AFP: 'Flood gates are open': second wave of migrants eye Europe
Kabul (AFP) - Clutching prayer beads and a documented death threat from the Taliban, Mirwais joins a queue outside Kabul's passport office, potentially among a second wave of migrants attempting perilous journeys to Europe, inspired by images of refugees being welcomed.
Afghans are the second largest migrant group -- behind Syrians -– arriving in Europe, where authorities from the Mediterranean to the Baltic Sea are struggling to cope with the continent’s worst refugee crisis since World War II.
MIDDLE EAST
Syrian air base falls to rebels, troops exit: state TV. Syrian rebels seize government airbase in Idlib.
Syrian army, Islamic State battle for central oilfield.
US, NATO leery of Russian actions in Syria.
Turkish forces cross into Iraq for short-term PKK operation.
Turkey's Demirtas warns leaders heading towards civil war.
Khamenei says Iran will not negotiate with U.S. beyond nuclear talks.
Khamenei: Israel won’t survive next 25 years.
Mass protests expected as Lebanese leaders meet.
ASIA
India, Pakistan border chiefs discuss Kashmir.
U.S. military to investigate strike that Afghans say killed 11 police.
Australia to take 12,000 refugees, extend air strikes into Syria.
Myanmar president Thein Sein meets armed rebels for peace talks. Myanmar president wants ceasefire ahead of elections.
North Korea nuclear reactor showing signs of ramp-up, says thinktank.
Bangkok shrine attack suspect 'gave device to bomber'.
China plans to land lunar probe on far side of moon.
AFRICA
Egypt kills 56 militants in first two days of major operation in Sinai.
Nigeria army seizes vehicle with Boko Haram 'fuel, drugs'.
‘No need to panic’, S.Africans told after US terror warning.
Islamic State militants kill eight Libyan soldiers in Benghazi.
Kenya shopping mall evacuated after bomb scare, three arrested - police.
Six African nations 'among worst places to grow old'.
3 new Ebola patients found in Sierra Leone.
EUROPE
U.N. says 850,000 to cross sea to Europe in 2015 and 2016.
At choke points on the way to Western Europe, chaos and growing frustration.
EU leader proposes quota plan for migrant crisis.
David Cameron says 'hard military force' needed to tackle Assad and Isis.
Nearly 8,000 killed in Ukraine conflict, U.N. says.
Ukraine still faces threat of Russian military offensive: Poroshenko.
Resurgent Russia drawing northern nations closer.
Russia demands answers from Sofia, Athens as Syria flights blocked.
Business as usual as Queen becomes longest reigning British monarch.
AMERICAS
Latin American nations offer to take in Syria refugees.
Obama musters more Senate votes for Iran nuclear deal.
House Iran vote expected on 9/11 anniversary.
Former Guatemalan President to be tried on fraud charges.
Venezuela extends Colombia border closure.
Leading political party pulls out of Haiti's legislative elections.
Quick action averts disaster as flames and smoke engulf London bound jetliner. The latest: British Airways' Boeing 777 catches fire in Las Vegas.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
The ‘kill list’: RAF drones have been hunting UK jihadis for months.
ISIS use rape as ‘violent, brutal, terrorizing weapon,’ Angelina Jolie tells Lords.
Taliban flaunts al Qaeda links in latest issue of its official magazine.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Apple to show off new iPhones, Apple TV on Wednesday.
In China, a forceful crackdown in response to stock market crisis.
OPEC: Indonesia to rejoin oil group after 7-year break.
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