Blind Spots in Trump’s Trade Tirade Against Germany
WASHINGTON — The last time relations between the United States and Europe were this bad — in the spring of 2003, during the buildup to the invasion of Iraq — the administration of George W.
Australia Plans to Revoke Child Sex Offenders’ Passports to Combat Sex Tourism
The Australian government plans to revoke the passports of registered child sex offenders in a significant effort to help combat the booming child sex trade in Asia, officials announced this week.
The Billionaire Gadfly in Exile Who Stared Down Beijing
The biggest political story in China this year isn’t in Beijing. It isn’t even in China. It’s centered at a $68 million apartment overlooking Central Park in Manhattan.
Macron Quickly Assumes a Presidential Attitude
PARIS — France’s boyish president already has faced down Donald J. Trump, lectured Vladimir V. Putin and confronted the formidable French labor unions — all in less than three weeks.
Hard-Line Moralist in Indonesia Faces Pornography Charges
JAKARTA, Indonesia — In Indonesia, a public figure caught up in a scandal involving pornography or an extramarital affair would usually expect to be denounced by the Islamic Defenders Front, an influential hard-line Muslim organization.
Huge car bomb near embassies in Afghan capital, several killed
KABUL A huge explosion from a suicide car bomb in Kabul on Wednesday killed several people and wounded many others, officials said. Police said the explosion occurred in an area close to the German embassy, although the area is home to other embassies and government offices so it was not immediately clear what the precise…