A Brutal Life for Migrants in Libya: Trafficking, Detention or Death En Route to Europe

Full Transcript  ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=eyoRle2O97M )  Judy Woodruff: Let us first warn that the story you’re about to see contains images that may upset some viewers, especially children. Violence has re-erupted in Libya. The U.N.-backed government there has declared a state … Read More

No Exit: Refugees Trapped in a Squalid Greek Camp

Camp Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, is a visible reminder of Europe’s hardening stance toward migrants. Refugees and migrants at Camp Moria on the island of Lesbos, Greece, last month.CreditCreditAris Messinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images It may seem … Read More

South Korea reveals plan to break stalemate in US-North Korea talks

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hold their hands together after watching the mass games performance of “The Glorious Country” at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. PYONGYANG PRESS … Read More

Pompeo to return to North Korea for denuclearization talks despite stalled progress

Mike Pompeo, left, is seen meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in May. KCNA/Reuters Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to North Korea at the weekend for denuclearization talks with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, the State Department … Read More

Yearning for a glorious past won’t help Europe now

posted in: European Union, News

There are only a few months left until the UK formally exits the EU. So far, the debate about Brexit has been framed mainly in economic terms. Should the UK crash out of the bloc without a mutual exit agreement, the … Read More

Poll: just 3 in 10 Catholics approve of Pope Francis’s handling of the clerical sex abuse crisis

A new Pew poll suggests trust in the embattled pontiff is plummeting. Pope Francis holds his General Weekly Audience in St. Peter’s Square on August 29, 2018, in Vatican City.  Giulio Origlia/Getty Images Catholics’ confidence in Pope Francis has plummeted. … Read More

‘Don’t leave us with the French!’ Theresa May inspires German demand to quit the EU

THERESA May has inspired a German exit from the European Union after a former industry leader and influential politician came out in support for the British Prime Minister’s Conservative conference speech. Brexit news: German MEP calls for Berlin to quit … Read More

German Unity Day marked by divisions as protests take place in Berlin

posted in: Germany, News

The world was watching on Nov. 9, 1989, when east Berliners climbed over the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, reuniting a country long divided. But it was about a year later, on Oct. 3, that Germany officially became one … Read More

Germany’s Merkel Favors Even More Immigrants

posted in: Germany, News

Even in the face of a rising tide of anti-immigration feeling in Germany that threatens her party’s continued rule, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has actually worked out a deal with the legislative partners of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to … Read More

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