Some 2,000 people have travelled from the Gaza Strip over the past two days as Egypt opened the Rafah crossing for the first time in 66 days. In addition to the 1,927 who left the enclave, 828 re-entered the Strip, while 79 were not permitted to travel by Egyptian authorities, the...

Human Rights Watch Wednesday condemned the “illegal transfers” to Turkey of more than 60 Syrians arrested by Ankara and its local proxies in Syria’s northeast in 2019. Turkey and its Syrian rebel proxies arrested the 63 Syrians between October and December 2019 in the border area...

Due to fears of reprisal and violence, there have been no street protests in Myanmar against the military’s power grab over the past three days. However, people seem to have chosen civil disobedience as the way to express their opposition to Monday’s coup against a civilian...

 Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in a society beset by war and poverty. Now aged 19, the Yemeni woman agreed to relate her ordeal at the hands of her abusive husband --...