A Syrian man was sentenced to life in prison in Germany for committing war crimes during Syria's civil war while fighting for ...

Ethiopian rebels seized the presidential palace and tightened their control of the capital of Addis Ababa, effectively ending ...

A German court sentenced a Syrian man to life in prison on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes it said he had committed as a leading member of a Hezbollah-backed militia during Syria's ...

More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitaries raped Indigenous women amid their efforts to crush an ...

A former defence minister in El Salvador and two retired colonels were found guilty Tuesday of the 1982 killings of four ...

Lawyers for six victims say ‘historic’ decision recognises the plight of survivors who demanded justice for decades.

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitary fighters raped Indigenous women during their efforts to ...

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. It has evolved into a general remembrance of the dead and a day of leisure.

The divisive issues in the buildup to the Civil War were debated. Education of children had taken place in church schools ...

The European Union has announced it is lifting sanctions on Syria to support the civil war-torn country's economic recovery.