Poland’s Law and Justice Party Holds Onto Power, Early Vote Shows
WARSAW — Poland’s populist ruling party appeared to have been swept back into power on Sunday, as voters dismissed concerns about the autocratic drift of...
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In Pivotal Vote in Poland, Many See a Test for Democracy
WARSAW — For three decades, Poland was held up as a paragon of how a country could peacefully transition from authoritarian rule to liberal democracy...
Poland’s State Media Is Government’s Biggest Booster Before Election
After the climate change activist Greta Thunberg testified at the United Nations, urging world leaders to take action, the presenters on Polish state television said...
Russia Couldn’t Stop This Putin Critic. Now It Has a New Tactic.
MOSCOW — After trying to silence Aleksei A. Navalny by jailing him, accusing him of money laundering and searching the homes and offices of his...
In Paris Knife Attack, Missed Signals and Calls for Vigilance
PARIS — When 12 people were killed at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January 2015, Mickaël Harpon — a future killer himself...
At Least 13 Women Are Killed as Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Italy
The Italian Coast Guard recovered the bodies of 13 people, all women, who died after a crowded migrant boat capsized in heavy weather off the...
Trump Endorses Turkish Military Operation in Syria, Shifting U.S. Policy
WASHINGTON — In a major shift in United States military policy in Syria, the White House said on Sunday that President Trump had given his...
In Paris Knife Attack, Police Ask How They Missed a Killer in Their Midst
PARIS — Evidence that the Paris police department missed warning signs about an employee who slashed four colleagues to death at its headquarters on Thursday...
British Man and His Wife Are Abducted in Philippines, Police Say
MANILA — A British businessman and his Filipino wife have been abducted in the southern Philippines, where Islamic militants have been known to seize foreigners...
Pope Francis May Not Change the World. But He Is Reshaping the Church.
ROME — Pope Francis and his push for openness — toward migrants, Muslims and gay people — may no longer have influence on a global...