Turkey ratchets up Syria offensive, says Kurdish militia hit
A witness saw unidentified warplanes flying over the border into Syria from Turkey, followed by the sound of explosions
Up to 300,000 refugees to come to Germany this year - official
Head of migration office says Germany took in fewer migrants in 2015 than previously thought because some were registered twice and others had moved on to other destinations
U.N. Syria envoy presses for speedy Aleppo aid delivery
U.N. seeks a weekly 48-hour humanitarian pause to deliver food, medicines and other aid in Aleppo, and to repair the electricity system to deliver power and clean water
Fighters and residents leave besieged Damascus suburb Daraya
United Nations was not consulted on Daraya's evacuation plan and voiced deep concern about it
Turkey signals no quick end to Syria incursion as truck bomb kills police
The incursion also aims to stop migrant flows
Migrant influx pushes German population growth to highest since 1992
The Interior Ministry has said 1.1 million migrants arrived in Germany last year
First evacuees leave besieged Damascus suburb Daraya - Reuters witness
On Thursday, rebels and Syria's army agreed a deal to evacuate the town
Greeting refugees, US city draws on wisdom learned decades ago from Laotian immigrants
Decades after hosting Hmong families who had fled Laos, a small city in Montana is drawing on the success of that experience to welcome a new set of refugees
Older refugees in U.S. advise newcomers - work hard, brace for cold weather
Hundreds of ethnic Hmong built new lives in Missoula, Montana, after the 1975 communist victory of the Pathet Lao in Laos.
Deal agreed to end long siege of Damascus suburb - rebel leader, locals
Syria's army has surrounded rebels and civilians and blocked food deliveries in Daraya since 2012, regularly bombing the area