by Ibrahim Abdallah with Bahira Amin in CairoSarah had survived famine, multiple wars and years of displacement in Sudan’s Zamzam camp and never considered fleeing, until a paramilitary attack turned the site into a “killing field”.Last week, shelling…

The abductees testifying at the trial insisted they were sure in their identification of those who kidnapped them.

Japan will allow people from Taiwan to list the island as their place of origin in the country’s family registry instead of China, a justice ministry official said Tuesday.When a Japanese citizen marries someone from overseas, the spouse’s nationality…

A rights group calls Vietnam’s new “Decree 147” social media crackdown a bid by the Communist Party to put an “icy stranglehold on free speech.”

by Ramon SAHMKOWBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, has been on a whirlwind campaign of interviews and public appearances in recent weeks to shore up dwindling support, but the numbers keep getting worse.The latest survey from Datafolha…

Chinese navy helicopter flies within 10 feet of Philippine patrol plane over disputed shoal  The Associated PressUS calls out ‘dangerous’ Chinese helicopter maneuvers as tensions rise over South China Sea  CNNUS condemns ‘dangerous’…

Video shows people clamber over belongings and seats from inside the plane that crashed on the Canadian runway.

Lawyers supporting Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte filed the first legal challenge against her impeachment at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying it had been unconstitutionally rushed through without proper oversight.Duterte, onetime ally of P…

In the western city of Oberhausen the BBC finds conflicting attitudes towards immigration ahead of the vote.