Japan must do more for WWII ‘comfort women’: UN expertsJapan should do more for victims of wartime sexual slavery, UN rights experts said at a hearing on Friday, insisting Tokyo had yet to provide full redress and reparations. Mainstream historians say up...
One year on, Barcelona remembers attacks as tensions remainBarcelona paid tribute on Friday to the victims of a jihadist militant rampage last year which killed 16 people, against a backdrop of simmering resentment over Madrid's treatment of a drive for indep...
Turkey says will respond if US imposes more sanctionsTurkey on Friday threatened to respond if the United States levied further sanctions over the detention of an American pastor which has sparked a diplomatic standoff and battered the Turkish currency....
Pope says on side of victims of US ‘predator’ priestsPope Francis is on the side of victims of more than 300 "predator" priests in the United States who are accused of abusing over 1,000 children across seven decades, the Vatican said Thursday. "Victims...
US threatens more Turkey sanctions if pastor not freedThe US warned Thursday it would levy more sanctions on the troubled Turkish economy if Ankara does not soon release a jailed American pastor described by President Donald Trump as a "hostage." Deepeni...
Ex-IS fighter accepted in US as refugee: officialsAn Iraqi man accused of killing for the Islamic State entered the US as a refugee after claiming to be a victim of terrorism, in a case drawing attention amid the Trump administration's criticism of t...
Trump’s veterans parade delayed until at least 2019The Defense Department says the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won't happen in 2018. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday that the military and the...
Body found at New Mexico compound identified as missing boyA child's body found at a New Mexico compound has been identified as Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, a missing 3-year-old boy whose father is one of five adults charged with child abuse at the remote settlement,...
Honduran families traumatised by US-imposed separationsSince being returned to his parents in Honduras, 16-month-old Johan has suffered from stomach problems and sleepwalking. They say the symptoms come from the trauma of being separated as a result of th...
New US training unit in Afghanistan faces old problemsCaptain Joe Fontana, a team leader with the US army's 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, is part of a new unit but he is working on problems that have been stubbornly familiar to American military...
In India’s citizenship test, a spelling error can ruin a familyRiyazul Islam says he had to produce family documents going back to 1951 to prove he was an Indian and not an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant. But a draft list of citizens released in July excluded him...
Murders leave Rohingya camps gripped by fearA spate of bloody killings is fuelling unease in the Rohingya camps on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where overstretched police are struggling to protect nearly a million traumatised refugees from vi...
Ecuador, Peru tighten entry requirements for Venezuelans as influx swellsVenezuelans entering Ecuador and Peru will soon be required to show their passports, rather than national identity cards, the Ecuadorean government and Peruvian official sources said on Thursday, amid...
Xiamen Air passenger jet overshoots runway in Manila, no casualtiesAn Xiamen Air aircraft veered off a rain-soaked runway on landing at the Philippine capital's main airport just before midnight, causing widespread flight disruptions on Friday due to a temporary runw...
N Korea leader lambasts ‘brigandish’ sanctions: KCNANorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un attacked "hostile forces" over "brigandish" sanctions, state media reported Friday, as Washington seeks to maintain pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear programme. Ki...