Italy defiantly declared Saturday that its ports were closed to foreign-flagged rescue ships as German charity vessel Lifeline lay off the coast of Malta in limbo with more than 230 migrants aboard. Malta -- which is also refusing to take in the boat in a new diplomatic standoff with...

The Turkish military said it carried out air strikes in northern Iraq Friday, killing 15 Kurdish militants. The strikes were carried out on the Gara region, the military said on Twitter. Turkey has recently stepped up strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in northern...

President Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival in Sunday's presidential election have both pledged to send millions of Syrian refugees home, responding to growing unease among voters about the number of migrants in Turkey. More than 3.5 million Syrian refugees who fled conflict in their...

 German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday promised a $100 million loan to troubled Jordan, where mass protests over austerity measures forced the prime minister to resign earlier this month. Merkel visited the kingdom amid an escalating domestic row over migration. Standing next to...