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Merkel visits refugee camp in Turkey to promote migrant deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border Saturday, kicking off a high-stakes visit aimed at boosting a ...Turkey PM pressures Merkel on visa-free travel in migrant deal
Turkey\'s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pressured German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials on Saturday to deliver on a promise of ...Activists celebrate Earth Day with service, awareness events
Organizers of Earth Day, celebrated each April 22, say more than one billion people are marking Earth Day 2016 with activities to ...Israel blocks off Gaza Strip and West Bank for Passover
Israel has announced the closure of all points of entry between the occupied West Bank, the Gaza strip, and Israeli territory on ...More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave
More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor ...UNHCR fears 500 dead in Mediterranean shipwreck
The UN refugee agency said on Wednesday it feared around 500 migrants from Africa had drowned in the Mediterranean, in what could ...European Commission proposes visa-free travel for Ukrainians
The EU on Wednesday proposed offering visa-free travel in Europe to Ukrainians, delivering on a key pledge to the pro-Western government in ...Pope brings 12 Syrian refugees to Rome after visit to migrant hotspot
Declaring "we are all migrants," Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday with a message of hope for those ...Belgian minister quits over airport security failings
Belgium\'s transport minister resigned on Friday after being accused of ignoring EU reports of security failings at the country\'s airports ahead of ...Riyadh closes schools as desert city hit by rare flooding
Traffic backed up and schools were shut in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday after the desert city was struck by a ...