Category : Noticias del mundo

Lisa Bryant PARIS—France’s prime minister has joined growing voices in warning that Europe’s ongoing migrant crisis threatens the very foundations of the 28-member European Union.French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says the tens of thousands of migrants who continue pouring into Europe threaten the idea of a unified continent, especially when it comes to the passport-free […]Load more...

VOA News Greek maritime officials said at least 15 bodies have been recovered in two separate sinkings of boats off of Greek islands Friday, as a seemingly unending wave of migrants continues to travel over treacherous winter waters to seek refuge in Europe. A search is under way for other migrants still missing. The Coast […]Load more...

Luis Ramirez LONDON—Calls grew Friday for the government of British Prime Minister David Cameron to penalize Russia following the release Thursday of the results of a public inquiry on the 2006 murder of dissident Alexander Litvinenko.The exiled former Russian spy died after meeting two Russian agents at a London hotel and drinking green tea they […]Load more...

VOA News Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders(Médecins Sans Frontières) has denounced Europe’s migration policy of deterrence in 2015 as a «catastrophic failure» that has endangered asylum seekers and created more business for smugglers. In its report “Obstacle Course to Europe” issued Tuesday, the organization said erecting razor wire fences, continuously changing administrative and registration procedures, […]Load more...

Dorian Jones ISTANBUL—Eighteen mayors and nearly 50 locally elected representatives of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party are being prosecuted in Turkey.Earlier this month, for example, the mayor of Van was sentenced to 15 years in jail on charges of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The prosecutions and severity of the charges […]Load more...

Daniel Schearf MOSCOW—A Russian parliament committee has rejected a bill that would have allowed fines or jail time for public displays of affection or sexuality by anyone who is not heterosexual.Once it leaves the committee, it goes up for a vote by Parliament, which is likely to reject the bill. Rights groups welcomed the move, […]Load more...