Oct 06 E.U. criticizes Turkey for 'backsliding' on democracy, fundamental rights By Lorne Cook, Associated Press The European Union says it sees no reason to speed up membership talks with Turkey. In a scathing report, the EU's executive arm on Tuesday criticized the country for failing to uphold democratic standards, protect the independence of its courts… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 8:07 How violent political instability in Libya exacerbates migrants' 'living hell' By John Yang An airstrike on a migrant detention center in Libya has left at least 44 dead. The Libyan government blamed the so-called Libyan National Army, a group trying to seize Tripoli, for the deadly attack. John Yang reports and talks to… Continue watching
Apr 03 Italy rebuffs ship with 64 migrants rescued in sea off Libya By Associated Press The people brought to safety from a rubber dinghy off the coast of Zuwarah, west of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, included 10 women, five children and a newborn baby, according to a German humanitarian group. Italy's anti-migration interior minister… Continue reading
Jun 26 On both sides of Atlantic, migrants meet hostile reception By Lori Hinnant, Colleen Barry, Associated Press On both sides of the Atlantic, migrants flooding across borders by the hundreds each day have met a hostile reception and governments unable to agree on how to cope with the arrivals. In Europe, where far-right parties have joined the… Continue reading
Jun 10 Spain rescues 334 migrants from Mediterranean, finds 4 dead By Associated Press Spain's maritime rescue service says its patrol craft reached nine different boats carrying migrants that had left from African shores throughout Saturday and early Sunday. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 10:49 Greek fishing village welcomes migrants, while others turn them away By PBS News Hour Amidst the wave of anti-migrant sentiment coursing through Europe, one village has shown a rare level of hospitality to those making the journey across the Mediterranean. In Skala Sykaminia, located on the Greek island of Lesbos, Nobel-nominated villagers rescue and… Continue watching
Dec 23 Two shipwrecks push Mediterranean migrant deaths to new record By Alison Thoet This year’s death toll for migrants who perished in the Mediterranean is estimated to be at least 5,000, after 100 people went missing and believed dead in two shipwrecks Thursday near Italy, U.N. agencies announced Friday. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 3:15 News Wrap: Thousands homeless after Italian earthquakes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, two powerful earthquakes destroyed a 15th century church and hundreds of homes in the Italian town of Visso. Also, Libya’s navy reported that at least 90 people -- mostly African migrants -- drowned when their… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 3:39 News Wrap: National Intelligence director doubts North Korea will relinquish nuclear weapons By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, National Intelligence Director James Clapper voiced doubt that North Korea will ever give up its nuclear weapons. The State Department quickly disputed that notion and insisted the U.S. policy is both unchanged and realistic. Also,… Continue watching
Jun 15 Egypt says it has found the wreckage from missing EgyptAir plane By Joshua Barajas A search vessel has spotted “several main locations of the wreckage” from an EgyptAir airplane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month. Continue reading