Austria finds 20, maybe even 50, migrants dead in truck
By RONALD ZAK Austrian police on Thursday discovered the badly decomposing bodies of at least 20 — and possibly up to 50 — migrants piled in a truck parked on…
Middle East
Egypt turns to Russia to combat terrorism
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, making his second visit to Moscow in three months, says he hopes for Russia’s help in combating terrorism in the region. El-Sissi’s visit highlights Moscow’s attempts…
Hungary border fence proves futile in slowing migrant flow
By BELA SZANDELSZKY Clambering over the razor-wire fence or scuttling under it, migrants surged Wednesday across the Serbian border into Hungary. Then they jostled to formally enter the country so…
Global market plunge intensifies on fears over China
By ELAINE KURTENBACH World stock markets plunged and Wall Street was due to suffer heavy losses on Monday after China’s main index sank 8.5 percent amid fears over the health…
Wave of EU-bound migrants crosses into Serbia
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC In a new human wave surging through the Balkans, thousands of exhausted migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa crossed on foot Monday from Macedonia into…
Thousands of migrants head closer to EU from Macedonia
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Thousands of beleaguered migrants — mostly Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans fleeing bloody conflicts — crammed into trains and buses in Macedonia that brought them one step closer…
British foreign secretary reopens embassy in Tehran
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond reopened the British Embassy in Tehran on Sunday, nearly four years after it was closed following an attack by hard-liners. Hammond…
Human rights group slams Egypt’s new anti-terrorism law
By BRIAN ROHAN Egypt’s sweeping new counterterrorism law erodes basic rights and defines terrorism so broadly that it could encompass civil disobedience and be used to stifle dissent, Human Rights…