Turkish coast guards have rescued a total of 412 refugees off the country's western and southern shores during the teams' search-and-rescue operations on Friday. A statement issued Saturday on the official website of the Turkish General Staff detailed Friday's search-and-rescue efforts carried...

Suspected militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) abducted two Turkish soldiers in eastern Turkey amid a flare-up of violence between Kurdish rebels and security forces, the army said Saturday. The militants seized the soldiers late Friday after stopping a passenger bus on a highway...

Germany on Saturday celebrated 25 years since its joyful reunification, with its leaders urging the nation to muster the same strength and solidarity to face a record refugee influx. The silver anniversary of the day communist East Germany and the capitalist West reunited as one country comes...

A U.N. plan towards ending the civil war in Syria would not work in its current form, Syria's western-backed opposition and rebel groups said in a rare show of unity on Saturday, a day after the government said it was ready to take part in the initiative. In July, U.N. special envoy to Syria...