Security agencies arrested 93 people linked to the Islamic State (IS) group over the past few months who had planned to attack public and private buildings, and kill police and other officials, said the Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki in a statement on Tuesday. A militant cell planned a suicide car […]

Before they make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean trying to get to Europe, tens of thousands of African migrants are herded through the desert to Libya. They are robbed and abused by militia and people smugglers. At a checkpoint outside Misrata, border guards search trucks for migrants. Quentin Sommerville was there to watch some […]

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, left, awards Army Sgt. Antonis Deligiorgis, the Cross of Excellency for his role in rescuing passengers on a ship carrying migrants on the island of Rhodes, at a ceremony in Athens on April 27, 2015. Deligiogis was photographed assisting Eritrean asylum seeker Wegasi Nebiat, in an image that was on front […]

Sunday is church day in the City of Atlanta, where smartly dressed men sit erectly on the right side of the hall while the women, equally dressed in sharp traditional attire, grace the left side of the same auditorium. The church is festooned with all kinds of paintings, memorabilia and religious artifacts, which help lend […]

ዕለታዊ ምጽናትና ከኸትም ካብ እናሰማዕና ምጽቃጥ ንበራበር!!! | Assenna.com ዕለታዊ ምጽናትና ከኸትም ካብ እናሰማዕና ምጽቃጥ ንበራበር!!! ብ ዑቕባይ ገብረመድህን ከምብሪጅ፡ ማሳቹሰትስ፡ ሰ.ኣ. ሚያዝያ (April) 26፡ 2015 *** ቅድሚ ላምፓዱሳን ድሕሪኡን ኣብ ባሕርን ምድራ በዳን፡ ምስጋር ሩባታትን ዝጠፍኡ ዘይተኣወየሎም ዜጋታትና ልዕሊ ዓሰርተታት ኣሽሓት ከም ዝገማገም ዘየጠራጥር ኣብ ርእሲ ምዃኑ፡ እንደገና ካልኣይ ደግሲ ጥፍኣት ላምፓዱሳ ናይ 350 […]

A baby boy was born on board an Italian Navy ship on Tuesday to an Eritrean mother, one of 430 boat migrants saved this morning off the coast of Sicily. Aloniab Nahom was born at around 2.00am this morning on board the Etna vessel, shortly after his mother was picked up in the Strait of […]

  Escaping oppression: An Eritrean refugee preparing a meal outside his shelter in the woods in Calais, France. Unbearable living conditions back home have triggered a growing exodus of Eritreans who hope to find a better life for themselves in Europe. Photo: Reuters ‘If I die at sea, it’s not a problem – at least […]

This image of Greek soldier Antonis Deligiorgis rescuing migrant Wegasi Nebiat defined a week of tragedy. Photo / Argiris Mantikos / AP It was the image that defined a week of tragedy – and showed the world how Europe had failed to deal with its migrant problem. A burly Greek man, bent double, pulling a […]

Migrants seeking a better life in Europe have died by the thousands in the Mediterranean Sea in recent years while fleeing poverty and bloodshed in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The precise number of deaths is unknown. Authorities count only those bodies found in the sea, on shore, or aboard boats. Survivors often tell […]