Eleanor Beardsley

Tunisia is touted as the great success story of the Arab Spring. How democratic does Tunisia really look these days?

Riad Sattouf is a Syrian-French cartoonist who brings to life the Middle East in the 1980s. Published as a graphic novel, it provides a humorous and intimate view of the author's youth.

A report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 has been released in the Netherlands. The report says the plane was shot down by a Russian-built missile, but the question of ...

Leaders of Tunisia's political factions win the Nobel peace prize for guiding the country through a political transition that's been a lot more peaceful than transitions in neighboring countries.

The French government has launched an ad campaign to dissuade young people from going to Syria to join ISIS militants. The TV spots draw on parents' pain at the loss of their children to jihad.

After a harrowing and exhausting month-long journey, Syrian teacher Monzer Omar has finally reached Germany. Rested but restless, he's anxious to start his new life and send for his family.

At the Frankfurt Motor Show this weekend, the topic on everyone's mind was the continued fallout from the VW emissions scandal.

The Frankfurt Auto Show is a car lover's paradise. You're plunged into a world of gleaming new cars and cutting edge technology. You'd think it would be the perfect place to get the scoop on the Volkswagen scandal.

But no one working for Volkswagen, Porsche or Audi will talk about ...

Volkswagen has chosen a new CEO, with a mission to win back the trust of VW customers following the emissions scandal that brought down his predecessor. But some critics say the compa...

Workers at Volkswagen headquarters in Germany are mostly tight-lipped about the company's involvement in a vast emissions scandal, but local residents say they are shocked — and worried about VW's future.

Diesel cars are very popular in Europe, where high gas prices have encouraged many customers to purchase them. Now allegations of emissions cheating by VW have thrown the European car market into confusion.

Much of the attention during the European migrant crisis has focused on the plight of refugees from Syria, but there are many thousands of other migrants who now feel forgotten.

Ferenc Gyurcsany, Hungary's prime minister from 2004 to 2009, and his wife have opened their home to give Syrian migrants "one normal night." A new law criminalizing such actions won't stop them.

Several dozen migrants, including mothers holding babies, relax in the sun at outdoor picnic tables at a retreat facility near the town of Cergy-Pontoise. The vacation center, about an hour north of Paris in a bucolic lake setting, usually hosts school groups or corporate workers. But for the next few ...

In Austria, a group of lawyers has set up a stand at Vienna's rail station to try to help refugees. But the lawyers say they can't do much because Europe's refugee system is so dysfunctional.

A small provincial town in Austria is home to the country's largest refugee center. But even though they have been helping refugees for many decades, residents have never known a crisis like the current one.

Thousands of migrants moved into Austria and Germany over the weekend as the flow into Europe was unabated. Packed trains from Hungary arrived in Vienna.

Thousands of migrants entered Austria on Sunday, as the flow of humanity from Syria and other troubled parts of the Middle East and Africa continued into Europe.

Hundreds of migrants, frustrated by Hungary's closing of rail links towards Germany, began walking from Budapest to the Austrian border on Friday.