Riot police are entering a prison in northeastern Brazil where 26 inmates were killed recently, in an attempt to separate rival gangs inside the complex. A helicopter flew overhead Saturday as an armored vehicle and about 40 police forces including riot police entered the Alcacuz prison...

The EU could soon step up training and equipping Libya's coast guard to crack down on migrant smuggling in the north African nation's waters, according to an EU proposal seen by AFP Saturday. Malta, which holds the current rotating EU presidency, is pitching the idea as a short-term measure...

A car bomb blast killed at least four civilians at a camp for displaced Syrians by the border with Jordan Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activists said. "A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of the Rukban camp on the Jordanian border, killing four displaced people and...

(Foreign Policy)- Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has just departed war-torn Damascus following what her aides described as a “fact-finding” mission to work toward ending the nearly six-year conflict in Syria. Congressional travel to the devastated country is exceedingly rare,...