All Europe
First LookUnder pressure for pro-migrant policies, German government pushes deportationsChancellor Angela Merkel has been criticized at home for her 'open door' policy for refugees. But with elections looming on the horizon, Merkel's administration is announcing plans to step up deportations and clear out a large backlog of asylum cases.
First LookDespite leaders' chiding, Europeans may think Trump is right about immigration, survey saysA recent survey asked Europeans from ten different countries whether they agreed with the statement 'All further migration from mainly Muslim countries should be stopped.'
With court ruling, Kremlin moves to block political biggest threat: NavalnyThe ruling reinstating a guilty verdict for anticorruption blogger Alexei Navalny effectively rules him out of next year's presidential race. But it may help him remain a viable Kremlin opponent.
- First LookUK House of Commons speaker 'strongly opposed' to letting Trump address Parliament
John Bercow, the Speaker of the lower house, said Monday that he opposes US President Trump addressing Parliament during a state visit.
First LookQueen Elizabeth II's record reign: Is popularity of monarchy as enduring?Britain celebrated its monarch's Sapphire Jubilee on Monday, marking the 65th anniversary of the Queen's ascension to the throne. The Queen herself, however, didn't mark the day with a public event.
Could Brexit pressures push May to surrender British 'independence' to US?The Brexit result is widely viewed as a demand that the government prioritize British sovereignty, but that principle may be undermined by any free trade deal Prime Minister May cuts with President Trump.
First LookFar-right populist Marine Le Pen formally launches bid to make France great againFar-right candidate Marine Le Pen attacked both Islamic fundamentalism and globalization in her formal announcement for France's presidency on Sunday.
First LookWhy the ‘Queen of Chess’ abandoned the Gibraltar tournamentHou Yifan, the world’s top female chess player, walked out on her final match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.
First LookWhy are British supermarkets rationing vegetables?Shoppers took to social media at signs of the '#vegcrisis,' after bad weather in southern European sharply diminished the supply of greens.
MPs now back Brexit: The changing nature of British democracyThough a majority of MPs opposed Britain leaving the EU, Parliament's lower chamber overwhelmingly voted to start the exit process. Many say they're following the will of the people, possibly in hopes of maintaining political stability.
How uncertainty over Trump is fueling Ukraine's latest deadly violenceThough their explanations differ, Kiev, Moscow, and the rebels in the restive Donbass region all point to the new US administration's ambivalence about Ukraine as cause for the spate of fighting.
First LookIs Putin stepping up the violence in eastern Ukraine?A surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine over recent days has led to the highest death toll in weeks.
- First LookPoland posts detailed list of former Auschwitz guards online
Polish historians say they have compiled the most complete list of Nazi SS commanders and guards at Auschwitz, with the aim of bringing justice.
First LookFrench Socialists decisively pick leftist Benoît Hamon in presidential raceBenoît Hamon, who rose from political obscurity on a guaranteed basic income proposal, will be the Socialist Party candidate in France's upcoming presidential election.
As furor over refugees grips US, Canada offers a different way to integrateEven as the Trump administration closes US borders to some refugees, Canada's decades-old private refugee sponsorship program is getting another look by nations struggling with their own influxes of migrants.
Underdogs complete sweep of French primaries, upending presidential raceWith Socialist Benoît Hamon's win Sunday, centrists have been shut out of the two major French parties' presidential run-ups. And far-right Marine Le Pen and former Socialist Emmanuel Macron could yet keep both parties out of the eventual runoff in May.
The 'Good Samaritan' factor: Why some judges in France are not enforcing the lawFaced with cases where the legal code and the public perception of what's right do not overlap, some French judges are declining to find 'Good Samaritan' defendants guilty – which is empowering social activists.
First LookBill to trigger Brexit introduced in Parliament, after May loses case to go it aloneOn Tuesday, Britain's Supreme Court reaffirmed that Prime Minister Theresa May needs approval from Parliament before she can formally trigger the country's exit from the European Union.
Russia's decriminalization of domestic abuse: a sign of conservatives' influence?Women's rights advocates say move leaves women underprotected from abusive spouses. But it also signals the growing political clout of the Russian Orthodox Church and other conservative political actors.
Uncertainty over Brexit ratchets back up with court rulingTuesday's ruling doesn't derail Prime Minister May's plan to leave the European Union. But it gives Parliament the potential to soften the exit.
