EUROPEAN UNION

President Barack Obama spoke at a news conference Sunday in German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

What has been dubbed Russian President Vladimir Putin's “personal army,” meant to fight crime and terror, could be authorized to shoot into crowds.

President Obama’s recent pro-European Union solidarity plea isn’t going down very well in the United Kingdom.

Somali migrants travel through Sudan into Libya or Egypt, from where they set off in overcrowded, rickety boats that must sail through choppy seas.

Russian government officials have admitted they expect no economic growth in 2016.

The ECB president brushed off German criticism of his ultra-loose monetary policy Thursday and vowed to use all the tools at his disposal to boost growth.

European Central Bank officials, including President Mario Draghi, will focus on defending the central bank’s policy that has recently come under severe criticism in Germany.

The City of London, the U.K.’s financial hub, warns that bankers could leave London and currency trading would be hit if Britain leaves the EU.

NATO’s general-secretary noted “persistent disagreements­” at the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since the start of the Ukraine conflict in 2014.

As the number of refugees traveling to Greece slows, Turkey threatens deal unless visa liberalization takes place.

Breakthroughs are not expected in the first Russia-NATO talks since the start of the Ukraine crisis following provocative Russian military maneuvers in the Baltic Sea.

Greece has been a major flashpoint of Europe’s migration crisis — with about 800,000 people having arrived in 2015 alone.

Last week, the rate of migrants arriving to Italy surged 173 percent from the week before.

If the U.K. votes to leave the 28-nation European Union, it would leave each household in the country $6,100 poorer every year, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer warned.

The latest appeal for Britons to vote to stay in the European Union is likely to spur accusations from “Out” campaigners that the government is using scare tactics.

Ahead of next week's meeting between Western and Russian military leaders, the Kremlin is showing little appetite for improved relations.

Under the deal announced Thursday, tax authorities in the U.K., Spain, Italy, France and Germany will share data on owners of offshore companies.

The official 10-week campaign before the June referendum on the U.K.’s EU membership got underway Friday.

If the proposal — to be unveiled Tuesday by the European Union — is approved, it will force companies to provide a country-by-country breakdown of profits and taxes.

NATO has said it will not return to business as usual until Russia respects international law.

Although the number of people applying for asylum in Germany has fallen by over 60 percent, officials worry new routes into Europe could sprout.