Political parties aligned with the German government of Chancellor Angela Merkel lost over 21 percent of the popular vote in yesterday's Bavarian state election. The Christian Social Union lost its majority and the Social Democratic Party lost half its support from the last election in 2014..... The Speaker of Sweden's Parliament, the Riksdag, will now give the task of forming a government to another party leader. Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson abandoned his effort to form a new government.... A very disturbing lead story appeared on the BBC website overnight. A story detailing the notion of chemical attacks in Syria...