The National Mall was filled with a grisly but starkly beautiful reminder that atrocities are happening around the world. Visitors to Washington, D.C. this weekend saw a National Mall transformed into a mass grave. It took more than 1,000 volunteers, clad all in white, more than four...

The United Nations refugee agency is talking to Germany about resettling up to 10,000 Syrian refugees, UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said on Tuesday. Edwards said UNHCR was also working with other European governments to find ways to help the 1.6 million Syrians who have fled the country, a...

A senior member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the Israeli government will not accept a Palestinian state with the borders favored by the Palestinians and the international community, a new hurdle to U.S. Secretary of State John...

An Afghan soldier shot dead two US soldiers and one US civilian on Saturday, the latest "insider attack" to shake efforts by the two armies to work together to defeat the Taliban insurgency. An Afghan policeman walks behind a US soldier serving with the International Security Assistance...