Seven village guards, one specialist sergeant and one soldier were martyred Thursday in a PKK attack in the eastern province of Agri, according to officials. Three soldiers and two civilians were also injured in the same attack by the terrorist group. A clash broke out between security...

Tanya Walker had lung cancer and was coughing up blood, but she says her emergency room doctor kept asking about her genitals. "It seemed like they weren't going to treat me unless I told them what genitals I had," Walker, a 53-year-old transgender woman, activist and advocate, said about...

At least four people were killed and dozens injured late Wednesday when a passenger train collided with a freight train in central Pakistan, an official said. The collision around 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the city of Multan in the Punjab region happened when a Karachi-bound passenger...

Russia’s contribution to meeting the needs of refugees displaced by the Syrian conflict has been negligible, while its military involvement in the conflict has been significant, Human Rights Watch said today. Russia should use the upcoming summit meetings on the global refugee crisis to make...