Germany, France announce plans to welcome thousands of migrants After a weekend in which tens of thousands of Syrian war refugees and other migrants reached Austria and Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany is putting 6 billion euros ($6.7 billion) toward coping with the influx; France has committed to receiving 24,000 migrants.September 7, 2015
Trainloads of migrants begin arriving in Germany Thousands of refugees fleeing conflict and economic privation in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia are making their way through Austria to Germany, where they hope to apply for asylum.September 6, 2015
As ISIS destroys artifacts, could some antiquities have been saved? The Getty Trust's president argues objects should be spread around the world for safekeeping -- which is controversial, and sometimes illegal. Protecting sites, he says, could require military actionSeptember 5, 2015
U.N. calls on European Union to accept 200,000 refugees Also: The father of a 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Aegean Sea buries his family, and in Hungary, 2,300 migrants at a refugee camp near the Serbian border have threatened to break out.September 4, 2015
Image of dead Syrian child shakes up media coverage of refugee crisis The photographs of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, his lifeless body washed up onto a Turkish beach, forced the current refugee crisis onto front pages, home pages and Facebook feeds across the world this week.September 3, 2015
China flexes muscles with parade, but announces troop cut More than 12,000 precision-drilled soldiers, 500 pieces of military hardware and 200 aircraft filed through Tiananmen Square to mark 70 years since Japan's defeat at the end of World War II.September 3, 2015
Why are migrants surging into Europe now? The United Nations says more than 300,000 migrants have set out from North Africa and the Middle East on the Mediterranean Sea for Europe this year so far -- 40 percent more than in all of last year.September 2, 2015
For second day, stranded migrants camp out at Budapest train station Hungarian authorities stopped the migrants, including refugees from Syria and Iraq, from boarding trains bound for Western Europe. The station has become the latest flashpoint in the migrant crisis.September 2, 2015
Al-Shabab militants strike African Union base in Somalia Al-Shabab regularly sends suicide attacks against government convoys and aid workers in hotels in Somalia, but this was the second assault this summer through the gate of a military base.September 1, 2015
Documentary: Examining the Nuclear Deal with Iran Documentary from the America Abroad series. An in-depth look at the Iran nuclear deal and a review of ten years of negotiations with Iran. You'll hear from Obama and Bush administration negotiators and from people in Tehran and Tel Aviv.September 1, 2015