WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday plans to follow through on a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago in modern-day Turkey were genocide, according to U.S. officials familiar...

A Palestinian rights observatory said Friday that  bodies of Palestinian refugees are still under the rubble of the Yarmouk refugee camp south of the capital Damascus,  Most of the casualties were killed by the regime forces and allied Palestinians militias on April 19,...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday declared a state of emergency to curb a rapid coronavirus resurgence, the third since the pandemic began. The measures in parts of Japan, including Tokyo, have so far failed to curb infections caused by a more contagious new variant of the virus. Here's a...

Despite appeals from rights organizations, Denmark became the first European country to withdraw residency permits from Syrian refugees. Syrian activists believe that the decision of the Danish government will cause a lot of suffering from the separation of family members from ruining...