Nazism

    People gather at the site of a deadly brawl in Koethen, 90 miles southwest of the German capital Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, after police has arrested two Afghan men on suspicion of killing a 22-year-old German man. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
    September 09, 2018 - 2:54 pm

    Jewish group in Germany condemns 'strongly rooted' extremism

    BERLIN (AP) — An attack on a kosher restaurant by masked neo-Nazis on the sidelines of an anti-migrant protest in an eastern German city shows there's a deep problem with right-wing extremism in the region and should be treated as a call to action, the head of Germany's Central Council of Jews said...
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    Jimmie Akesson, center, of the Sweden Democrats speaks after a party leader debate in SVT, Swedish national public TV broadcaster, in Stockholm Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Sweden's general elections will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9. (Stina Stjernkvist/TT News Agency via AP)
    September 08, 2018 - 9:59 am

    Swedish PM calls far-right party racist on election eve

    STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's prime minister denounced an increasingly popular far-right party as racist and a threat to the nation's European values Saturday as political candidates made their final pre-election pitches to voters. The parliamentary election being held Sunday will be Sweden's first...
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    Former President Barack Obama makes a campaign stop at Caffe Paradiso in Urbana, Ill., Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, where he did a campaign stop with Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, left, following his speech at the University of Illinois. (AP Photo/Sara Burnett)
    September 08, 2018 - 2:04 am

    The Latest: Obama scorches Trump in return to campaign trail

    URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on former President Barack Obama (all times local): 7 p.m. Former President Barack Obama has issued a scorching critique of his successor, accusing President Donald Trump of "capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years." Obama spoke at the...
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    People attend a demonstration in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, Friday, Sept.7, 2018, after several nationalist groups called for marches protesting the killing of a German man two weeks ago, allegedly by migrants from Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
    September 07, 2018 - 1:36 pm

    Far-right protests in Germany expose cracks in government

    BERLIN (AP) — More than 1,000 far-right supporters rallied Friday night over the fatal stabbing of a man in the eastern German city of Chemnitz, for which two recent migrants have been arrested and charged with manslaughter. In a case that has exposed friction between Chancellor Angela Merkel and...
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    September 06, 2018 - 6:30 am

    Baltic countries want Walmart to remove Soviet-themed shirts

    VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Three Baltic countries have lashed out at retail giant Walmart for using the letters USSR and Soviet Union emblems on T-shirts and other products for sale online, and are demanding that the goods be removed. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were forcibly annexed by Moscow in...
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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, stands next to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during their meeting in Jerusalem on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)
    September 03, 2018 - 10:19 pm

    Duterte calls Hitler 'insane' at Israeli Holocaust memorial

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who once compared himself favorably to Adolf Hitler, paid a solemn visit to Israel's national Holocaust memorial on Monday, branding the Nazi leader "insane" as he lamented the genocide of 6 million Jews. The comments marked a dramatic...
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    FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2018 file photo Bjoern Hoecke, left, leader of the Alternative for Germany, AfD, in German state of Thuringia, and Pegida founder Lutz Bachmann, second from right, participate in a commemoration march in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, after several nationalist groups called for marches protesting the killing of a German man last week, allegedly by migrants from Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
    September 03, 2018 - 2:50 pm

    German authorities take aim at far-right party's youth wing

    CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) — German authorities plan to step up surveillance of the far-right Alternative for Germany amid growing concern the third-largest party in parliament is closing ranks with extremist groups. Activists for AfD, the nationalist party's German acronym, marched in the eastern city...
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    August 31, 2018 - 1:34 pm

    Poland counts WWII damages it wants to seek from Germany

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it lost over 5 million citizens and over $54 billion dollars (46.6 billion euros) worth of assets under the Nazi German occupation of the country during World War II. A parliamentary commission announced the numbers as part of the current Polish government's...
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    August 31, 2018 - 10:14 am

    Poland asks to see US documents on deported ex-Nazi guard

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A prosecutor says Poland has asked the U.S. to share all the documents gathered on a deported former Nazi concentration camp guard in the hope they may provide grounds for charging the 95-year-old with World War II-era crimes. Jakiw Palij, an ethnic Ukrainian, was deported to...
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    FILE - In this Aug 27, 2018 file photo protesters light fireworks during a far-right demonstration in Chemnitz, Germany, after a man has died and two others were injured in an altercation between several people of "various nationalities" in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Sunday. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
    August 30, 2018 - 3:09 pm

    German protesters voice anger at migrant crime, politicians

    CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) — Hundreds of people protested and expressed disdain for politicians in east Germany on Thursday as a regional governor visited a city where the fatal stabbing of a German citizen sparked violent clashes over immigration. Saxony state Gov. Michael Kretschmer held a town hall...
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