Alan Kurdi

Refugee crisis reflected at Cannes Film Festival

One of the main topics at this year's Cannes Film Festival seems to be the migrant issue. We have already seen two pictures on the topic and others will follow, among which one is the highly expected title of the year, Michael Haneke's "Happy End."

World famous actress Vanessa Redgrave arrived in Cannes to present her first film as its director at the age of 80. 

Ai Weiwei recreates photo of drowned Syrian toddler Alan

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the heartbreaking image of the drowned 3-year-old Syrian child, Alan Kurdi, by staging a photo of himself lying face down on a beach on Lesvos island, Greece.

Ai Weiwei closed his eyes and lay face down on a pebbled beach imitating the lifeless body of Alan who lost his life while trying to reach Greece with his family.

Is Turkey's Merkel deal still valid as the EU questions Schengen?

Right before Paris was put on alert over yet another incident on the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo assault by al-Qaeda on Jan. 7, former French President Nicholas Sarkozy claimed that the Schengen visa agreement "was dead." The agreement has brought visa-free travel to a number of European Union and non-EU European countries since the mid-1990s.

France to Launch Surveillance Flights in Preparation for Airstrikes Against IS in Syria

French President Francois Hollande announced on Monday that his country will begin reconnaissance flights in preparation for possible airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria.

Hollande stated this during his biannual press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris.