Europe
U.N. says 850,000 to cross sea to Europe in 2015 and 2016
At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next, the United Nations said ...Norway hotel tycoon offers 5,000 hotel nights to refugees
A Norwegian billionaire who made his fortune in the hotel business offered on Tuesday 5,000 nights in his hotel chain to refugees ...Russia demands answers from Sofia, Athens as Syria flights blocked
Moscow on Tuesday demanded answers from Greece and Bulgaria after Sofia banned Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace and Athens ...Child refugees suffer accidents, beatings, rape on way to Sweden
Around 700 refugee children are arriving every week without their parents in Sweden, many injured in accidents and some bearing the physical ...Germany says can take 500,000 refugees a year in near future
Germany will be able to take in 500,000 refugees a year for a few years, Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s deputy Sigmar Gabriel said ...Russia dismisses US concerns over Syria military build-up
Moscow on Monday dismissed US concern of a Russian military build-up in Syria, saying its military aid to Bashar al-Assad was nothing ...France vows to take 24,000 refugees, Germany pledges 6 bn euros
Germany pledged an extra six billion euros Monday to help the record numbers of desperate refugees crossing its borders, with France vowing ...Several Turkish soldiers killed in major PKK attack
Several Turkish soldiers were killed on Sunday in a major attack in southeastern Hakkari province suspected to have been carried out by ...Austria to lift measures that let migrants cross from Hungary
Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary to stream into ...Newborn boy found dead as migrants clash with Greek police
A newborn boy was found dead after his migrant parents reached the shores of a Greek island in a boat from Turkey ...




