As many as 13,000 people were hanged in five years at a notorious Syrian government prison near Damascus, Amnesty International said Tuesday, accusing the regime of a "policy of extermination." Titled "Human Slaughterhouse: Mass hanging and extermination at Saydnaya prison," Amnesty's...

(The Independent)- Donald Trump will not be welcome to address Parliament on his state visit to the UK because of his racist and sexist attitudes, the Speaker of the House of Commons has said in a major snub to the American president. In a dramatic intervention, John Bercow, the Speaker,...

MacDill Air Force Base, United States: President Donald Trump on Monday pledged that America and its allies would defeat the "forces of death" and keep radical militants from gaining a foothold on U.S. soil, in his first visit to U.S. Central Command. "Today we deliver a message in one very...

Relatives of slain Tunisian opposition figure Chokri Belaid Monday called for a stalled trial to reveal the "truth" about his murder on the fourth anniversary of his death. Belaid, a fierce critic of the Islamist party then in power, was shot dead aged 48 outside his home in the capital in...