More Afghans, Pakistanis, and Iranians sought asylum in the European Union last year, despite a sharp decrease in the total overall number of asylum applicants, according to a new EU report.
Hungary's parliament has overwhelmingly approved the automatic detention of all asylum seekers in container camps at the borders, despite criticism from rights groups.
Far from appearing out of nowhere, the radical Islamic State group is the result of a transformation rooted in the Sunni insurgency that followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, argues Pulitzer Prize winner Joby Warrick.
The report found that internally displaced people (IDPs) in Afghanistan suffer from a lack of suitable shelter, severe food and water shortages, almost nonexistent health care, and virtually no opportunities for education or employment.
Despite what their governments might say, citizens around the world are overwhelmingly open to the idea of helping refugees.
Amnesty International has warned that human rights and the laws and institutions meant to protect them are under threat around the world from an "insidious and creeping trend" among governments that are deliberately attacking or neglecting them.
Officials in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Faryab say a young woman in a remote village has had her nose cut off by her husband.
