This year there are 964 574 refugees arrived in Germany. This was reported by the newspaper Passauer Neue Presse Monday based on answers by the Ministry of Interior to parliamentary questions, which are seen by the newspaper. The sum is based on the registration of refugees which are distributed among the German states.
Three Syrian soldiers have been slain by airstrikes likely to be carried out by the international coalition against terror organization Islamic State (IS). The attacks were carried out in the province of Deir al- Zor in eastern Syria, reported the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Monday.
The opposition in Venezuela has achieved a major victory in parliamentary elections Sunday. The Electoral Commission announced on Monday that the opposition coalition MUD certainly holds 99 of the 167 seats. Not all seats have been allocated.
The French Socialists retire next week in the second round of regional elections back from the north and south- eastern France. In those regions cited the National Front Sunday, according to the first estimates, a great victory.
The US Justice Department is investigating the police in Chicago after a white cop in the city had killed a black teenager. That said a source at the ministry Sunday. It examines whether the police regularly has violated the constitution.
After the success in the first round of regional elections in France, Marine Le Pen sees her National Front " first party of France". Your party has " a great result " achieved, said Le Pen Sunday to jubilant supporters. " We are called to achieve national unity that the country needs," said the 47-year-old leader of the anti-European and nationalist Front National.
The anti- European and nationalist Front National (FN) Marine Le Pen is the comfortable leader in the first round of the French regional elections Sunday. According to exit polls Le Pen was with her niece Marion Maréchal-Le Pen in the north and east of the country receive more than 40 percent of the vote.
American researchers from the Federal Criminal Police are increasingly convinced that the gunmen who last week in San Bernardino inflicted a massacre, were planning more attacks. They come to that conviction given the amount of weapons they had in possession, said a source in the US government Sunday.
The 91- year-old former president of the United States Jimmy Carter is free of cancer. He said this himself in an announcement on Sunday in Plains, Georgia, where he gave a lesson, US media reported.
Space Agency NASA has the sharpest pictures yet released the dwarf planet Pluto. The recordings include craters, mountains and icy plains to see.
Despite the winter season, the number of boat people in the sea area between Libya and Italy again increased sharply. Since last Thursday, according to the Italian coastguard rescued more than 4900 people from the sea, the majority of dinghies.
Despite the winter season, the number of boat people in the sea area between Libya and Italy again increased sharply. Since last Thursday, according to the Italian coastguard rescued more than 4900 people from the sea, the majority of dinghies.
When air attacks on the Syrian stronghold of Raqqa terror militia Islamic State (ISIS) are definitely Sunday 32 jihadists slain. Over forty extremist fighters were injured by the bombing of the international coalition in ISIS- racking. That left the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Azerbaijan mourns the oil workers Friday were killed by the devastating fire on an oil rig in the Caspian Sea. While rescue workers with desperation still searching for survivors, President Ilham Aliyev Sunday already designated as a day of national mourning.
Italy does not participate in military action in Syria, as long as a clear strategy is lacking. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made clear Sunday.,null, We can not afford a second Libya, '' he said. In that North African country, after all, a big chaos broke out after Western countries in 2011 by bombing the downfall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi hastened.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that the bombing of foreign powers on terror group Islamic State (ISIS) have the opposite effect. "This type of operation is like partially cutting out the cancer. Therefore, it will just spread quickly through the body," Assad said in an interview with The Sunday Times. He thus responds to the recent first actions of the RAF against ISIS in his country.
Hundreds of British homes are under water because rivers are once again burst their banks after storms. In northern England and Scotland, about a thousand people have been evacuated. Trains do not run, to about 60,000 households in the county of Cumbria is the power cut and many roads are closed. For the time being it rain, so it is expected.
An accident at a railway crossing in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Sunday at least thirteen were killed. A minibus was rammed by a commuter train. According to police, the driver of the bus has driven up the crossing while the barriers were down and all the Alert ringing rang.
The authorities in Argentina have arrested six Syrians who had flown with fake Greek passports to the country. They are only suspected of using forged travel documents, said a spokesman of the Argentine police.
Germany and France want to strengthen the European border security agency Frontex. As far as Berlin and Paris, the organization will have more powers. Writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Sunday.
The Taliban have Saturday released an audio message indicating that their leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour is still alive. The fate of Mansour existed for days unclear.
US President Barack Obama holds a speech about the Bloody Sunday shootings in San Bernardino and terrorism. He will include explaining how the terrorist threat " has evolved ", said the White House know in American media.
An attack by an anti-tank weapon on Sunday killed the governor of the Yemeni port city of Aden and several of his bodyguards. According to various media in the Middle East, including Al Jazeera, at least six guards were killed. About the perpetrators is still unknown.
The British capital 's Saturday night startled by a crazed self-proclaimed ISIS- trailer with a knife stuck around him in a subway station in London. Three travelers were injured in the bloody attack. The man was arrested by police officers after him with an electroshock weapon knew off. One of the victims was seriously injured in the attack, the two other victims were slightly injured. The identity of the plug is still unclear.
Two Australian children aged 12 and 13 years old have driven dozens of kilometers to get help after their parents were getting stuck in a well. Despite the bravery of the boys survived their father not, Australian media reported.
US federal investigators FBI Saturday (local time) raided the man who would have purchased the machine guns used in the massacre in San Bernardino. That NBC News reported.
In the 27 regions where France was divided, will be held Sunday the first round of regional elections. The ballot is seen as a barometer for the popularity of the government of the socialist François Hollande.
Myanmars former dictator Than Shwe sees his former foe Aung San Suu Kyi,null, the future leader '' of the country and promised to support her. That left his grandson out Saturday after secret talks between the ex-dictator and the Nobel Prize winner.
A self-proclaimed supporter of terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) on Saturday night at a subway station in east London a passerby attempted to cut his throat. The man was arrested by police officers after him with an electroshock weapon knew off. The victim was seriously injured in the assassination attempt.
Car manufacturer Ford calls 451 865 cars back to the garage, the majority in the United States, due to a security problem with the fuel tanks. According to the company, there may be a crack in the tank, so that fuel may leak, which can lead to fire.
