Hani Salam escaped civil war in Syria and survived the journey from Egypt to Europe. But when he saw men with bushy long beards at a mosque near his current home in Cologne last November, he was worried. The men's appearance reminded him of Jaish al-Islam, the Islamist rebels who took over...

 Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary groups are about to launch an offensive on ISIS positions west of Mosul, assisting in the military campaign to take back the city, a spokesman said Friday. The militias, collectively known as Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces, have...

(The Guardian)- The British and French governments were accused of breaching children’s human rights as up to 50 teenagers were abandoned by authorities in Calais and forced into an industrial estate near the cleared-out refugee camp to sleep in makeshift conditions. The teenagers were...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promised on Thursday to amend a law that human rights groups say has severely restricted protest rights and hinted at possible pardons for young people imprisoned without conviction. Speaking at a youth conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, the former general...