A Christmas speech by a local politician from Germany’s conservative CDU party has led to outrage and disbelief. Udo Witschas, the district administrator from Bautzen in the German state of Saxony, said in the speech that he did not want to "bleed school or recreational sports for this...

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia said Wednesday they had arrested nine people, including a police officer, on suspicion of smuggling dozens of migrants through the country. The nine, who are all Macedonian nationals and include two minors, were arrested during raids...

The head of the Lebanese General Security confirmed that the number of Syrian refugees who do not wish to return to their country has reached 1.330 million Syrian refugees. Major General Abbas Ibrahim, in an interview with Al-Iraqiya News Channel, said that the number of Syrian refugees...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The European Commission on Tuesday urged Bulgaria to thoroughly investigate the alleged shooting by Bulgarian guards of a Syrian refugee on the country's border with Turkey. European Commission spokeswoman Anitta Hipper told reporters that Brussels expects Bulgarian...