ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The latest developments as tens of thousands of people make their way to Europe and across the continent, seeking safety and a better life. All times local. 2:35 p.m. The U.N. refugee agency is urging Jordan’s government to allow in around 12,000 people who are stranded …

Despite efforts to improve the air, levels of contamination a dozen times the World Health Organization safe level are not unusual, and the city issued a red alert for smog this week, keeping schools closed and half the vehicles off the streets. Not content with just the industrial white variety …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – As a student graduating from computer college two years ago, Mohammed Qudih was dreading the “painful” unemployment in the Gaza Strip – a war-battered coastal territory where nearly half the population is without work. Today, the 25-year-old engineer boasts about his company, its 20 …