At least 11 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have started a hunger strike in protest against their “administrative detention” without an accusation, a non-governmental organization announced on Wednesday.  In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said two...

South Sudan's army and several armed groups killed more than 100 civilians in a surge in violence in a southern region of the country after the signing of a peace deal last year, a U.N. report said Wednesday. The armed forces also committed sexual violence including rape against around 100...

China on Wednesday denounced British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt as “shameless”, saying it had made a diplomatic complaint to London after he warned of consequences if China neglected commitments made when it took back Hong Kong in 1997. China has stepped up a war of words with Hong...

France Wednesday condemned the airstrike on a detention center in Libya that killed nearly 40 migrants, an act that has been blamed on Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has in the past enjoyed French backing. France "condemns the strikes", the foreign ministry said in a statement,...