Chancellor Angela Merkel won a hero’s welcome as she visited a Berlin migrant center Thursday, with Syrians cheering and taking selfies as Germany threw open its doors to thousands of refugees. “We are so happy Mrs. Merkel came to see us today,” said a joyful Ramadan Salah, a 35-year-old...

President Barack Obama has directed his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, the White House said on Thursday. It is the first specific commitment the United States has made toward increasing its acceptance of refugees from the war-torn...

A car hit three migrants walking along the main road in the dark near the city of Szeged in southern Hungary and one of them died in hospital Thursday, police said in a statement. The other two were seriously injured in the accident near the Roszke migrant camp on the Serbian border. Hundreds...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that the United States was "committed to" taking in more of the Syrian refugees fleeing war in their country. Kerry spoke to reporters after meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including one that addressed the migrant crisis in...