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Norway to take in 8,000 Syria refugees by late 2017
Norway has agreed to take in 8,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017, under an agreement reached Wednesday by most of ...Dozens of US airport workers linked to terror
The agency in charge of US transportation security came under renewed fire as a report revealed that American airports had hired dozens ...Mediterranean migrant crossings to Europe top 100,000 in 2015
More than 100,000 migrants — many fleeing the war in Syria — have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe so far this ...Park postpones US trip as South Korea MERS death toll hits nine
South Korean President Park Geun-hye postponed a U.S. visit on Wednesday to supervise the handling of an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory ...Bangladesh, India sign historic land boundary agreement
India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed an agreement to simplify their 4,000-km (2,500-mile) border and clarify the identities of 52,000 living in ...Death toll rises following ferry sinking in China
A total of 396 people have been confirmed dead after a cruise ship capsized in China, state media said, making it the ...Migrant arrivals in Greece 6 times higher than last year
Debt-laden Greece has seen a six-fold rise in the number of migrants landing on its shores over last year, the UN said ...EU, Libya hold talks on joint naval force to combat human traffickers
The EU\'s foreign policy chief held "constructive" talks with Libya\'s foreign minister, focused on a European naval force that would fight people ...Hurricane Blanca forms, heads toward Mexico resorts
Hurricane Blanca formed off Mexico\'s Pacific coast on Tuesday and was on track to strike the Los Cabos resorts during weekend elections, ...Divers comb capsized China ship, 400 still missing
Scores of divers searched a capsized ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them ...