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A prominent ally of Germany's Angela Merkel threatened on Saturday to take her government to court over its "open doors" refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce the number of new arrivals. Bavarian state premier Horst...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has proposed the introduction of a special tax on gasoline in European Union member states to finance refugee-related costs such as strengthening the continent's joint external borders. Schaeuble's proposal drew criticism from members of his...

Iranian state television announced Saturday that the government had freed four dual-nationality prisoners, and a person close to Iran's judiciary confirmed to The Associated Press that Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was one of them. The announcement of the exchange...

Al-Qaida militants struck an upscale hotel and nearby cafe late Friday that are popular with Westerners in Burkina Faso's capital, taking an unknown number of hostages and forcing others to hide for their lives as gunfire and explosions rang...

A British Airways flight from Aberdeen to London was delayed for nearly two hours because a traffic cone became wedged under the aircraft. In an incident that left the crew scratching their heads, engineers were only able to remove the...

Iran has removed the sensitive core of its Arak nuclear reactor and U.N. inspectors will visit the site on Thursday to verify the move crucial to the implementation of Tehran's atomic agreement with major powers, state television said on...

Indonesia blamed Islamic State for an attack by suicide bombers and gunmen in the heart of Jakarta on Thursday that brought the radical group's violence to the world's most populous Muslim country for the first time. Just seven people were...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 13, (THEWILL) – The 10 American sailors captured by Iran have been freed, U.S. and Iranian officials said. The sailors were captured Tuesday after their two naval boats entered Iranian waters near Farsi Island, in the Persian...

Sierra Leone's leader Ernest Bai Koroma is not seeking to stay in office after 2018 despite calls for him to do so, the government spokesman says. However, he hinted that the constitution could allow it if that is what "the...

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's spokesman declined to comment on Wednesday on rumors that the 91-year-old leader had suffered a heart attack, saying a response to the latest speculation about his health was "unnecessary". Spokesman George Charamba's response was to a...