After Syria attack, Tillerson vows to defend innocents  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, visiting a memorial to victims of Nazi atrocities in World War II, declared Monday the United States will stand up to aggressors who harm civilians, wherever they are. Tillerson traveled to Italy as Washington seeks to […]

Chechnya opens first concentration camp for homosexuals Chechyna has opened the first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler, where campaigners say gay men are being tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death.   It comes after it was claimed 100 gay men had been detained and three killed in […]

Iraqi residents worry about rebuilding after ISIS is gone More than two years after being liberated from Islamic State control, residents here began reconstructing their own city after begging Baghdad for help with roads, schools and power lines. Luay Al-Balani, in her 30s, said people felt helpless after getting no […]