The German newspaper Welt reported that last year 28,336 foreigners obtained German citizenship in Bavaria, increasing the number of citizens by more than 22 percent compared to the previous year. The newspaper said, quoting Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, on Friday, that the...

 A young man wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with “Dior," women clutching babies wrapped in blankets, children bundled in winter coats. All gingerly stepped from rickety boats into the sturdy craft of the Tunisian Maritime National Guard — and away from their dreams of life in Europe....

Warring factions trying to seize control of the east African nation of Sudan have plunged the country into chaos, and thousands are fleeing the capital of Khartoum and nearby battle zones. Some countries, including the U.S., have shuttered their embassies and many are coordinating daring...

A man arrested over last week's stabbing attack at a gym in western Germany in which four people were wounded is now also a suspect in a fatal stabbing earlier this month, prosecutors said Thursday. The 26-year-old Syrian, whom authorities are identifying only as M.D. in line with German...