US President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group will have lost by next week all the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria. The president told representatives of a 79-member, US-led coalition fighting IS that the militants held a tiny percentage of the...

Last summer, Vitaliy Ustymenko was brutally attacked by two men in broad daylight in an assault he believes was linked to his work as an anti-corruption activist in Ukraine. The number of such assaults on activists has soared, analysts say, as Ukraine struggles to rein in graft five years...

 Three British lawmakers on Monday endorsed reports that women activists detained in Saudi Arabia have been tortured, and said responsibility for what is likely a violation of international law could lie with “Saudi authorities at the highest level”.  The conclusions of the panel...

Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has detained scores of residents in Idlib, following the capture of the province by the jihadi group this month, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. At least 11 civilian residents had been working documenting abuses by HTS or protesting against the...