Canada to provide $98.4 million in aid to Jordan
Canada has pledged an additional $98.4 million to Jordan to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis next door in ...
Report: 73 Syrian officers, families cross border
As many as 73 Syrian military officers — including seven generals and 20 colonels — have crossed the border with their families "seeking refuge" in ...

APNewsBreak: NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK
The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S.

Gaza suffers drop in foreign aid over Syrian war
A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors ...
UN seeks to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees
The U.N. refugee agency says it's in talks for the U.S., Germany and several other European countries to take in thousands of Syrian refugees.

UN: Syria refugees could reach 3.5M this year
The number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries could more than double to 3.5 million by the end of the year, the United Nations said Friday ...

Israel to send African migrants to third country
Israel has reached an agreement to send thousands of African migrants to an unidentified country, according to a court document obtained Monday, a ...
More than 23K refugees flee South Sudan conflict
More than 23,500 people have fled fighting in South Sudan's Jonglei state and sought refuge in neighboring countries of Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, ...

UN judge rules in long-running investigator's case
After nine years of legal wrangling, former U.N. investigator Caroline Hunt-Matthes has won a judgment that she was unfairly punished for documenting ...
Kenya police accused of abusing Somali refugees
Kenyan police abused and extorted money from Somali refugees after attacks in the capital believed to have been carried out by the Somali militant ...
Jordan: Nearly 60,000 Syrian refugees return home
A Jordanian official says nearly 60,000 Syrian refugees have left the kingdom to go back home, some to fight President Bashar Assad's regime and ...

AP Interview: Syria conflict uproots Palestinians
Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ...

Report: Crisis stoking anti-migrant bias in Europe
A top human rights group warned Wednesday that the plight of refugees and migrants fleeing wars and economic hardship is worsening in Europe as ...
Turkey foils alleged attacks on Syrian refugees
Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of plotting to attack and kidnap Syrian refugees in Turkey, an official said Wednesday, as the ...
UN: Drop in Syrians reaching Jordan, unclear why
U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, ...
UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania
The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations ...

Turkey says it won't be drawn into Syria conflict
Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried ...

Refugees face uncertain future as Myanmar opens
Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with ...