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Report: Rohingya migrants raped at Thai-Malaysia border camps

Report: Rohingya migrants raped at Thai-Malaysia border camps

Muslim Rohingya women who were held at human-trafficking camps in Thailand and Malaysia were subjected to gang rapes by their…
Elderly passenger rescued from capsized ship on China’s Yangtze River, others trapped

Elderly passenger rescued from capsized ship on China’s Yangtze River, others trapped

Divers pulled an 85-year-old woman from the hull of a passenger ship carrying 458 people that capsized on China's Yangtze…
Arizona mosque, site of anti-Islam protest, holds ‘love not hate’ event

Arizona mosque, site of anti-Islam protest, holds ‘love not hate’ event

An Arizona mosque where hundreds gathered last week for an anti-Islam demonstration, with counter-protesters shouting "Go home, Nazis," was the…
Buying sex a criminal offense under controversial Northern Ireland law

Buying sex a criminal offense under controversial Northern Ireland law

Men who use prostitutes in Northern Ireland face up to a year in jail or a fine under a new…
Russia dismisses EU criticism of travel blacklist

Russia dismisses EU criticism of travel blacklist

Russia criticised the European Union on Monday for allowing the publication of a list of European officials barred from entering…
Former top Hungarian communist faces new trial over role in 1956 reprisals

Former top Hungarian communist faces new trial over role in 1956 reprisals

A 93-year-old former senior Hungarian Communist Party official convicted of war crimes last year will face a new trial after…
Italy PM Renzi’s party pledges to stay on course after vote setback

Italy PM Renzi’s party pledges to stay on course after vote setback

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's ruling centre-left party promised on Monday to push on with its reform agenda after anti-establishment…
France, Germany raise concerns over EU migrant redistribution plan

France, Germany raise concerns over EU migrant redistribution plan

France and Germany raised concerns on Monday over a European Commission plan to redistribute migrants reaching Italy and Greece, saying…
UN: Clashes force nearly 60,000 Malians from homes over last month

UN: Clashes force nearly 60,000 Malians from homes over last month

Fighting in northern Mali has forced nearly 60,000 people to flee their homes over the last four weeks, a United…
US Vice-President Joe Biden’s son Beau dies of brain cancer

US Vice-President Joe Biden’s son Beau dies of brain cancer

Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of US Vice President Joe Biden, died on Saturday after battling brain cancer,…
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