After weathering a year of the coronavirus pandemic, the fishermen of an Arab village in central Israel have been dealt another blow by a mysterious oil spill in the Mediterranean. Grappling with its worst ecological disaster in years, the government this week ordered a precautionary ban...

A leading rights group on Thursday accused Libyan authorities of failing to bring suspected war criminals to justice for their alleged role in crimes against humanity since 2011. Libya has not brought any suspects before the International Criminal Court in the 10 years since the North...

German prosecutors hailed a worldwide first after a former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad's secret police was convicted Wednesday of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights activists hope will set a precedent for other cases. Eyad Al-Gharib...

A Rhode Island businessman who runs an auto sales company illegally exported 19 vehicles to Lebanon, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Carlo Fakhri, 50, who operates D’Agostino's Auto Sales and Salvage, Inc., in North Providence, is charged with violating a law that requires him to...