The European Union is becoming a "superpower" indispensable for world peace, the bloc's foreign affairs chief said Thursday as Europe pondered the implications of Donald Trump's upset U.S. election victory.
Full StoryBarack Obama and Donald Trump put acerbic rows and profound differences aside in a 90-minute transition meeting at the White House Thursday, hoping to quell fears about the health of the world's pre-eminent democracy.
The outgoing president and his successor met one-on-one and sat in high-backed chairs before the Oval Office fireplace, for what Obama characterized as an "excellent conversation."
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Donald Trump's "America first" approach has Europe worried he may cut U.S. commitments to NATO just as it mounts its biggest military build-up since the end of the Cold War to counter a more assertive Russia.
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Islamist extremists have responded to Donald Trump's election victory with glee over his reputation as a loose cannon who has been openly hostile to Muslims.
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Thursday he will travel to Turkey next week for talks as concerns mount over Ankara's widening crackdown following a failed coup.
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A probe by the International Criminal Court into possible war crimes in Afghanistan has "advanced significantly," the chief prosecutor said Thursday, also announcing she may for the first time investigate jihadist atrocities in Libya.
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Cyprus police rescued 123 migrants believed to be Syrians who were left adrift off the island's northwest coast by a boatman who made off on a jet ski, officials said Thursday.
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Austrian prosecutors said Thursday that they have charged a member of a Syrian rebel group with 20 counts of murder for allegedly executing wounded government soldiers in his home country.
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A newborn baby died Thursday after being abandoned by its mother in a toilet bin at Vienna airport, police said.
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The head of a top European rights watchdog was on Thursday holding talks with Turkish leaders to address concerns over the implementation of the state of emergency in the wake of the July 15 failed coup.
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