Germany says it will take in a further 5,000 refugees from Syria, doubling its current offer of shelter for people fleeing the Arab nation's civil war. The decision was announced Friday at a meeting of officials from Germany's 16 states, which share responsibility for housing...

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at age 95 of complications from a recurring lung infection. The anti-apartheid leader and Nobel laureate was a beloved figure around the world, a symbol of reconciliation from a country with a brutal history of racism. Mandela...

Facebook activists have circulated a photo of a three years old girl from Homs, called Ritaj Yusuf al-Khalid, who got lost from her father in Greece on 11/11/2013 when they were caught by the coast guards. The girl carried on her journey to Sweden with a lady from Aleppo...

A Republican U.S. senator touring the Middle East this week got access to Saudi royals that some in the State Department at times, lately, could only dream of. That includes a three-hour session ending at 3 a.m. with Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the kingdom’s intelligence chief and...