Italy seeks fresh migrant clampdown as more boats arrive
After a sharp fall in migrant arrivals in recent months, numbers have picked up since June
Mental health issues in Hong Kong surging amid tumultuous protests, experts say
Youth are particularly vulnerable due to the stresses of exorbitant living costs, cramped housing and a gloomy view of the future, medical professionals say
Ex-UN aid worker jailed in Nepal for sexually abusing boys
Activists said the sentence would help deter other possible offenders in a country with a poor record for crimes involving children
'They want to kill you': Anger at Syrians erupts in Istanbul
Turkey hosts more than 3.6 million Syrians, the largest population of Syrians displaced by the 8-year civil war, and Istanbul province alone has over half a million
Mexico steps up raids on migrant-smuggling trucks, uses giant X-ray
Footage of the X-ray shows a ghost-like truck filled with the brightened silhouettes of the migrants along two levels of the crowded compartments
International court convicts Congo's Ntaganda of war crimes
The conviction is a rare success for prosecutors at the ICC, an international court set up in 2002 to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity when member states are unable or unwilling to do so
International court convicts Congo's Ntaganda of war crimes
Ntaganda's conviction is a rare success for the ICC, which was set up in 2002 to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity when its member states are unable or unwilling to do so
U.N.'s Bachelet "appalled" at U.S. treatment of migrants and refugees
Photos of migrant-holding centers in Texas show them crammed with twice as many people as they're meant to hold
Afghans, Taliban talk in Qatar about a peaceful future as war rages at home
The Taliban and U.S. officials are trying to strike a deal on a Taliban demand for the withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign forces
Pope defends migrants after clashes between Italy and rescue ships
Italy last month adopted new rules threatening NGO ships entering territorial waters without permission with large fines and the impounding of vessels