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Asylum-seeker activists target Australian parliament

Australia's parliament was hit by a second day of protests by anti-offshore detention center activists Thursday with two people abseiling down the building to unfurl a banner reading "close the bloody camps now". While the pair scaled Parliament House a dozen others waded into a forecourt...

Syria's Aleppo loses clown who warmed war-torn hearts

 When war is constant, it can be easy to lose sight of how much a single death can matter. But the passing of one committed social worker will be especially devastating to his community in Aleppo. The 24-year-old Anas al-Basha was a center director at Space for Hope, one of many...

Syrian jailed for 10 years over Hungary border riot

A Hungarian court jailed a Syrian man for 10 years Wednesday for allegedly inciting a border riot by migrants last year, ruling it an "act of terror" and sparking outrage from rights groups. Critics said it was "absurd" to use anti-terrorism legislation – enacted last year by hard-line...