Migrants who braved journey to Europe star in Rome opera Italy Migrants who survived a harrowing journey by sea to Italy are the backbone of a new Italian production of Mozart's opera Idomeneus, King of Crete whose monarch is washed to shore after almost drowning.

Cash-strapped Jordan govt resigns ahead of reshuffle Jordan's government has resigned ahead of a second cabinet reshuffle in six months, state media reported, as the cash-strapped kingdom remains mired in economic woes.

When promised land turns out to be tragedy

A phone call Nguyễn Đình Gia received on Saturday night ended his last hopes of ever seeing his son again.

HCM City ‘surprisingly new’ in New York Times story

 “For a place with so much history – decades of wartime and occupation have left their scars – Hồ Chí Minh City feels surprisingly new,” the New York Times style magazine starts in a recently-published story about the “vibrant, stylish, youthful” city.

S.Africa police clash with protesting asylum-seekers South African police on Wednesday arrested around 100 foreign nationals occupying an office building in Cape Town as part of a sit-in protest against xenophobia, later releasing many of them.

To-your-health: Vaccination, what is it all about? The concept of vaccination and immunisation is very ancient. Evidence of early inoculation to protect people from some disease was found in China. However, the rate of success and protection was not very good. The first modern vaccine was developed in England in the late 18th Century and was used against an infectious disease called smallpox or variola.

Turkey, US agree on Syria ceasefire to force Kurdish fighters' withdrawal Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw from a safe zone along the border, US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish officials announced Thursday after high-stakes talks.

US slaps sanctions on Turkey as Syrian regime returns to north The United States slapped sanctions on Turkey on Monday as it demanded an end to the deadly incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters, accusing its NATO partner of putting civilians at risk and allowing the release of Islamic State extremists.

Migrants block US-Mexico border crossing, force closure Hundreds of Central American migrants blocked a border crossing Thursday between the Mexican city of Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas, demanding the United States let them in to apply for asylum.

Turkey launches assault on Syrian Kurds Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Wednesday with airstrikes and explosions reported near the border.