AMMAN, Jordan: A months-old Syrian government decision to start issuing passports to Syrians who fled their war-ravaged country is quietly contributing to the large exodus of refugees to Europe. With new passports in hand, Syrians who fled to neighboring countries such as Jordan can now fly to Turkey legally and from there, start the dangerous trek to Europe with the ...

  Egyptian security forces accidentally killed 12 people, including eight Mexicans, when they opened fire on a convoy of tourists in the country’s Western Desert on Sunday. A group of 22 tourists were preparing to camp out in the Wahat area of the Western Desert when they were attacked by the Egyptian forces, the BBC reported.

With the swearing in of Malcolm Turnbull as our sixth prime minister in eight years, Australia has gained the reputation of having the most ruthless politics in the world. But is it true? Since December 2007 Australia has had five changes to the prime ministership — Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Rudd a second time, Abbott and now Turnbull. Only a handful ...

The New York Times By Adam Schreck | AP  The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday defended its response to the Syrian refugee crisis in the face of criticism that the country and other oil-rich Gulf states should be doing more to address the issue.   In a statement provided to The Associated Press, the Emirati government said it has provided residency permits ...

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have taken the last major oilfield according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). SOHR reported that ISIS fighters captured the Jazal oilfield late Sunday after battle with government forces in the central province of Homs. Syria-based activist said that they first attacked army camps around the Jazal field, and then attack the oilfield. The Jazal field is ...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Sunday that Australia would take more refugees from Syria and Iraq in regard to recent humanitarian crisis. After Australia’s announcement, Prime Minister John Key also said on Monday morning that New Zealand would take 750 Syrian refugees over the next three years. These announcements came from Australia and New Zealand in response to the situation that Austria and Germany had opened their borders to thousands of ...

A white woman who sued after she was accidentally impregnated with the sperm of an African American man will be forced to refile the lawsuit after an Illinois judge tossed out her claim against the sperm bank. Jennifer Cramblett filed suit against Midwest Sperm Bank in 2014 because she was artificially inseminated with sperm from the wrong donor and gave birth ...

The drowned child washed up on a Turkish beach captured in a photograph that went around the world Wednesday was three-year-old Alan Kurdi. He died, along with his five-year-old brother Galib and their mother Rehan, in a desperate attempt to reach Canada. The Syrian-Kurds from Kobane died along with eight other refugees early Wednesday. The father of the two boys, ...

Vladimir Putin today blamed the migrant crisis in Europe on the United States for imposing its own standards on countries in the Middle East and Africa while failing to understand their culture and traditions. In the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, President Putin told the media that it was an “absolutely expected crisis.” “We in Russia, and your humble ...

Graphic photos of a boy who drowned and washed ashore near a resort in Turkey have touched a global nerve and brought the issue of the plight of millions of Syrians fleeing a civil war into focus again. Three-year-old Alan Kurdi, his five-year-old brother Galip and mother Rehan were aboard a boat ferrying migrants to Greece when they drowned on ...