The number of refugees trying to reach Greek islands from Turkey via the Aegean Sea rose by 90 percent in August compared to previous month in the same year when Turkey and EU agreed on a refugee deal, according to Turkish Coast Guard data. Trying to make a perilous journey across the Aegean...

International Committee of the Red Cross Spokeswoman Krista Armstrong said 45 aid trucks were sent to Syria’s western city of Homs. "We are bringing foods and supplies to 84,000 people," Armstrong told Anadolu Agency on Monday. She said the trucks were dispatched to Tel Bisi, a...

At least five people were killed on Tuesday -- including the aide of a parliamentary speaker -- when a helicopter crashed in eastern Libya, according to a local military official. The aircraft went down in the Al-Makhili district between the eastern cities of Tobruk and Derna, the official...

Grab, the biggest rival to ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc in Southeast Asia, has raised $750 million in a funding round, turning up the heat on the U.S. firm now seeking to expand in the region after exiting China. The successful cash-injection just a month after Indonesian peer...