French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State after Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris. He said he would table a bill to extend the state of emergency declared after the attacks for three months and would suggest changes to the constitution. France’s military campaign against IS in Iraq and ...

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won a historic majority in Myanmar’s parliament, marking the nation’s rejection of decades of military rule. While the results haven’t been officially certified, the win by the National League for Democracy means it will choose the country’s next President. The announcement, made by the election commission Friday, comes on the fifth anniversary of ...

Passport linked to terrorist complicates Syrian refugee crisis The Syrian refugee crisis just got worse, due to the Paris attacks.   Now more than ever, since the Syrian war began 4½ years ago, the crisis can be summed up as damned if you do, damned if you don’t. What made it worse? Sunday’s revelation that at least one of the Paris ...

They come from more than 20 countries, drawn to Libya as the funnel to Europe. Eritreans want to escape repression or military service; Somalis flee Al-Shabaab and clan warfare; Syrians have given up hope of returning home. In villages in Senegal and elsewhere across West Africa, young men sell all they have in the hope of a better life in ...

As Europe faces its worst refugee crisis since World War II, the European Union has launched an emergency fund for Africa to tackle the spiraling number of migrants flooding its shores. The nearly $2 billion fund was unveiled at the end of a two-day summit of EU and African leaders in Malta. The fund will support projects to combat poverty, ...

At least 15 people associated with a Norway-based Kurdish terror group were arrested in a multi-nation European sweep Thursday, Italian authorities said, with officials asserting the group was helping ISIS and plotting attacks against European diplomats. The coordinated arrests in Italy, the United Kingdom, Norway and Finland targeted alleged members of Rawti Shax, a group said to be a European ...

Paris attacks: ISIS claims responsibility for gunfire, blasts that killed 128 people ISIS has claimed responsibility for the worst violence witnessed in France since World War II, a volley of nearly simultaneous terror attacks that the French President called “an act of war.” The assailants targeted six sites Friday night in Paris, the deadliest being a massacre at a concert ...

A Belgian court on Monday gave Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking people in Belgium who are not members of its social network. Facebook says it will appeal against the decision and that the order relates to a cookie it has used for five years. The cookie is installed when an internet user visits a Facebook page even if they are not ...

Canada will soon discuss with Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey taking 25,000 Syrian refugees off their hands and resettling them in this country by year’s end, the immigration minister said Monday. “The government is committed to welcoming 25,000 refugees by the end of the year,” Immigration Minister John McCallum told reporters, “But we are also determined to do the job well, ...

US president Barack Obama and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu have reaffirmed close ties between their countries, during a tightly-choreographed White House appearance designed to quiet disputes over Iran and Middle East peace. Speaking at the Oval Office, Mr Obama admitted it was “no secret” the two men disagreed on how to counter Iran’s nuclear program, but both sought to ...