ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities ramped up a major sea-and-air search and rescue operation in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday after a migrant smuggling vessel sank, leaving at least three people dead and dozens reported missing. The coast guard said 12 people, all believed to be from...

Winter winds and rain have pushed many internally displaced people in northern Syria out of their makeshift homes after many have been flooded out. A storm front hit much of Syria caused flooding the al-Amin camp in the village of  Kafr Arrouk. For the last two days,  Ibrahim...

CAIRO (AP) — More than 160 migrants drowned in two separate shipwrecks off Libya over past week, a United Nations migration official said Tuesday. The fatalities were the latest disasters in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Safa Msehli, a...

Israel's former military intelligence chief says the country was involved in the American airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in January 2020. It was the first public acknowledgement of Israel's role in the operation. Soleimani headed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's...