Kurdish-Iranian activist Maysoon Majidi spent almost 10 months in prison in Italy, acquitted this February of the charge of human trafficking with a sentence that obtained "justice", as she told EFE, ...

Here’s a look at the life of the late former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Personal:Birth date: April 28, 1937 Death date: ...

For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

Mugabe loses constitution vote; Thatcher to head British Tories; Stalin-Mao sign treaty; Kurdish revolt in Turkey.

In Sudan, there are no Jews to blame. There are “only” mass massacres of thousands of blacks, rapes, atrocities and millions ...

In a territory that, until recently, had been controlled by Hezbollah and was plagued by arms and drug smuggling, fighters ...

The report by Open Doors ranks the country among the top 50 in the world with the most cases of abuse, violence, targeted attacks and murders. The minority is the “most persecuted” and in ...

But Iran says this medieval Armenian Christian retreat in a ... The church is now mostly empty of Christian worshippers -- two Sunni Muslims from a nearby Kurdish village guard it -- but thousands of ...

Discover the hidden gems of Turkey. Immerse yourself in the ancient Greek and Roman sites and explore the iconic landmarks of ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Amnesty International on Monday called on Iran to “immediately” release Kurdish humanitarian aid worker Pakhshan Azizi and call off her execution, saying she was ...

QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance ...