As a testimony to how frustrated Europeans are with daily swell of refugees coming to nations like Germany and Greece, an anti-immigration propaganda film called “With Open Gates: The forced collective suicide of European nations” has gone viral in Europe, having been watched half a million times.
The aftershock born of the deadly Paris bombing attack continues to be felt around the globe. President Barack Obama has wasted little time in labeling Friday's savage attack that has left at least 127 dead and scores more injured "an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians."
On Sunday the communist island country of Cuba marked the 62nd anniversary of Fidel Castro's first armed move against former dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine took the embattled town of Debaltseve on Wednesday as government forces retreated, the Associated Press reported. The rebels hoisted a flag over the town in triumph and said they had taken hundreds of Kiev's soldiers captive.
Despite the ceasefire brokered at last week's top-level Minsk summit, fighting continued on Monday in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists exchanged what the news service called "intense" fire around the bitterly contested town of Debaltseve.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, are set to meet with the leaders of Germany and France in Minsk on Wednesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday tried to dissuade President Barack Obama from arming Ukraine in its conflict against Russian-backed separatists. The German head of government is visiting the White House following last week's top-level diplomatic efforts, in which she and French President François Hollande tried to mediate between Kiev and Moscow.
French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined forces on Thursday in an attempt to help halt the hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
The president and his journalist partner have remained on talking terms Privacy laws in France are among the strictest in world, where the constitution says "everyone has the right to privacy.
