Aylan Kurdi

Drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi's aunt says family will settle in Canada

The aunt of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide outrage at the refugee crisis, said she hopes her family members will be in Canada by Christmas.

Canadian couple scales down lavish wedding, raises $17,000 to help Syrian refugees

A Toronto-based couple recently proved that Canadians are happy to lend a helping hand to Syrian refugees when they cancelled their plans for a lavish wedding, and chose to use the money to sponsor a Syrian family instead.

We lost humanity when a child was not welcomed: Malala appeals for migrants in Syria

Teenaged Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai appealed for leaders to do more on Syria, saying that the drowning of a toddler showed the world had "lost humanity" at the United Nations.

Post Aylan Kurdi, another drowned toddler's body washes up on Turkish beach, says report

A four-year-old Syrian girl's body washed up on a beach in western Turkey on Friday, state media said.

Dear Charlie Hebdo, is cartoon on a dead baby really satire? French magazine faces legal action

Known for its satirical cartoons and polemics, French publication Charlie Hebdo might have taken it too far this time. The French magazine is being criticised widely for publishing a cartoon depicting the death of three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi as its own controversial take on the refugee and migration crisis.

German newspaper prints edition without pictures to protest backlash for publishing Aylan Kurdi's photo

After Germany's best-selling newspaper <em>Bild</em> received criticism for publishing images of the body of three-year-old toddler Aylan Kurdi, who drowned while trying to reach Greece, <em>Bild</em> on Tuesday decided to remove all pictured from its print edition and website.

At beaches around the world, people pay tribute to Aylan Kurdi

Moroccans are seen adopting a position similar to the lifeless body of Syrian three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, who drowned while attempting to reach the Greek island of Kos.

Palestine pays tribute to Aylan Kurdi with sand sculpture

Palestinians paid tribute to the tiny boy Aylan Kurdi who drowned while fleeing the Syrian war by building a sand sculpture of him on a beach in the Gaza Strip.

Mourners release white balloons into the sky in Vancouver to honour Syrian boys

Dozens of white balloons drifted over Vancouver's harbor to honour the young Syrian boys whose deaths at sea sparked worldwide outrage about the refugee crisis.

My children slipped through my hands, says Aylan Kurdi's father

Abdullah, whose surname is given by Turkish media as Kurdi but sources in Syria say is actually called Shenu, lost his three-year-old son Aylan, four-year-old son Ghaleb and wife Rihana in the tragedy.