Trump’s words on conditional defense shock NATO allies
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s hardline nationalist election rhetoric is reverberating far beyond US borders. His words, in a New York Times interview, regarding the…
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Alarm in Germany over Turkey
Turkey is distancing itself ever more from Europe through mass arrests and official sackings, says German parliament speaker Norbert Lammert. A German historian says events…
France orders Microsoft to stop tracking Windows 10 users
France’s data protection commission has ordered Microsoft to “stop collecting excessive user data” and to stop tracking the web browsing of Windows 10 users without…
Why untangling UK industry from Europe may be ‘impossible’
When Bavarian politicians rhapsodise about their “laptop and Lederhosen” economy, they most likely have in mind businesses such as Dräxlmaier in Lower Bavaria. The slogan…
Brazil arrests 10 suspected ISIS members ‘planning Olympic terrorist attacks’
Interim Brazilian President Michel Temer has called an emergency cabinet meeting after authorities arrested 10 alleged Islamic State members who were planning to carry out…
Should Turkey leave NATO?
Ever since Turkey joined NATO in 1952, Ankara has viewed its membership in alliance as a win-win proposition, where NATO enhances Turkey’s security and contributes…
U.K. Nuclear Hunter-Killer Submarine Damaged in Collision
LONDON—Britain’s Royal Navy has launched an investigation into the circumstances that led a state-of-the-art nuclear submarine to crash into a commercial vessel off the coast…
MasterCard jumps into UK payments technologies, buys VocaLink for up to $1.14B
For those keeping tabs, one more big tech company built and operating in the UK has been snapped up by another company from abroad. Today, MasterCard Inc….
US-backed rebel group in Syria condemns beheading of boy
The Nour el-Din al-Zinki Movement said on Wednesday it was investigating a video depicting the brutal murder of a boy by apparent members of the…
Brazil Probes Olympics Threats After Group Backs Islamic State
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s intelligence agency said on Tuesday it was investigating all threats to next month’s Rio Olympics after a presumed Brazilian Islamist group…