Inside Syria's prisons, where an estimated 17,723 have died since 2011
The beatings would begin as soon as they were arrested, and they continued at a "welcome party" at the detention center.
Shut down offshore detention camps, Nauru and Manus staff urge Australia
More than a hundred former and current staff members at Australia's offshore detention camps have called for all refugees to be moved immediately, saying children's lives are being "destroyed."
Russia launches Syria airstrikes from Iranian base
Russians warplanes have conducted missions over Syria from an airbase in Iran -- the first time a major power has done so since the Islamic Revolution there in 1979.
Escaped Chibok girl: I miss my Boko Haram husband
Escaped Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki says she misses her Boko Haram fighter husband and is still thinking about him three months after escaping the militants' camp.
Official: Son of 'El Chapo' has been kidnapped
Shortly before 1 a.m. on Monday, seven armed men stormed into a trendy restaurant on the main drag of Mexican beach resort Puerto Vallarta.
'Datuk Seri' in corruption case involving local authorities remanded
PUTRAJAYA: An Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) executive director with a "Datuk Seri" title has been remanded to assist a probe into misuse of power and bribery involving high-ranking government officials.
Trump proposes values test for would-be immigrants in fiery ISIS speech
Donald Trump on Monday upped his call for action against radical Islam in an effort to reclaim the offensive on national security, proposing an ideological test to keep would-be immigrants with radical views out of the US.
Hacker claims to be selling stolen NSA spy tools
The NSA develops high-powered hacking tools. Now a hacker claims to be selling a stolen batch of them.
Suspect charged in killings of NY imam, assistant
A Brooklyn man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of a New York imam and his assistant, police said late Monday.
JFK terminal evacuated after report of shots fired
Police are evacuating Terminal 8 at JFK airport in New York after Port Authority Police received a call of shots fired in the departures area, according to spokesman Joe Pentangelo.
