The dream of a handicapped Syrian boy came true when he received a prosthetic hand after having fled civil war in his country. Born without his left hand, 10-year-old Muhammed Beko was fitted with his new artificial digits in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sanliurfa where he sought...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged European countries to take 507 rescued migrants who are currently stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.   "Many are reportedly survivors of appalling abuses in Libya and are from refugee-producing countries. They are in need of...

A coalition said Sunday that it had launched a strike apparently against southern separatists in Yemen after they seized the presidential palace in the second city of Aden. The seizure, decried by the Riyadh-backed Yemeni government as a coup supported by the United Arab Emirates,...

The Ocean Viking charity ship rescued more than 40 migrants off the coast of Libya Saturday, according to Doctors without Borders (MSF), which operates the vessel along with the French charity SOS Mediterranee. The migrants, mainly Sudanese men and adolescents, were picked up during the...