A university has invalidated Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's diploma in a move widely perceived as politically motivated to ...

The İstanbul branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) has condemned the imprisonment of Hatice Onaran, a member of its prison commission, after she was arrested for depositing money into a prison ...

Over the weekend, hundreds of migrants—some allegedly affiliated with criminal gangs—landed in El Salvador’s brutal prison system, despite a hold on the deportations by a US judge.

Israel has launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, saying it is hitting Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in ...

Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British government said on Tuesday.

They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they became captives of an autocratic government.

El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of ...

The megaprison opened in 2023 as El Salvador’s president rounded up criminal gang members as part of his campaign.

A renewed peace effort between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has reignited hopes for a resolution to the four-decade-long ...

Vaccines could help suppress bird flu and avoid the slaughter of millions of chickens, but the move has been delayed in part ...

A fire at a nightclub in the town of Kocani in North Macedonia has killed 51 people and injured about 100 more, according to authorities. Here is a look at some other nightclub and music venue ...

In a major security operation, Turkey has arrested five individuals accused of spying for Iranian intelligence. The arrests ...