An individual suspected of human trafficking resulting in the death of 12 people off the southern coast of Bodrum, Turkey, last week has been detained in the southern Mugla province on Sunday. The Turkish suspect was taken into custody in Bodrum district in an operation conducted by...

Thousands of Swedes rallied in support of refugees on a square in the capital on Sunday, and Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told them it was time for other countries to do more to help tackle Europe's migration crisis. Sweden has a decades-long record of welcoming refugees from...

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant refuge in the Arab world's richest states. For critics of the Gulf's affluent monarchies the...

Britain will use part of its foreign aid budget to help meet the costs of accommodating refugees arriving from Syria, its finance minister said on Sunday, in a bid to head off public concerns over the impact on local services. Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday that...