Alan Kurdi

Abdullah Kurdi sits in front of the German NGO "Sea-Eye" rescue ship named after his son Alan Kurdi, during the ship's inauguration in Palma de Mallorca, Spai, Sunday.

A German migrant rescue ship which operates in the Mediterranean was renamed on Feb. 10 after Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach at the height of the migrant crisis, sparking global outrage.

In 2015, the Greek public was shocked to learn about the young Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi, who lost his life in the waters of the Aegean while trying to reach Europe with his family. They were seeking a better future.

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. 

Trade is a bridge that can be used to foster peace all around the world, according to the head of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (?TO), ?brahim Ça?lar.

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.

At least 37 migrants, mostly women and children, drowned yesterday attempting to cross the sea from Turkey to reach Greece.

Turkish authorities announced that at least 37 refugees were dead, while they managed to rescue 75 people.

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.

Akfen Holding Chairman Hamdi Ak?n has opened some of his houses to Syrian refugees in Istanbul after he saw the heart-wrenching image of Alan Kurdi, a 3-year old refugee who drowned off Turkey's Bodrum coast on Sept. 2.

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.