Spain has said it would not "initially" veto an attempt by an independent Scotland to join the European Union after Britain has left the bloc, its foreign minister said in interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais. Spain has long been seen as an obstacle to an independent Scotland joining the...

Late last year, two American Marxists traveled to northeastern Syria with the goal of experiencing firsthand the egalitarian utopia Syria’s Kurds are seeking to build. Instead, they found themselves fighting on the front lines of a war, against the Islamic State and alongside the agents of...

(Daily Mail)- A 15-year-old Syrian schoolgirl has been given permission by the German authorities to marry the father of her baby in the latest example of migrant child brides. The authorities in Dusseldorf have decided it is acceptable for the girl to begin 'married life' with her...

AFP's photographer in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, Abdullah Doma, was detained late Saturday for the second time in several days by security services there, his family said. Doma had been released Wednesday night after being held for 24 hours over his coverage of a public concert to...