Rights group voices fears over Trump refugee plan, torture
"It's as if Trump is indifferent to the extraordinary suffering that many of these refugees have been through"
Trump expected to launch measures to curb illegal immigration
Trump expected to build wall at Mexico border to curb illegal migration and impose temporary ban on most refugees
Italy arrests four suspected leaders of human trafficking and prostitution ring
Humanitarian groups say the number of illegal migrants being forced into prostitution in Italy is rising
Trump expected to order temporary ban on refugees
Another order will block visas being issued to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen
New Zealand government orders building repairs due to quake risks
State-funded science agency has predicted Wellington and upper south island are eight times more likely than normal to be hit by a damaging quake in the next year
U.N. "racing" to prepare emergency aid ahead of battle for western Mosul
UN officials estimate 750,000 people remain in Mosul west of the Tigris River
Bomb classes and gun counts: trauma of Mosul children under Islamic State
"In math, my six-year-old son was counting rifles. In other classes, he was being taught about suicide bombing"
U.N. to need $8 billion this year to help Syrians at home and abroad
"Even if Syrians have stopped arriving in Europe in significant numbers ... the Syria refugee crisis has not gone away"
U.N. says Mosul air strikes kill civilians
Islamic State fighters also killing civilians with shelling, improvised explosive devices, suicide bombs and snipers
Under cover of night, Syrian wounded seek help from enemy Israel
Over 2,600 Syrians allowed in Israel for medical care