Britain pressed Syria and its ally Russia on Thursday to allow access to humanitarian aid in the war-torn country as a senior U.N. official told the Security Council that aid convoys had not been able to reach 540,000 people in besieged areas during July. "We're not asking for humanitarian...

The captain and crew of a ship chartered by an anti-immigrant group was ordered to leave Cyprus after being detained on suspicion of forging the documents of 20 Sri Lankan nationals on board, a Turkish Cypriot aid group said Thursday. The Defend Europe-chartered ship's captain and his crew...

 Venezuela's government on Thursday issued a ban on protests against a controversial weekend election that has already been the focus of deadly street demonstrations. From Friday, those taking part in rallies, demonstrations, marches or similar events that "could disturb or affect" the...

A senior U.N. humanitarian official says over 200,000 people in Syria have fled their homes in the area around Deash's (ISIS) de facto capital of Raqqa since the start of April. The figure includes more than 30,000 people who were displaced this month alone, as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters...