PHOTOS: Birds like you have never seen before

The National Audubon Society has announced the winners of its 2016 photography awards. The society which has dedicated itself to the appreciation of birds, received nearly 7,000 images, to which......

'You are not alone': Pope brings 3 refugee families from Greece to Rome

Pope Francis transformed the lives of a dozen Syrian refugees on Saturday when he plucked three families from a crowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and took them back to Rome.......

Bodies of 95 migrants wash ashore in Libya

The search for refuge in European countries is turning brutal day by day. Bodies of 85 migrants have been found washed upon Libya’s shores,  a major departure point for the sea crossing......

Migrant crisis: 'The beginning of a real exodus'

European leaders are searching for solutions as conflicts in Syria and Iraq are sending thousands of refugees on dangerous voyages through the Balkans and across the Mediterranean to the 28-nation......

Barca help refugee children dream for better future

IMAGE: Refugee children wear Barcelona FC jersey shirts in Mytilene city, on the island of Lesbos, Greece. Photograph: Elias Marcou/Reuters It may not be the Nou Camp, but the charity arm of......

Syrian refugee Mardini a winner in the water at Rio Olympics

- 'It was really amazing and an incredible feeling to compete here in the Olympics and I am happy and glad for that...I'm really happy to be here and to see all of the champions and other swimmers......

Afghan athletes set to make history

Two 17-year-old girls left Afghanistan for Greece on Friday knowing that, win or lose at the Athens Olympics, they will enter the history books.Robina Muqimyar and Fraiba Rezzay realise the odds......

Greece lightning strikes out at home

Costas Kenteris's withdrawal from the Athens Olympics on Wednesday over a drugs scandal caps one of the most dramatic rise and falls of modern athletics.The 200 metre runner, dubbed Greece......