GENEVA — Swiss voters on Sunday approved a plan to automatically deport foreigners who commit serious crimes or benefit fraud, in a significant victory for the nationalist party that pushed the proposal against the will of the government.

Turkish voters gave overwhelming backing to a package of constitutional changes that bolster the country’s claims on EU membership, but heighten fears that its Islamist prime minister is accumulating unbalanced powers.

- Ukraine and Georgia faced an uphill battle on Wednesday to persuade NATO nations to put the two ex-Soviet states on the path to membership, with Germany and France leading resistance to their U.S.-backed bids. President George W. Bush vowed on the...

Yesterday, I met my friend (and editor) Patrick Nielsen Hayden for breakfast at Spitalfields Market, our local Sunday market here in London. Spitalfields has been around for centuries, and it’s just undergone a massive, years-long renovation. If...