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This file photo taken on March 19, 2015 shows a member of the Tunisian security forces standing guard as journalists gather at the visitors entrance of the National Bardo Museum in Tunis. Fethi Belaid / AFP
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The president’s 2009 speech in Cairo, broadcast in a cafe in Baghdad. Credit Moises Saman for The New York Ti
Obama Hoped to Transform the World. It Transformed Him.
When Barack Obama entered office, the hopes that he raised in his own country were exceeded only by the hopes he raised abroad. Mr. Obama tapped into those hopes with his inspirational rhetoric about a “transformational” presidency, and his promises were scarcely less...Caption:
A file photo dated 06 January 2016 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel – EPA
Number of Migrants who Left Germany Voluntarily Rises Sharply in 2016
Almost 55,000 migrants who were refused – or were not eligible – for asylum left Germany willingly between January and November 2016, up by 20,000 from the total number who left voluntarily in 2015, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Germany had tough...Caption:
Walid Amri (back), the brother of 24-year-old Anis Amri, the prime suspect in Berlin’s deadly truck attack, poses with a portrait of his brother in front of the family house in the town of Oueslatia, in Tunisia (AFP Photo/FETHI BELAID)
Surveillance Footage Confirms Berlin Attacker Transited France
Surveillance footage confirms that Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker gunned down by Italian police, transited through the French city of Lyon by train, a source close to the investigation said, AFP reported. “A man corresponding to the killer was...Caption:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday. She spoke hours after Italian officials confirmed that police had shot dead Anis Amri. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke /Reuters