EU leaders commit ships, aid for action on Med migrants
European Union leaders on Thursday started committing new resources to save lives in the Mediterranean at an emergency summit convened after hundreds of migrants drowned in the space of a…
Angela Merkel
German Parliament approves Greece’s bailout extension
By GEIR MOULSON Germany’s Parliament overwhelmingly approved the four-month extension of Greece’s financial bailout on Friday, despite unease over the new government in Athens. Lawmakers voted 542-32 to back the…
Greece bailout set to get strong German Parliament backing
Greece’s four-month bailout extension can expect to win wide support in the German Parliament after a large majority of lawmakers in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc signaled their backing. Parliament…
As ravaged Ukraine town regains peace, fear of war remains
By PETER LEONARD Almost every building was gravely damaged, nearly every window smashed in this Ukrainian town left unrecognizable by months of relentless shelling. Children played in the rubble where…
Debaltseve under rebel control, Cossack fighters celebrate
By PETER LEONARD and DALTON BENNETT Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks, roamed the streets of Debaltseve on Thursday, a day after Ukrainian forces began withdrawing from the besieged town.…
Ukraine cease-fire largely holding, Debaltseve still tense
By PETR JOSEK and PETER LEONARD A cease-fire that went into effect Sunday in eastern Ukraine appeared largely to be holding, although continued fighting over a bitterly contested railway hub…
Ukraine battles persist ahead of cease-fire deadline
By BALINT SZLANKO Fierce fighting surged in east Ukraine as Russian-backed separatists mounted a major and sustained new push Friday to capture a strategic railway hub ahead of a weekend…
Merkel, Obama, try to bridge differences on arms to Ukraine
By STEVEN R. HURST President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are trying for a public display of unity despite a potential split over arming Ukrainian fighters to wage…