Al Jazeera wants court to probe Palestinian reporter's death

News channel Al Jazeera is formally asking the International Criminal Court to investigate the fatal shooting of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as she was reporting from a Palestinian refugee camp in May

Bulgaria rejects media report about refugee shot at border

Bulgaria has rejected accusations that its border guards shot a Syrian refugee in October

Girl killed, another badly injured in Germany knife attack

German police say a 14-year-old girl died and a 13-year-old girl was seriously injured after they were attacked by a man with a knife on their way to school

Enlargement back on EU's agenda at Western Balkans summit

The war in Ukraine has put the European Union’s expansion at the top of the agenda as officials from the Western Balkans and EU leaders prepare to meet Tuesday

Authorities: Migrant paraglided over Melilla border to Spain

Spanish authorities say they are looking for a person who paraglided over a border fence from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in what appeared to be a new and creative way to migrate irregularly to European territory

Minister: Cyprus tops EU in migrant repatriations

The interior minister of ethnically divided Cyprus says the country ranks first among European Union member nations in the number of migrants it repatriates relative to its population of just over a million people

EU sees 6-year high in numbers of people seeking asylum

The European Union’s asylum agency says the number of people seeking asylum in Europe has hit a six-year high, with Syrian nationals once again seeking international protection more than people from any other country

Spain insists no deaths on its soil during Melilla tragedy

Spain’s interior minister has flatly rejected new media reports of possible deaths on Spanish soil during a June storming of the border fence separating its north African enclave of Melilla from Morocco when at least 23 people died

NGO asks Spain to halt possible return of Nigerian stowaways

A human rights organization is asking the Spanish government to halt the potential return to Nigeria of three men found traveling on an oil tanker’s rudder after an 11-day ocean voyage from Lagos, Nigeria to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands

Spanish government presents bill to fight human trafficking

Spain’s government has presented a new bill to fight human trafficking in the southern European country that seeks to offer better protection for economically vulnerable migrants in the clutches of international criminal rings

Stowaways found on a ship's rudder in Spain's Canary Islands

Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued three stowaways traveling on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria

UK says 50 recently arrived migrants found with diphtheria

British health authorities have recorded 50 cases of diphtheria this year among recently arrived asylum seekers

Smallest German governing party stalls on citizenship reform

Senior members of the smallest party in Germany’s coalition government are seeking to hit the brakes on plans to ease the rules for obtaining German citizenship

EU weighs plans to ease France, Italy migrant tensions

European Union interior ministers have weighed proposals to ease tensions between France and Italy over migrants arriving on their shores without authorization

Greece: 7 Egyptians held, suspected of crewing migrant boat

Greek authorities say they have arrested seven Egyptians who had been on board a fishing boat crammed with nearly 500 people that lost steering and triggered a major rescue effort earlier this week

Serb police: man shot in border town clash between migrants

Serbian police say a migrant has been shot and wounded and a number of others have been detained following reports of a clash between migrants in a northern Serbian town on the border with Hungary

EU-Med forum: South needs investment, immigration policies

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the food and energy crisis triggered by Russia's war in Ukraine has greatly affected countries on the southern Mediterranean basin

Amid war, fault lines show ahead of Central European summit

The leaders of four Central European countries are holding a summit in Slovakia to discuss energy, migration and regional cooperation

Turkish strikes on Kurds stoke tensions with Syria as well

This weekend's Turkish airstrikes targeting Kurdish fighters in northern Syria also threaten to stoke tensions with the Syrian government

Egypt, Greece sign deals on migrant rescues, agriculture

Egypt and Greece have signed two bilateral deals, including a pact to improve cooperation in migrant search and rescue missions across the Mediterranean Sea

Greece: Rescue operation for hundreds on drifting boat

Greek authorities say a major rescue operation is underway off the coast of the southern island of Crete after a boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants lost steering and was drifting in rough seas