […]











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Russia’s airstrikes in Syria mark a huge departure for Moscow

We've become surprisingly accustomed to Western powers, such as the United States, Britain and France, intervening militarily in the Middle East. The confirmation on Wednesday that Russian warplanes have begun carrying out airstrikes in Syria is something different. These strikes are an exceptionally rare example of Russia using its considerable military might outside its traditional sphere of influence. In […]











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Chinese city hit by multiple ‘parcel’ explosions; 6 dead

In what appeared to be a coordinated attack, bombs ripped through multiple locations in the Chinese city of Liuzhou on Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring many others, according to state media. Update: 6 killed, dozens injured in parcel blasts in Liucheng county, #Guangxi. More reported at nearby Liuzhou city pic.twitter.com/eBGngiL5S7 — China Xinhua […]











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