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Smoke still rises from a destroyed house that was damaged in Saturday's shelling in the Vostochniy district of Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. At least 5,100 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since fighting began in April 2014, but violence this week was the most intense since a cease-fire deal was signed in September. Mariupol, a strategic port city on the Black Sea still controlled by Ukrainian forces, has been a symbolic bulwark against the separatist advance that if captured by the rebels would give them a land corridor to Russia-controlled Crimea. The city had been relatively quiet for months before Saturday's attack.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia sanctions fail to stop Ukraine fighting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, photo, pro-Russian rebels stand on guard near their position in the Donetsk airport in Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine. Russian-backed separatists announced Thursday they had captured the shattered remains of the Donetsk airport terminal and plan to claw back more territory, further dashing hopes for a lasting peace agreement. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine may get ‘terrorist’ designation by EU

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, following a meeting of the ECB governing council. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

PETER MORICI: Printing money won’t save moribund European economies

By Peter Morici

Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas Politburo in Damascus, talks during a presser following his talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo, Egypt., in this Sept. 28, 2009, file photo. The Hamas militant group is denying claims Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 that its exiled leader, Khaled Mashaal, has been expelled from his base in Qatar. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

EU to appeal the court’s removal of Hamas from terror list

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

ERNEST ISTOOK: Regulators raise a stink over perfumes

By Ernest Istook

An injured person is whisked from the scene of deadly shootings at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a Paris weekly. (Associated Press)

France on manhunt to find 2 missing gunmen responsible for Charlie Hebdo shooting

By Karine G. Barzegar and Jennifer Collins — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - This is a Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 file photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders in Milan, northern Italy. EU sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are cutting both ways and pinching some big European companies. But economic relief isn't likely any time soon, diplomats and analysts say: EU rules make the sanctions tough to overturn. France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine are trying to set up talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, toward easing the tensions behind sanctions that have hit Russia's economy, sent the ruble sinking and affected corporate Europe _ including banks, oil companies, machinery makers and food giants. (AP Photo/Daniel Dal Zennaro, Pool, File)

Despite pressure, EU’s sanctions against Russia could last

By Jamey Keaten and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Nikos Michaloliakos, the jailed leader of the extreme right Golden Dawn party, centre, signals against the government, at the parliament in Athens on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. Parliament failed to elect a new Greek president after three rounds of voting, triggering an early general election on Jan. 25, which could see a pro-bailout coalition lose power. Michaloliakos is awaiting trial on charges of membership of a criminal organization. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece heads for early election, stoking financial concerns

By Elena Becatoros and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Italian riot police officers patrol a street as they protect a refugee center in Rome's outskirts in November. The working-class neighborhood of Tor Sapienza has seen several nights of clashes by residents blaming foreigners for crimes. (Associated Press)

In Italy, immigrant surge raises tensions in south

By Luigi Serenelli - SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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Obesity ruled a ‘disability’ by EU court; cause deemed irrelevant

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. The Russian economy will rebound and the ruble will stabilize, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at his annual press conference, he also said Ukraine must remain one political entity, voicing hope that the crisis could be solved through peace talks. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Vladimir Putin: West is trying to ‘defang’ the Russian bear

By Laura Mills and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Palestinian Hamas masked gunmen march in a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Hamas militant group, in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

EU court removes Hamas from terror list on technicality

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Migrants run for food provided by a charity organization in Calais, northern France in November. Most migrants in this port city on the English Channel are moving from country to country in their bid for a second chance, trying to beat a system meant to control illegal immigration but that human rights groups say is making things worse. (Associated Press)

Calais tests French attitudes on immigration

By Karine G. Barzegar - SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: EU needs better immigration strategy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech on immigration to factory workers and members of the media, at JCB World Headquarters in Rocester, central England, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Migrants from Europe will have to leave Britain if they don't get a job within six months, and must work for four years before receiving some benefits, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Friday, in a carefully balanced speech designed to defuse domestic criticism of his immigration policies while averting a showdown with the European Union. (AP Photo/Oli Scarff, Pool)

CAL THOMAS: David Cameron gets it right on immigration

By Cal Thomas

Military honour guard stand outside the main building of the new Presidential Palace complex after a welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Putin arrived in Turkey for a one-day visit and met with Erdogan at his huge new palace on once-protected farm land and forest in Ankara, becoming the second foreign dignitary after the Pope Francis to be hosted at the lavish, 1000-room complex.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Putin says Russia will scrap South Stream pipeline

By Suzan Fraser and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, right, celebrates with Arseniy Yatsenyuk after Yatsenyuk was appointed as Prime Minister during the opening first session of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. Parliament in Ukraine has opened for its first session since an election last month that ushered in a spate of pro-Western parties. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, Pool)

Ukraine gets loan to modernize gas pipelines

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press