Tunisian opposition parties and independent figures have called for a demonstration Saturday against a controversial anti-corruption bill, defying a ban on public protests under a state of emergency. The protest on Tunis's Habib Bourguiba Avenue, a focal point of the country's 2011 revolution,...

ISIS militants have got their hands on Syrian cotton production, worrying manufacturers even though there appears little risk for now that ISIS-linked clothes could end up on the catwalk or in your closet. After seizing oil and grain fields to fund their offensive, ISIS militants have also...

 Syrian refugees are forcibly displaced persons. They were driven out from their home areas deliberately, following a policy of collective punishment, systematic bombardment and mass murder. Many were forced to migrate from their populated neighbourhoods, after these were turned into...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that the United States was "committed to" taking in more of the Syrian refugees fleeing war in their country. Kerry spoke to reporters after meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including one that addressed the migrant crisis in...