(THE CONVERSATION) Over the past two centuries, vaccines have been critical for preventing infectious diseases. The World Health Organization estimates that vaccination prevents between 3 million and ...

Israeli airline El Al says its Paris office has been vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti in what it has called a “deeply disturbing” incident. Tensions between France and Israel are running ...

Delos, the sacred Greek island of pilgrimage, was transformed by the Romans into a major trade hub and slave market.

It might sound radical, because only two states — Maine and Vermont — allow people with felony convictions to vote from ...

Simon Pearson was fired after he described a jail sentence handed to a woman who made racially inflammatory comments as an ...

It is time to call this deportation and detention regime what it is — an intent to inflict torture and punish immigrants.

The time is long past for Israel to be asked. It has to be told what to do or face consequences from the international ...

Whether through indifference, incompetence, or political calculation, these leaders have allowed atrocities to unfold slowly, ...

The Trump administration's overhaul of the U.S. asylum and refugee systems has taken a toll on people fleeing religious ...

ROME - Italy's government has pledged to expand prison capacity by up 15,000 places and facilitate the transfer of inmates with addiction problems to treatment centres to tackle a long-standing ...