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Israeli border police check Palestinian's identification cards at a checkpoint as they exit the Arab neighborhood of Issawiyeh in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israeli man shot dead after being mistaken for attacker

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

President of the German Football Federation, DFB, Wolfgang Niersbach attends a press conference at the German Football Museum in Dortmund, Germany, Monday Oct. 19, 2015. German prosecutors are examining whether there are grounds to open an investigation of allegations that German bidders used a slush fund to help secure the 2006 World Cup. DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach, who was also a senior member of the Germany bid committee, renewed his denial on Monday. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa via AP)

Pressure grows to explain German slush fund report

Associated Press

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at the audience before speaking during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Benjamin Netanyahu blasted for blaming Holocaust on Haj Amin al-Husseini

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Germany orders fixes to Volkswagen cars with deceptive software

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

‘Labyrinth of Lies’ director Giulio Ricciarelli on Germany learning harsh lessons of its past

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Refugees arrive in Tornio, northwestern Finland. Finland, on the northeastern frontier of the EU, in this Thursday, Sept. 18, 2015, file photo. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland suddenly a top choice for Iraqi asylum-seekers

By Matti Huuhtanen - Associated Press

Illustration on Syrian refugees' impact on the EU economy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

PETER MORICI: Unemployed Europeans want benefits, Syrian refugees want jobs

By Peter Morici

FILE- In this Dec. 19, 2013 file picture Swedish entrepreneur Bert Karlsson poses outside his refugee centre in an old sanatorium in Stora Ekeberg, near Skara, Sweden. People crammed into boats and trekking across borders have become the dominant images of Europe’s migrant crisis. In the shadows, however, there are those who are profiting, among them Karlsson. (Adam Ihse/TT via AP, file) SWEDEN OUT

Migration crisis proves boon for some businesses

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Refugees rest on the roadside after police stopped them near the border between Austria and Germany, in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Germany warns Jihadists attempting to recruit fighters among Syrian refugees

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry answers a question about the ongoing crisis in Syria during a news conference with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in London. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

John Kerry: U.S. to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017

By Ken Dilanian - Associated Press

"I'm happy that Germany has become a country that many people abroad associate with hope," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters during a press conference this week in Berlin, shortly before announcing her government would spend an additional $6.7 billion to deal with the influx. "That is something very valuable, especially in view of our history." (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Germany takes a gamble on refugees

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A migrant enters the territory of Hungary by crossing the temporary protection fence along the Hungarian-Serbian border at Roszke, 180 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. (Edvard Molnar/MTI via AP)

Migrants keep entering Hungary as work on fence speeds up

By Balint Szlanko and Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

Refugees receive new clothes as they arrive at the Hauptbahnhof station in Salzburg, Austria, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 on their way from Hungary via Vienna to Germany. (AP Photo/ Kerstin Joensson)

Angela Merkel demands EU partners share burden of migrant influx

By Frank Jordans and George Jahn - Associated Press

A father carries his child as they arrive at the main train station in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. Hundreds of refugees arrived in various trains to get first registration as asylum seekers in Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Exhaustion, elation as 6,500 migrants reach Austria, Germany

By Shawn Pogatchnik and Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

Christoph Buehrer, left, director of neonatology at Charite Hospital and Wolfgang Henrich, director of gynecology at Charite Hospital, brief the media about the situation of 65-year old mother Annegret Raunigk and her quadruplets, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The 65-year-old teacher from Berlin has given birth to a girl,Neeta and three boys, Dries, Bence and Fjonn, by cesarean section at the hospital on Tuesday May 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Quadruplets born to 65-year-old German woman leave hospital

Associated Press

Firefighters were unable to save a house during shelling Monday night in Donetsk, Ukraine. The artillery exchange between government troops and Russia-backed rebels killed several people. (Associated Press)

Russia-Ukraine clashes spark fears Vladimir Putin may greenlight offensive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras listens during a parliamentary session in Athens on Aug. 14, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Greek lawmakers back 3rd bailout after all-night debate

By Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Brazilian athletes train in the Olympic Equestrian Center at the Deodoro Sports Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. The venue is part of the sports complex that will stage competitions for dressage, cross-country and jumping at the Olympics and Paralympics. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Rio Olympic official: No glanders risk at equestrian

By JENNY BARCHFIELD - Associated Press