Unwelcome Refugees

One of my favorite kinds of jokes are the American medical jokes about "first the bad news, then the good news" here is a slightly tasteless one. After his wife had undergone a long and risky operation, the husband approaches the doctor and inquires about the…

Libya's General Khalifa Haftar has arrived in Greece for talks ahead of Sunday's summit in Berlin. The summit will bring together world powers with interests in Libya, including Russia, Turkey, France and Italy. The country has major oil and natural gas rese…

EU support to Libya has helped return at least 17 Libyans intercepted at sea back to their war-torn country since the start of the year, posing questions on the EU's stated claim of being a world-leader in providing asylum.That new figure comes amid a recent spike in tensions in Libya,…

Discussed in this essay: The Kindness of Strangers, by Salka Viertel. New York Review Books.368 pages. $17.95. The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitlers Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood, by Donna Rifkind. Other Press. 352 pages. $28.99. Illustr…

Refugees and migrants trying to make their journey into Europe are facing increasingly hostile conditions - forcing them to take huge risks to their safety. Closed borders, police brutality and a suspicious public are combining to make already desperate jour…

In Niger, the poorest country in the world, this is what war looks like. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, hundreds of men on motorbikes drove at a Niger military camp and launched a heavy mortar and rocket attack. The attackers were Islamic extremists. The battle lasted …

At least 12 people have drowned when a boat loaded with asylum seekers sank in the Ionian Sea, according to Greece's coast guard.     "So far 12 bodies have been recovered. The search and rescue operation continues," the coast guard said in a statement, addi…

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union is focused on maintaining stability in Iraq as shock-waves from the killing of Irans top general in Baghdad this month reverberate around the Middle East. Iraq is our most important concern today, Josep Borrell, the EUs fore… Read More

As the conflict between the U.S. and Iran simmers, there is a mounting fear within Iraq that a conflict of another kind could take shape amid the upheaval: A terrorist comeback from the remnants from the Islamic State, or ISIS. Nearly a week after a U.S. dro…

KIGALI (Reuters) - Norway has agreed to take in nearly 500 people evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers, Rwanda’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, a sign some European nations are willing to welcome migrants despite rising populist sentiment. …