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February 11, 2019

Palestinians ask Arabs to boycott Mideast summit in Poland

The Palestinians on Monday called on Arab nations to boycott or downgrade their representation at a Mideast summit co-hosted ...

February 11, 2019

Lebanon to boycott Warsaw conference seen as hostile to Iran

Lebanon said Monday it will not take part in a Middle East conference in Poland this week that is widely seen as an effort ...

February 10, 2019

Poland to pay $414M for US-made rocket launching system

Poland's defense minister says the country is signing a $414 million deal with the U.S. government for the purchase of mobile ...

February 10, 2019

China, Russia concerns top Pompeo agenda in Central Europe

U.S. fears about China and Russia's growing influence in Central Europe will top Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's agenda as ...

February 08, 2019

Former Polish prime minister Jan Olszewski dies at 88

Jan Olszewski, a Polish anti-communist dissident and former prime minister, has died. He was 88. Olszewski died in a Warsaw ...

February 06, 2019

Dutch authorities raise number of containers lost in storm

Dutch authorities say a freight ship lost dozens more containers than previously thought when it was caught in a heavy storm ...

February 04, 2019

Poland says no sick cows slaughtered; EU begins inspection

Polish government officials denied that sick cows were slaughtered for meat in Poland as European Union investigators began ...

February 03, 2019

Progressive politician seeks Polish 'Spring' with new party

A former lawmaker who is openly gay launched a progressive party in Poland ahead of two elections this year, presenting a ...

February 03, 2019

Israeli leader to attend Mideast conference in Poland

An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend an international summit on the Middle East next week ...

February 02, 2019

Poland's political divide widens more after mayor is slain

Krzysztof Strzemeski watched with unease as a high school friend voiced support for Poland's nationalist government on social ...

February 01, 2019

Polish envoy to Slovakia summoned over tainted meat scandal

Slovakia's agriculture minister summoned the Polish ambassador to Bratislava on Friday over a scandal in which meat from sick ...

January 31, 2019

Poland exported 5,500 pounds of meat from sick cows to EU

Thousands of pounds of meat from sick cows who were slaughtered illegally in Poland were exported to 10 other European Union ...

January 30, 2019

Israel leader scorned for wooing Holocaust-distorting allies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's warm welcome to Lithuania's prime minister marks his latest embrace of an eastern ...

January 30, 2019

Pence to address security challenges at European conferences

The White House says Vice President Mike Pence will visit Poland and Germany in mid-February. During his meetings and ...

January 28, 2019

Poland opens probe into anti-Semitic incident at Auschwitz

Polish prosecutors are investigating an anti-Semitic protest by dozens of far-right nationalists outside the gates of ...

January 28, 2019

Poland detains 6 former officials in arms corruption probe

Poland's anti-corruption bureau says it has detained six suspects as part of an investigation into a state-owned arms ...

January 28, 2019

The Latest: Romania to give Holocaust survivors top honors

The Latest on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (all times local): 12:05 a.m. Romania's president is giving one of the ...

January 27, 2019

Auschwitz survivors pay homage as world remembers Holocaust

The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday amid a revival of hate-inspired violence and signs that ...

January 23, 2019

Widow of slain Polish mayor blames killing on state TV

The widow of Poland's slain mayor has blamed his death on "hate speech" used against him on government-controlled television.