Unwelcome Refugees

Afghan women will always fight to better their home. Given Washington's long involvement in Afghanistan, the next president has a duty to help them. Its unlikely that anyone now running for president has ever met Nilofar Sayar. But if the candidates are seri…

A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the streets, compounding their plight with more refugees arriving on Greek islands daily in what an aid group called a worsening "nightmare". Greece sent more police to th…

The Samos camp, initially built for about 650 people, is unravelling under the weight of more than 5,700 asylum-seekersBy Karolina Tagaris ATHENS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the s…

ATHENS (Reuters) - A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the streets, compounding their plight with more refugees arriving on Greek islands daily in what an aid group called a worsening “nightmare”. Greece se…

President Trump slapped sanctions on Turkey and called for an immediate ceasefire Monday, in a belated attempt to stem the carnage unleashed by his withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria. In an executive order signed Monday, Trump declared that Turke…

President Trump brushed off reports Monday that hundreds of ISIS family members had escaped a Kurdish-run camp in northern Syria, a day after the U.S. announced it was pulling out all its troops, sparking a dramatic wave of upheaval in the conflict. On Sund…

* Turkey presses on with Syria offensive on sixth day * Bulk of U.S. troops in north Syria could be out within days * Syrian army to redeploy along Turkish border * U.S. withdrawal, Syrian deployment victories for Assad * U.N.: over 130,000 people displac…

I sat in a small room in Tijuana, Mexico with a 13-year-old indigenous Mayan Guatemalan girl. She left Guatemala after a cartel murdered her friend and threatened to rape her. Her mother wanted her to live and believed the only way for her to survive was to …

Khalil Ashawi/Reuters Despite a surge of anti-war rhetoric from President Donald Trump and a confusing interview with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, two knowledgeable U.S. officials confirm that the U.S. troop presence in Syria still isnt ending. Theyre just…

Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters The former defense secretary James Mattis has said Donald Trumps abrupt withdrawal of US troops from the Syria-Turkey border has led to disarray in the war-torn territory, increasing the chances of a resurgence of Islamic Stat…