Early morning on Sunday, October 23, 1983, Pierre Sabbagh awoke from an uncomfortable night's sleep in the grounds of the US Battalion Landing Team (BLT) headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon. The Lebanese photojournalist had slept

US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut financial aid to three Central American nations for failing to stop a large group of migrants making their way towards the US border. The caravan of

At least 52 people died in Madagascar's prisons last year while awaiting trial due to "appalling prison conditions", according to Amnesty International. In a report published on Tuesday, the global rights group also said

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the "systematic arbitrary arrests and torture" carried out by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the occupied West Bank and Hamas in Gaza. In a report published on Tuesday, the

Australia's government on Tuesday unveiled sanctions against five officers in Myanmar's powerful military who are accused of overseeing barbaric violence against the Rohingya. Following similar actions by the United States and the European Union,

Hong Kong - President Xi Jinping opened the long-delayed and over-budget Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge on Tuesday, billed as a major step forward in China's plan to turn the Pearl River Delta into a technology hub

Editor's note: Below is an abridged version of the interview with Bafel Talabani, which was conducted a day before the electoral commission announced the final results of the September 30 parliamentary vote in Iraq's

Ivo Sanader, former prime minister of Croatia, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for war profiteering during the country's 1990s conflict. The 65-year-old was on Monday found guilty of accepting nearly 500,000 euros ($558,500) in bribes

Relations between Italy and France hit a new low this week, with Rome accusing French border guards of illegally crossing the border to "dump" unwelcome migrants inside Italian territory. On Monday, a delegation from

Esquipulas, Guatemala - Small groups of Honduran migrants and refugees are continuing to make their way to through  Guatemala, following in the foot steps of an initial caravan that left San Pedro Sula on