By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – Italy on Saturday demanded that the Netherlands recall two Dutch-flagged migrant rescue ships after one of the non-governmental organizations that operate them called Rome’s interior minister a fascist. A heated exchange erupted after interior minister Matteo Salvini told more foreign NGOs operating migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean they could not dock in Italian …

A data company run by former employees of Cambridge Analytica (CA) has been quietly working on President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, according to reports. Journalists from Associated Press (AP) overheard the president of new consulting firm Data Propria Matt Oczkowski say in a public space that he and the former data scientist of Cambridge Analytica were working with Mr Trump’s …

An Afghan government ceasefire with the Taliban was extended Saturday despite a suicide bombing killing at least 25, which marred an otherwise remarkable Eid holiday that has seen militants hugging security forces and civilians in celebration of the unprecedented truce. President Ashraf Ghani made the announcement in a rare televised address, in which he also asked the Taliban to extend …

Austria called on Germany Saturday to clarify new allegations that its secret service systematically spied on politicians, international organisations and companies on Austrian territory, as reported by two national newspapers. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen called for “full clarification” from the German authorities, while Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz urged Berlin to “cooperate properly” in shedding light on newspaper reports …

Keith Gessen on his decision to teach his son to speak Russian despite misgivings about opening him up to a desire to visit a country that Gessen finds repressive.

The Amazonian goddess is returning to the silver screen, and this time its the

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on the visit to New Orleans by the King and Queen of Spain (all times local):

They condemn a border practice of tearing children away from their parents. It is an attempt to “weaponize children,” Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski tells NPR’s Weekend Edition. (Image credit: Sid Hastings/AP)

Enlarge this image Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, photographed at a news conference in 2015, said the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their families “goes against the values of our nation.” Sid Hastings/AP hide caption toggle caption Sid Hastings/AP A Trump administration policy of separating children from their parents on the U.S. border has prompted a crescendo …

So much Trump-era political and cultural analysis completely ignores us.