Lebanese rights activist Tareq Shandab was the target of an assassination attempt earlier this month after delivering a presentation at the UN’s Geneva headquarters, according to a statement issued Monday by the International Jurists Union. Describing the incident as "barbaric", the...

At least 30 people were killed when two boats carrying undocumented migrants of various nationalities sank off Libya’s northern coast Monday evening, according to local officials. "Two boats carrying scores of undocumented migrants sank off the coast of Sabratha [in northwestern Libya],"...

At least 30 people were killed when two boats carrying undocumented migrants of various nationalities sank off Libya’s northern coast Monday evening, according to local officials. "Two boats carrying scores of undocumented migrants sank off the coast of Sabratha [in northwestern Libya],"...

The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade ripped into Haiti's southwestern peninsula early on Tuesday with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and storm surges, killing at least one person and damaging homes. The eye of the violent and slow-moving Category 4 storm was hovering over the...