PARIS: For dozens of French women detained in Syria, an impossible choice looms: keeping their children in a war zone, or sending them home knowing they might never see each other again.Like other Western

PARIS: For dozens of French women detained in Syria, an impossible choice looms: keeping their children in a war zone, or sending them home knowing they might never see each other again.Like other Western

Sri Lanka's president has lifted the suspension of parliament and scheduled a meeting of the legislature on November 5 amid mounting pressure to end a political crisis. President Maithripala Sirisena named Mahinda Rajapaksa - a

The US-backed Afghan government has lost control of a number of districts to the Taliban, while casualties among security forces have reached record levels, a US watchdog agency has said. The latest quarterly report

At least 56,800 refugees and migrants have died or gone missing since 2014, almost double the number recorded by the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM), an investigation by the Associated Press news agency

Almost a decade ago, the teardrop-shaped island in the Indian ocean brought to a brutal end a conflict that claimed thousands of lives. Since then, history seems to have come full circle. On October

Every summer, Amira Abujbara boards a nine-seater plane at a tiny air taxi office. It is the same plane, with the same pilot, that she has flown in almost every year of her childhood.

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has lifted the suspension of parliament and scheduled a meeting of the legislature on November 5 amid mounting pressure to end a political crisis. Sirisena named Mahinda Rajapaksa - a

US President Donald Trump has made immigration a central issue as he campaigns ahead of this month's midterm election. The vote is being seen as a crucial test of his presidency. But the recent

Tunisia's government has described a suicide attack that took place in the capital two days ago as "an isolated act". The female attacker was not on any of their watchlists. But some are now