December 05, 2017 11:23 am
US Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a statement that "no country has done more than the United States and our generosity will continue. But our decisions on immigration policies must always be made by Americans and Americans alone."
November 18, 2017 8:42 pm
The Greens have run into opposition with their demands for Germany to end its use of coal and combustion engines, as well as a proposal to allow more categories of recent migrants to bring their closest relatives to join them in Germany.
June 11, 2017 3:09 am
So far this year more than 61,000 migrants have arrived in Italy after crossing the central Mediterranean, according to the IOM (International Organization for Migration). Most are packed onto ill-equipped vessels by Libyan smugglers, and are rescued by European ships once they reach international waters.
June 03, 2016 8:33 pm
The Friday sinking marked the second migrant vessel found in that area of the southern Aegean Sea since last week, indicating that people smugglers may be forging a new route to avoid NATO ships.
May 31, 2016 3:29 pm
"If we do not want to see such pictures we have to stop producing them," Sea-Watch said in a statement released with the photo on Monday.
May 30, 2016 9:46 am
According to survivors, the second boat was carrying about 500 migrants when it starting taking on water after about eight hours of navigation.
May 10, 2016 12:02 am
Refugee and migrant crisis cannot be addressed by states acting alone,
April 01, 2016 12:10 am
The most effective ally of terrorism is complacency
March 19, 2016 8:07 am
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, whose country is home to almost 3 million Syria refugees, proclaimed the agreement a momentous occasion.
December 15, 2016 5:35 pm
From the migrant crisis to the civil war in Syria and the US elections, here is a collection of some of the best moments in 2016.
May 30, 2016 1:12 pm
Over 700 migrants are feared dead in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few days as they tried desperately to reach Europe in unseaworthy smuggling boats, the U.N. refugee agency said.
December 23, 2015 1:09 pm
As the migrants crisis became the most talked issue internationally, thousands of displaced people fleeing war and poverty have been hunting for refugee and asylum. Here are top pictures that portray their distress.
October 10, 2015 1:08 pm
Barack Obama extends his hand to Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Russia on Wednesday (September 30) carried out its first airstrikes in Syria in what Russian President Vladimir Putin called a pre-emptive strike against the militants.
September 27, 2015 12:59 pm
Eid al-Adha marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the Mecca. The trip to Silicon Valley forms part of Narendra Modi’s visit to the US’ west coast – the first by an Indian prime minister in more than three decades. Pope Francis arrived Tuesday on the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his humble manner and his “church of the poor” to a rich and powerful nation polarized over economic inequality, immigration and equal justice.
September 12, 2015 8:00 am
Japan evacuated about 100,000 people from their homes, after rare torrential rains unleashed floods; President Barack Obama awards the 2014 National Humanities Medal to Jhumpa Lahiri; An engine on the British Airways plane caught fire before takeoff.
September 08, 2015 7:24 pm
Syrian men, women and children arrive aboard a dinghy after crossing from Turkey, on the island of Lesbos, Greece.
December 27, 2018 6:21 pm
European countries are outsourcing their humanitarian responsibilities to a dubious partner. An NYT investigation shows the deadly results.