European Union tries for new Turkey strategy to stem refugee flow
Friday, 16 October 2015, 11:47
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Turkey's president derided Europe on Friday for not taking in more refugees — a dose of cold water for a European Union plan to give new aid and concessions to Turkey in exchange for stemming...
Bulgarian border guards shoot dead Afghan migrant
Friday, 16 October 2015, 09:16
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Bulgarian authorities say a man from Afghanistan has been shot dead near the border with Turkey after being hit by a ricochet from a warning shot fired by border police. Interior Ministry chief...
Watch: Los Angeles doctor delivers baby on flight from Taiwan
Friday, 16 October 2015, 08:15
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A Los Angeles doctor returning from her honeymoon ended up delivering a baby on an overseas flight when a fellow passenger went into early labor. Dr Angelica Zen, a resident physician at UCLA,...
European Union to bolster border agency as refugee emergency deepens
Friday, 16 October 2015, 06:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
European Union leaders agreed Thursday to boost the protection of its outer frontiers to help contain the refugee emergency and gave its border agency more clout to deport people who do not qualify...
Watch: Updated - Two new Lockerbie bombing suspects identified
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 20:17
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Scottish prosecutors want to interview two Libyans they have identified as new suspects over the Lockerbie bombing. They believe the two suspects were involved, along with Abdelbaset al-Megrahi -...
Oscar Pistorius to be released from jail on 20 October
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 14:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
South Africa's Department of Corrections says a parole board has decided that Oscar Pistorius can be released from prison and moved to house arrest on Tuesday. The parole board made the decision...
Updated: New European migrant trafficking links old crime networks
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 13:08
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
The operations chief for Europe's top law enforcement agency says established organized crime networks are making new connections as they jump into the business of smuggling migrants hoping for a...