Germany re-imposed border controls on Sunday after Europe's most powerful nation acknowledged it could scarcely cope with thousands of asylum seekers arriving every day. A day before deeply divided European Union ministers tackle the migrant crisis, the U.N. refugee agency also called on...

These heartbreaking images show the terrifying moment an overcrowded dinghy packed with refugees deflated and left them swimming desperately to shore. One picture shows a breathless fully clothed father carrying his two-month-old baby boy through the water in a rubber ring as their crammed...

A majority of French people are in favor of sending troops to fight Islamic State militants in Syria, a prospect that President Francois Hollande has flatly ruled out, a poll released on Sunday showed. Some 56 percent of those questioned were in favor of a ground intervention as...

Russia will continue with military supplies to Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Sunday. Moscow has come under increased international pressure in recent days over what Washington and Gulf states say is a Russian military...

Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants detonated a car bomb near a police checkpoint in southeast Turkey early on Sunday, killing two police officers and wounding five others, security sources told Reuters. They said Turkish security forces at a nearby base in Sirnak province...

Austria's chancellor criticized Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country. Thousands of refugees are crossing the border...

At least 16 Yemeni civilians including ten people from a single family were killed in nationwide air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition on Saturday, medics in three provinces said. Gulf Arab countries have stepped up their air attacks targeting the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement...

 (Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) “We were packed like sardines in a van, but our good luck saved us from imminent death when a police trap stopped the van",a Palestinian refugee from Yarmouk camp described his adventure in the way between Greece and Serbia. The...

The French government has suspended its honorary consul in Turkey's coastal resort city of Bodrum after she was caught on camera saying the store she runs sells inflatable rafts used by would-be migrants. France 2 television aired footage from a hidden camera on Friday showing the woman,...

Germany and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday. She was speaking before a meeting of the German, Russian, French and Ukrainian foreign ministers being held in...

(Syria Comment)- The Syrian Islamist group known as Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement, which is one of the biggest armed groups in the country, has elected a new leader: Abu Yahia al-Hamawi. Founded in 2011, Ahrar al-Sham was first led by Hassane Abboud, who also used the alias Abu Abdullah...

One million more people will be displaced within Syria by the end of the year if the war there continues unabated, potentially adding to the flow of refugees to Europe, a senior U.N. official said. Yacoub El Hillo, U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Syria, said the conflict...

Fighting between ISIS and Syrian regime forces around Deir Ezzor air base in eastern Syria is still underway as dozens of both waring parties have been killed during a week.  Pro-ISIS twitter accounts said Saturday the radical group has been very close to overrun the air base, Bashar...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday asked Oil Minister Sherif Ismail to form a new cabinet within one week after the government submitted its resignation, a statement from the presidency said. It was not immediately clear why the government resigned but officials told...

Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said on Saturday. The comments cast doubt on previous assessments from some Western analysts who said the...

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Saturday said Turkey needed a single-party government to fight "terror," as the country prepares for snap November polls and the army battles against Kurdish militants. Davutoglu sought to stir the faithful at the congress of the ruling Justice and Development...

Some 30,000 people joined a rally in Copenhagen Saturday in favor of taking in thousands of refugees seeking shelter in Europe, police said. "Everything is taking place in a calm and orderly way," said a post on the official Twitter feed of Copenhagen police, indicating that roughly 30,000...

Hundreds of Tunisians have gathered in the heart of the capital under heavy security to protest against a law which offers amnesty for those accused of corruption. The controversial draft law on economic reconciliation is a centerpiece of the new government's program and seeks to boost the...

Eleven people were killed in evening rebel rocket fire on the Syrian capital Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The Britain-based activist group said the deaths were in the Duwaylaa neighborhood of Damascus, adding that most of those killed appeared to be...

Top Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday demanded the release of 18 Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad by unknown militants, saying it harmed the image of Islam. "We demand the release of the kidnapped men and the end of such practices, which harm the image of...