The Latest: Italy retrieves 60 bodies from April disaster
By The Associated Press The latest news as countries across Europe cope with the arrival of thousands of migrants and refugees. All times local (CET): 1:30 p.m. Two Italian navy…
Syria
Official: Islamic militants destroy ancient tombs in Syria
By ALBERT AJI Islamic State militants destroyed three ancient tower tombs in the central city of Palmyra in the last few days, a Syrian government official said Friday. Tower tombs,…
Hungary blocks migrants from trains; 11 drown off Turkey
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Hundreds of migrants chanted defiant slogans outside Budapest’s main international train station Wednesday as Hungarian police blocked them for a second day from seeking asylum in Germany…
Hungary court orders arrest of 4 men in migrant truck deaths
By PABLO GORONDI Four men suspected of being involved in the deaths of 71 migrants found in a truck in Austria were placed under preliminary arrest on Saturday by a…
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 rush past police into Macedonia
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Thousands of migrants on Saturday rushed past baton-wielding Macedonian police who were attempting to block them from entering Macedonia from Greece. Police fired stun grenades and several…
Macedonian troops fire stun grenades at migrants on border
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Macedonian special police forces fired stun grenades Friday to disperse thousands of migrants stuck on a no-man’s land with Greece, a day after declaring a state of…
IS beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar in Palmyra
By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Islamic State militants beheaded a leading Syrian antiquities scholar who spent most of his life looking after the ancient ruins of Palmyra, then hung…