Europe

Germany needs to limit refugee influx, close borders: Merkel allies

Germany needs to limit the number of refugees it takes in or even close its borders, conservative al...

Oct 04, 2015 06:51 PM EDT

Volkswagen's U.S. chief to testify before House panel on October 8

Volkwagen AG's (VOWG_p.DE) top U.S. executive will testify on Oct. 8 before a U.S. congressional ove...

Oct 01, 2015 06:31 PM EDT

Japan to offer $810 million to support refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq: NHK

Japan, which accepted just 11 asylum seekers out of 5,000 applications last year, will provide about...

Sep 28, 2015 01:00 AM EDT

U.S. to make new diplomatic push on Syria, talk to Iran: officials

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will try to launch a new initiative for a political solution in S...

Sep 26, 2015 02:01 AM EDT

Volkswagen chief faces grilling by board over diesel scandal

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn faced a reckoning with his board on Wednesday, summoned to explain ...

Sep 23, 2015 08:03 AM EDT

Hungary beefs up border with army, warns migrants to stay away

Hungary's parliament authorized the government on Monday to deploy the army to help handle a wave of...

Sep 22, 2015 01:54 AM EDT

Kerry says U.S. ready to take more refugees

The United States will increase the number of refugees it takes in by 15,000 over each of the next t...

Sep 21, 2015 03:13 AM EDT

Croatia overwhelmed by flood of migrants, EU calls summit

Croatia threatened to close its border with Serbia on Thursday as migrants fled from overwhelmed pol...

Sep 18, 2015 01:09 AM EDT

Charlie Hebdo stirs new controversy with migrant cartoons

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is courting controversy again by running cartoons deriding t...

Sep 15, 2015 10:00 PM EDT

Russia positioning tanks at Syria airfield: U.S. officials

Russia has positioned about a half dozen tanks at an airfield at the center of a military buildup in...

Sep 14, 2015 09:05 PM EDT

U.S. to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees: White House

President Barack Obama has directed his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian ...

Sep 10, 2015 10:07 PM EDT

As Europe opens its doors, Japan considers clamping down harder on asylum seekers

As the worst refugee crisis since World War Two forces Europe to break down hurdles and accept hundr...

Sep 10, 2015 02:10 AM EDT

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 a...

Sep 08, 2015 09:28 PM EDT

Failure of Syria diplomacy exposes enduring divisions over Assad

While the desperate flight of Syrians from their country's war was dominating news bulletins this su...

Sep 07, 2015 03:05 AM EDT

Austria plans to end measures allowing migrants from Hungary and move 'towards normality'

Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees ...

Sep 06, 2015 11:12 PM EDT

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