Europe’s migration crisis casts shadow over Austrian election
Austria voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could see 31-year-old conservative Sebastian Kurz become…
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More than 300 Syrian refugees rescued, arrive in Cyprus
Two boats crowded with 305 Syrian refugees arrived in Cyprus overnight, police said on Sunday, one of the largest…
7,000 Syrian refugees and fighters return home from Lebanon
More than a hundred buses carrying thousands of al-Qaeda-linked fighters and Syrian refugees drove down a dirt…
EU ups pressure on east to take migrants
The European Union stepped up pressure Wednesday on rebellious eastern states to take in their fair share of…
Lebanese PM says army to carry out operation at Syria’s border
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday the army would carry out an operation in an area of the…
Iraqi forces seize four districts in Mosul’s ISIS-held enclave
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Friday captured one of the four districts making up the Islamic State-held enclave in…
Egypt condemns suicide bombing in Cameroon’s Kolofata
Egypt condemned on Saturday the Friday suicide bombing in northern Cameroon at a camp housing refugees fleeing…
Egyptian Sisi congratulates Macron after winning French presidency
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated his new French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Sunday,…
‘Mother’ should not be used to describe a bomb, Pope says
Pope Francis on Saturday criticized the naming of the U.S. military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as "the Mother…
World Bank’s support to refugee host countries is up to three standards
The World Bank will continue its plan to support the countries hosting Syrian refugees to help relieve the burdens…
