Japanese welcome Obama visit to Hiroshima, apology or not
By MIKI TODA and MARI YAMAGUCHI After being taught that atomic bombs are inhumane and terrible, high school student Kaho Matsuki’s first reaction when she heard U.S. President Barack Obama…
Summits
Obama hails Iran deal as a model for nuclear diplomacy
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama hailed the nuclear deal with Iran on Friday as a “substantial success” and a model for future diplomacy, as world leaders took stock of…
Obama in Cuba: Historic Castro summit a key test for detente
By JOSH LEDERMAN and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Brushing past profound differences, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will sit down Monday at Havana’s Palace of the Revolution for a…
Vice President Biden in Israel amid Palestinian attacks
By DANIEL ESTRIN U.S. Vice President Joe Biden touched down in Israel Tuesday for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders just after Palestinian attackers shot and stabbed policemen and civilians…
Dead pig found at German mosque building site
Police say a dead pig with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s name daubed on it has been found at a construction site where a mosque is being built in the eastern German…
Europe’s crisis worsens: Migrants face razor wire, tear gas
Pressed against coils of razor wire and shouting “Help us!,” refugees stranded at Greece’s northern border were pushed back Monday by Macedonian police using tear gas and stun grenades, as…
Polish president calls for beefed-up NATO presence
By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Polish President Andrzej Duda called on NATO Monday to make its presence “as permanent as possible” in Poland to safeguard his country and region from an aggressive…
EU leaders vow ‘uncompromising fight’ against terrorism
JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Shocked by the bloody Paris attacks, European Union leaders on Friday vowed an “uncompromising fight against terrorism” and called for wide-ranging countermeasures ranging from beefed-up immigration controls to…