Ships from Italy, Germany, Britain and other EU countries have rescued nearly 6,000 migrants from the Mediterranean over the weekend. The influx has spurred backlash in Italy, where the migrants will initially be hosted. The ...
The Palestinian Authority’s Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA) said, in a statement Sunday, that 93 Palestinian minors are currently incarcerated in the Israeli Ofer prison near Ramallah. According to WAFA correspondence, it said while eight ...
A British Muslim woman allegedly had her hijab ripped off in a racially motivated attack in London. Police say they have arrested two people in connection with the crime. The investigation is ongoing for the ...
A new study shows violence against Shia Muslims has been rising in Pakistan and more than 1,900 Shia Muslims have been killed in recent years, Press TV reports. The study, conducted by the Jinnah Institute, ...
A Pakistani court has freed eight out of 10 men charged with organizing the shooting of schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, police said on Friday, a move that will raise further questions about the nation’s heavily ...
Two people died and more than 100 were injured after two explosions rocked a large Kurdish party election rally in southeast Turkey on Friday, the country’s Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said. The blasts occurred five ...
Students in Chile are scheduled to protest on Wednesday in the capital Santiago over educational reforms and government crackdowns on demonstrations. Protesters argue that educational reforms by Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet do not do enough ...
More than 700 schools in South Korea have been closed as a third person died from the Mers virus and the number of people infected rose to 35. South Korean authorities have been criticised over ...
Too many bright children from disadvantaged backgrounds fall by the wayside at secondary school despite achieving top results at primary level, according to analysis commissioned by the Sutton Trust. The trust said it identified the ...
At least six people have been confirmed dead and hundreds are still missing after a cruise ship carrying 458 passengers capsized during a cyclone on the Yangtze River in central China. Chinese authorities said on ...