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Peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) patrol in their armoured personnel carrier during demonstrations against Congolese President Joseph Kabila in the streets of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
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Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany party’s leading politicians, in Berlin on Wednesday. Credit Gregor Fischer/Deutsche Presse-Agentur, via Associated Press
Return of the German Volk
BERLIN— The Volk is back in its tribal sense. That was the message of Alexander Gauland, a leading politician of the extremist Alternative for Germany (or AfD) party, when he vowed on election night to “take back our country and our Volk!” Volk means people. Sure it...Caption:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and her challenger, Germany’s Social Democratic Party SPD candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz, take part in a TV debate in Berlin, Germany, September 3, 2017. Herby Sachs/WDR/Handout via REUTERS
Merkel, Schulz Conclude Electoral Campaign, Polling Stations Open Today
Berlin- German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged her supporters to keep up the momentum in the final hours before Sunday’s national election, urging a last push to try to sway undecided voters. Merkel is seeking a fourth term in office and her conservative bloc of the...Caption:
Syrian refugees stand in line as they wait for aid packages at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 20, 2016. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed
Jordan: Two EU Grants to Support Water, Sanitation Projects
Jordan – The Jordanian government signed an agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) aimed at developing the Kingdom’s water sector and infrastructure, as part of an EU project to assist Jordan with the Syrian refugees crisis. Jordanian Minister of Planning...Caption:
An election poster of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AFD) party is pictured in the town of Stoessen.