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The poll, that was published on Thursday, did find that 58 percent thought that the German labour market needs more migrants, while 47 percent said they believe refugees enrich German life, although 39 percent said they worry large numbers of refugees will threaten German...

Increased numbers of refugees are giving Germans second thoughts about their support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s welcoming policies, with more than half now saying they are concerned about the new arrivals in the latest polling.

A group of migrants walk to a border line between Serbia and…

Putin’s comments on Sunday come as the world’s leaders meet at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Syria’s brutal civil war, which has been raging for years, seemed even farther away.

Russian news agencies cited Defense Ministry spokesman Maj.

The Russians had told their American counterparts that their efforts would be directed against ISIS, and that, apparently, was good enough.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the 70th General Debate with a speech in which he called for the situation in Syria to be referred to the worldwide Criminal Court and said that five countries – Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey and the United States – are key...

The value of political negotiations over Syria is questionable and airstrikes against militants are useless if they are not coordinated with the Syrian government, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Friday.

The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) spotted the powerful TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher in Luhansk.

While the USA and Russian Federation clash over Vladimir Putin’s decision to begin airstrikes in Syria, representatives from Iraqi Kurdistan called on the two world powers to stop bickering and align in their support for the group that both Washington and Moscow admit has...

Hungary can seal off its border with Croatia as it did with Serbia but is waiting for Austria and Germany to decide whether they want to let more migrants in, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday. Going back to the border crossing with Hungary which...

And he scorned Iran’s involvement in Russia’s putative alliance, describing Tehran as an “occupying power” in Syria and accusing it of fomenting terrorism and extremism across the region. “The only way to solve this problem at a fundamental...

The sudden military build-up in support of Mr Al Assad and a refugee crisis that has spilled into Europe have lent new urgency to resolving the Syria war.

Lavrov also slammed criticism of Russia’s military strikes in Syria, remarking that the British and French had said they targeted areas where “people were contemplating bad things on our territory … no proof, no nothing”.