UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Europe to welcome migrants fleeing crisis abroad, telling reporters Monday he is concerned about a possible "shrinking" of protections on the continent after Italy turned away a boat carrying over 600 people. "I've always been extremely...

(AP)- A Russian force deployment on the Syria-Lebanon border last week in a Hezbollah stronghold sparked protests by the Lebanese militant group, prompting the force to withdraw from its positions only a day later in a rare sign of tension between the allies. The Russian move was not expected...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday there had been three clashes with "terrorists" along the border with Iraq in recent days, leaving several dead. "In recent days we have been witnessing some movements and efforts by anti-revolutionary bandits and terrorists in west and northwest border...

Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq detained a 20-year-old Iraqi man Friday on suspicion of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Jewish girl in Germany, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said in a statement. Seehofer told reporters the Kurdish security forces had taken him into...