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Not all Syrians in Turkey 'dying to go to Europe'

Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart. But unlike hundreds of thousands of others who this year crossed the Aegean Sea in search of better lives in Europe, he has no plans to leave. "I...

Turkey kills 23 Kurdish militants in southeast towns

Turkish security forces killed 23 Kurdish militants during two days of operations in two southeastern towns, state media said Thursday, as the government takes its fight against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) increasingly into urban areas. The PKK's three-decades-old insurgency...

Riot in Dutch town over plan for asylum-seeker center

Dutch police on Wednesday fired warning shots in an effort to disperse a crowd, as a protest against plans to house asylum-seekers in a small town turned into a riot. Police in Geldermalsen, near Utrecht, said via their official Twitter account they had "so far made numerous...