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Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's UK Independence Party (UKIP). (AP Photo)

Nigel Farage, British politician, asks U.S. to help U.K. leave European Union

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

A supporter of the No vote waves a Greek flag after the first results of the referendum at Syntagma square in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Greece rushing to finalize reforms and remain in euro

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Monday as the Greek debt crisis deepened. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Greece debt crisis could give Russia opening to expand influence in region

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, front, and U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman meet with foreign ministers of Germany, France, China, Britain, Russia and the European Union at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (Carlos Barria/Pool photo via AP)

White House says Iran talks will go on; deadline is extended

By Guy Taylor and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Marchers cheer as they pass along a barricade separating them from anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement protestors during the Celebrate Israel Parade, Sunday, June 1, 2014, in New York. Among the 35,000 marchers were New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Israeli diplomats and members of the Knesset, Israel's parliament. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

Boycott Israel drive gains strength, raising alarm

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally organized by supporters of the Yes vote in Athens, Friday, July 3, 2015. A new opinion poll shows a dead heat in Greece's referendum campaign with just two days to go before Sunday's vote on whether Greeks should accept more austerity in return for bailout loans. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Greeks reject austerity measures in referendum

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Members of left wing parties hold placards reading in Greek ''NO'' next to a Presidential Guard, Evzonas, during a protest outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Sunday, June 28, 2015. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says the Bank of Greece has recommended that banks remain closed and restrictions be imposed on transactions, after the European Central Bank didn't increase the amount of emergency liquidity the lenders can access from the central bank. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

PETER MORICI: The Greeks should vote “no!”

By Peter Morici

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has generated headlines with his call for a 13-foot-high fence along Hungary's 110-mile border with Serbia to keep out immigrants seeking to travel from southern Europe to Germany and other wealthy countries. (Associated Press)

Viktor Orban of Hungary antagonizes European Union with border fence, Russia embrace

By Ani Horvath - Special To The Washington Times

In this June 24, 2015 photo, student activists gather outside Pathumwan Police Station in Bangkok, Thailand. The U.N. human rights office has called on Thailand to release the 14 student activists, including them, arrested for holding a peaceful rally and charged with sedition. The 14 arrested on Friday were also charged with violating the junta's ban on political gatherings for taking part in an anti-coup rally in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

U.N. rights office urges Thailand to free 14 student activists

Associated Press

In this photo taken on Thursday, June 18, 2015 a stencil work by an artist who uses the name Wild Drawing shows a fake road sign with a little car in the blue and white Greek colours tumbling off a crumbling euro currency sign into the water. It’s called “Keep Away.” Over the past five years of Greece’s economic depression, more and more paintings comment on the country’s financial and social woes. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

PETER MORICI: The sooner Greece defaults and dumps the Euro the better

By Peter Morici

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visits the new headquarters of the &quot;Russia Today&quot; television channel in Moscow, Russia. Major brands in the export division of Russian media include RT, the RIA Novosti news agency and its English-language arm Sputnik, and the Voice of Russia radio station. Despite the pounding Russia’s economy is taking from the slump in the price of crude oil and the West’s Ukraine-related sanctions, the annual government budget allocation for RT alone has been hiked by 30 percent since 2014, to the ruble equivalent of $289 million. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Europe seeks to counter Kremlin success pushing world view

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

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Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon says leaving EU is bad for Britain

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to U.S. President Barack Obama as they arrive for the first plenary session of the G-7 summit in Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Sunday, June 7, 2015. (Peter Kneffel/Pool Photo via AP)

Obama, Merkel agree to extend punishment for Putin

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Missing world leader by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

THOMAS DIBACCO: Obama not a top world leader

By Thomas V. DiBacco

Illustration on missing Muldovan bank funds by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

PETER HANNAFORD: Who took Moldova’s millions — the crooks or the Kremlin?

By Peter Hannaford

A Russian air force Mi-26 helicopter, front, flies over Red Square during the Victory Parade marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 9, 2015. (Host photo agency/RIA Novosti Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Russia aggression prompts Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania to seek NATO force

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Hanseatic shield illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Lessons from the Hanseatic League

By Richard W. Rahn

Using his might: "If Ukraine will be alone in this fight, it will be a tragedy for all our countries," said Vitali Klitschko, who is pressuring the U.S. and the European Union to help his country keep Western influence. (Associated Press)

Vitali Klitschko, ex-heavyweight boxing champ, says Ukraine can’t take on Russia alone

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras makes his way to welcome visiting Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiadis in Athens, on Friday, April 17, 2015. Anastasiadis is on a one-day official visit to Greece. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

THOMAS DIBACCO: Europe’s long-running struggle over Greece’s debt

By Thomas V. DiBacco

The American flag (AP Photo)

U.S has the highest approval rating in the world: Gallup poll

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times