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In Ceuta, Spain debates: Educate migrant kids or send them home? - CSMonitor.com
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (1120+ words) Sept. 13, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | Ceuta, Spain But things have been anything but normal. Over two days in late July, around 80,000 migrants crossed into this autonomous Spanish city without authorization. Most have left. But until a few days ago, hundreds of migrant children…...
Why Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen are heading toward war
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (779+ words) Sept. 10, 2026, 5:05 p.m. ET | Basel, Switzerland Yemen is sliding back into full-scale war. In recent days, Iranian-backed Houthi forces there have launched a ground offensive against government troops along the Red Sea coast, while firing missiles and drones at oil facilities in…...
What the far right???s victory in Germany could mean for the war in Ukraine
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (940+ words) Alice Weidel, the co-leader of Alternative for Germany, leaves for a news conference in Berlin, Sept. 7, 2026. By Ned Temko, Columnist “Deeply shocked” was how German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described his reaction to last Sunday’s landslide victory by Alternative for Germany…...
What the far right’s victory in Germany could mean for the war in Ukraine
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (926+ words) Sept. 10, 2026, 12:51 p.m. ET | London “Deeply shocked” was how German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described his reaction to last Sunday’s landslide victory by Alternative for Germany – the first time a far-right party had won a state-level election since World War II. Yet with…...
In Germany, a call to create a ‘compelling vision’ for democracy
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (308+ words) A convincing regional election win by a far-right party has Germany – and Europe – worried about an extremist drift. But some analysts see it as an opportunity to shift the conversation and strengthen democracy. Sept. 09, 2026, 3:41 p.m. ET What just happened?...
In Mexico, dual citizenship is starting to sound like a political liability
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (933+ words) Sept. 09, 2026, 3:46 p.m. ET | Mexico City “Why have dual nationality if you’re going to represent the people of Mexico?” With that question, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo revived an old debate about citizenship and political allegiance, as Mexico considers a ban on dual…...
Inside the process for selecting a new UN secretary-general
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (884+ words) Sept. 09, 2026, 1:04 p.m. ET When the first U.N. secretary-general, Norwegian Trygve Lie, handed off to his successor in 1953, he gave a stark assessment of the difficulty of the role. “Welcome to the most impossible job in the world,” he said. The search is…...
As Israel’s ‘capital of the north’ seeks to recover from war, it’s too quiet
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (1205+ words) Sept. 08, 2026, 3:58 p.m. ET | Kiryat Shmona, Israel On a recent evening, Ilana Binyamin sits outside a shop and basks in the relief of returning to her own home in the city Israelis know as “the capital of the north.” Kiryat Shmona is…...
Israel and the UK are suddenly in an escalating diplomatic dispute - CSMonitor.com
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (352+ words) Sept. 08, 2026, 6:21 p.m. ET | Jerusalem A European backlash against Israeli settlement policy triggered a sharp diplomatic confrontation Tuesday, as Britain moved to restrict trade with West Bank settlements and Israel ordered the British Consulate in East Jerusalem closed in retaliation. “The British…...
After landslide far-right victory, Germany asks: What just happened?
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1580+ words) Sept. 08, 2026, 11:03 a.m. ET | Magdeburg, Germany Germany is taking stock of a dramatically changed political world in the aftermath of a stunning election. “For many, all that remains is disbelief,” reports Munich’s Süddeutsche Zeitung. “It is an unimaginable moment,” adds the Frankfurter…...