Eritrean dies after Israeli guard shoots him, mob attacks
By DANIEL ESTRIN An Eritrean migrant shot by an Israeli security guard and then attacked by bystanders who mistook him for an assailant in a deadly bus station attack has…
Human welfare
Right-wing Polish leader: Migrants carry diseases to Europe
By VANESSA GERA Former Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has shocked some in Poland by claiming that the Muslim migrants now arriving in Europe are carrying diseases that could hurt…
Princeton’s Angus Deaton wins Nobel economics prize
By MALIN RISING and NATHALIE ROTSCHILD Princeton University’s Angus Deaton has won the Nobel prize in economics for “his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare,” the Royal Swedish Academy of…
Getting clean: Heroin addict goes through pioneering program
By PHILIP MARCELO Kylee Moriarty has experienced her share of ups and downs since deciding to kick her heroin habit this past summer. The 26-year-old’s journey started in early July…
Pope meets with sex-abuse victims, promises accountability
By NICOLE WINFIELD and RACHEL ZOLL Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse Sunday on the final day of his U.S. visit and promised to hold accountable those…
The Latest: Serbia denounces new ‘Iron Curtain’ in Europe
The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local: 2:55 p.m.Serbia’s foreign minister has denounced the European Union…
More than 2,000 enslaved fishermen rescued in 6 months
By ESTHER HTUSAN and MARGIE MASON More than 2,000 fishermen have been rescued this year from brutal conditions at sea, liberated as a result of an Associated Press investigation into…
Hungary: Fence needed on Serbian border due to migrant push
By PABLO GORONDI The razor-wire fence Hungary is building on its border with Serbia is needed to secure the European Union’s external border and will remain as long as large…