Four months after he took over a coalition government stunned by the far-right Freedom Party's electoral success, Austria's new chancellor has taken a populist turn, adopting positions remarkably close to those of his anti-immigration rivals. But Christian Kern's new tactics, on Turkey...

A total of 1,003 people were killed in violence across Iraq last month, according to the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). In a report released Sunday, UNAMI said the fatalities included 609 civilians while 1,159 people were injured in September. Baghdad was the worst affected...

Turkey's parliament passed a motion on Saturday to extend a mandate that allows military action against terror organizations in neighboring Syria and Iraq for one more year.  The parliament convened on Saturday, on the first day of a new parliamentary session to discuss the current...

Across south-east Europe, governments are throwing up barriers to keep out migrants arriving via Turkey, but numbers are still creeping up as rougher seas lead more to try this Balkan route rather than risk a Mediterranean crossing. Since July, Serbian border guards have stopped more than...