For Europe, There’s a New Threat in Town: The U.S.
By STEVEN ERLANGER
The Europe Union, which has faced a litany of crises lately, is now waking up to the fact that Mr. Trump may be the most dangerous yet.
Officials, including Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, left Washington for Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday to meet the family of an American commando killed in Yemen.
One commando was killed and civilian casualties were also likely, raising doubts about the planning of the counterterrorism operation, the first authorized by President Trump.
The Europe Union, which has faced a litany of crises lately, is now waking up to the fact that Mr. Trump may be the most dangerous yet.
The authorities raided more than 50 sites in a show of force, but the result just renewed questions over security.
The city is testing the Uritrottoir, a urinal that looks more like a modernist flower box than a receptacle for human waste.
The protests — which are expected to swell further over the weekend — erupted after the government adopted an emergency law on Tuesday night.
Tehran is moving cautiously, keen to avoid provoking a conflict. But one analyst says, “For this Trump, we need to talk and act tough.”
The change eased some of the anger generated in Iraq by President Trump’s order, which has sown anxiety and confusion in much of the world.
President Trump insulted Iran and the Iranians responded, even as the White House dealt with news of a combative phone call Mr. Trump had with Australia’s prime minister.
Scholars who study the history of authoritarianism suggest parallels between repressive regimes and President Trump’s moves to limit Muslim immigration.
Leaders like Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines seem to see a respite from criticism and a chance to advance nationalist goals.
U Ko Ni, a top adviser to the governing National League for Democracy, had devised a plan to strip the military of its extraordinary political powers.
The government said it was beginning a 90-day consultation with the Senate and private sector before talks to review the trade accord with the United States.
Secretary General António Guterres, in his first detailed remarks on the immigration restrictions, also said they would not reduce terrorist threats.
After waiting years to come to the United States, displaced refugees fear returning to extreme poverty and reprisal from anti-American militant groups.
He was the most powerful opposition figure still operating inside the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation plagued by violence and staggering corruption.
The Maluch, built in Bielsko-Biala from the early 1970s to 2000, has developed a following that apparently includes at least one prominent fan.
A contentious phone call with the Australian prime minister set off a political storm there at a time many residents say they want closer ties to China.
An inquiry denounced the decision by the health authorities in Gauteng Province to rely on facilities that were likened in some cases to concentration camps.
There are few people left who can make by hand the iconic boats, which symbolize the maritime culture that drove China’s early growth.
Mr. Putin, the Russian president, is making his first foray into Europe in the Trump era, his position much improved since his last trip there two years ago.
On his first trip abroad, the Pentagon chief said the United States and South Korea would go ahead with a system meant to intercept North Korean medium-range missiles.
A phone call between President Trump and Malcolm Turnbull turned contentious after the Australian leader pressed Mr. Trump to accept 1,250 refugees.
The guidelines do not require priests to offer the sacrament but allow them to do so on a case-by-case basis.
A vision of Islam as inherently hostile has long flourished on the far right. Now President Trump has brought that view to the White House.
The decision to forgo electronic counting, in national elections scheduled for next month, was a response to fears that outside actors, like Russia, might try to tamper with the election.
The results of an inquiry ran counter to a widespread view among military analysts that the reports painted a rosy picture of progress against the Islamic State.
The Russian leader, whom President Trump admires for his pull-no-punches style, avoids the term “radical Islamic terrorism” to emphasize the distinction from religion.
The budget plan includes tax cuts for lower income taxpayers and small businesses, as well as higher spending on infrastructure, rural development and antipoverty programs.
Several police officers were hurt Thursday as they evacuated Amona, and Israel’s prime minister vowed to build a new settlement elsewhere in the West Bank.
A decades-old quarrel over two islets has flared, some say in response to a Greek court’s refusal to extradite eight Turkish airmen.
A vote in the House of Commons was not the final verdict, but with 498 for and 114 against, any efforts to slow Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union appeared certain to fail.
The parents of Sham Aldaher, who has a rare birth defect, had cleared all security checks and were planning to settle the family in the United States, but their plans are now blocked.
Tagimoucia, a crimson and white flower, grows mainly on a single mountain ridge in Fiji. It has a magical significance to Fijians.
A newspaper claimed that Mr. Fillon’s wife held a bogus, taxpayer-funded job even longer than initially reported.
“We are officially putting Iran on notice,” said Michael T. Flynn, the national security adviser, though he did not specify exactly how the administration would respond.
The former U.N. chief’s surprise announcement deprived conservatives of their likeliest candidate to succeed the sidelined president, Park Geun-hye.
The armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines accused the government of failing to release political prisoners and the military of encroaching on rebel territory.
Even as officials forcibly evacuated the illegal Amona settlement, two moves by Israel opened a forceful new phase of expansion into land the Palestinians claim for a future state.
The death of U Ko Ni, a Muslim and an adviser to Myanmar’s leader, has raised new concerns about the country’s rocky transition to democracy.
Migrants are stuck in freezing conditions behind the central train station in Belgrade, Serbia, where they survive on one meal a day.
Romania’s new government faces a growing protest movement over measures seen as permissive toward corruption. We want to hear from Romanians who have felt corruption’s effects.
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Moral choices. Awkward interactions. Family transformations. A year inside Canadians’ quests to adopt Syrian refugees.
The Times asked women around the world why they had kept or changed their surnames when they married. For many, the decision carried significant weight.
The men and boys on the migrant trail out of countries like Niger and Mali say fickle rains and hotter days leave them no option but to risk their lives to gain a livelihood.
David M. Friedman, the nominee to become the ambassador to Israel, has contributed to a right-leaning Israeli news site.
The faces of the besieged stare into the camera, at us and at death, pleading for help, describing the atrocities outside their bedrooms or just on the other side of the door. They are baffled by our indifference to the slaughter.
How leaders of European populist movements have reacted to the election of Donald J. Trump.
The conversational and visual on-the-ground reports offered a glimpse of captivating people and places, from a “sleep mafia” in Delhi to a monastery seeking salvation in beer.
Patronage, communal politics, an electoral one-party state. That’s how the prime minister stays in power despite epic scandals and waning popularity.
Can the love story between a presidential candidate and his former high school teacher save Europe from the right wing?
The president should announce his full support for the Export-Import Bank.
