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The new year is likely to be a continuation of 2015, with further economic restrictions between Russia and Ukraine as Kiev looks toward the EU.

Moscow has called for the U.S. to back down with troops and weapons in Eastern Europe even as ceasefire violations continue in Eastern Ukraine.

"The West, first of all the United States, has made this monster bigger by their wars," opposition member Sahra Wagenknecht said.

A German entrepreneur has launched an experiment to test the effects of universal basic income in Germany, using crowdfunded donations.

Economists differed on the net positive or net negative effects of the interest-rate hike on eurozone economies.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said German courts decided refugees were not being treated humanely in Greece and could not be sent back.

Russia says the Afghan Taliban is feeding it intelligence to use against the Islamic State group in Syria, and it could be shared with other countries.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, with China, India and Russia as its largest shareholders among its more than 50 members, was formally established in Beijing Friday.

Christmas remains a tradition that can cross cultural and national boundaries.

These trades have allegedly allowed investors to move money from one country to another in violation of sanctions placed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea.

The French defense minister is proposing that Moscow share intelligence to track French and Russian nationals in the Islamic State group.

In another year of highs and lows for social media, IBT highlights the best of Twitter in 2015.

Experts at Germany's lower house doubted the legality of capping the number of refugees allowed into the country.

Germany said that EU states ignoring the quota plan to distribute 160,000 refugees and migrants across the bloc could face legal consequences.

Schoolteachers contend Adolf Hitler's highly inflammatory text should be part of a responsible curriculum for German students 16 and older.

Todd Stern saw an opportunity for consensus by aligning the United States with a loose assembly of rich and poor nations.

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German spies will descend on Syria in collaboration with Bashar Assad's Damascus government to help beat the Islamic State group.

Thursday's arrest is likely to draw attention to the ongoing debate over German Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door refugee policy.

The streaming music service declared it was adding video, podcasts and other content back in May. Seven months later, they're mostly MIA.

"The Force Awakens" is off to an extremely strong start in international markets, putting "Jurassic World" and its record in jeopardy.