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"I think we'll have very weak growth," French Economic Minister Emmanuel Macron said in a meeting with German diplomats and journalists.

U.S. stocks rebounded Tuesday after China cut its benchmark interest rate for the fifth time in nine months in an attempt to boost slowing economic growth.

According to UN estimates, there will be 4.27 million Syrian refugees by the end of 2015.

But even though Scotch and luxury cars may no longer make it to China, Europe will survive China's currency devaluation.

Asian nations' ability to cope with China's market meltdown will likely vary, analysts said.

On Monday, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said that economic sanctions against Tehran might begin to be lifted as early as spring next year.

European stocks fell sharply at the open on Monday even as the price of crude oil hit its lowest level since 2009, and the euro appreciated to six-month highs.

About 700 citizens have traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside ISIS since 2012, according to German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere.

The country is trying to exert greater control over its borders as people from Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere try to enter the European Union.

Kenya banned Ugandan sugar imports in 2012.

Growing numbers of migrants are arriving in Greece, a country ill-equipped to help because of its own economic struggles. But Greek citizens are stepping in where government is failing.

Germany has joined the growing list of nations where same-sex U.S. service spouses will receive overseas protections.

Preliminary data for August showed factory output at its lowest since 2009, though some economists predict an improvement in coming months.

Marianne Winkler, a retired post office worker, was strolling down a beach in April on the North Sea island of Amrum when she came across the 108-year-old bottle. 

Germany and France will press the European Union to move faster and with more unity to deal with the worsening refugee crisis, amid complaints from Germany that it is shouldering too big a burden.

A spike in migrant arrivals to the Greek island represents “the worst refugee crisis since World War II,” Amnesty International says.

Fears are growing that a six-month ceasefire could crumble altogether.

The highlight of the drills will take place at the end of August, when warplanes drop more than 1,000 paratroopers over Germany.

The move will provide Greece sorely needed funds just ahead of a deadline to repay the European Central Bank.

NATO is setting up a tent command center in preparation for a large-scale training exercise planned for late September.

The ancient language, which sounds like a bird tweet, is still spoken by about 10,000 people in a northeastern mountainous region of Turkey.