Refugees

To spread awareness around how difficult and sometimes even dangerous coming out can be for LGBTQ people around the world, the nonprofit Rainbow Railroad is encouraging people to change their social media profile pictures to an anonymous avatar with the color…

If you ask an Istanbullu where to find plant food or pesticide, you will be directed to a shopping arcade in an underpass beside the Galata Bridge, in the neighborhood of Karaköy, where these items are sold in rows of identical shops. Fishing equipment is sol…

A Syrian family temporarily closed a beloved Toronto restaurant this week after receiving a deluge of xenophobic death threats in response to their son attending an antifa protest. The family pledged Thursday to reopen Soufi's restaurant on Friday and send a…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption A picture taken from Akcakale in Turkey shows strikes on the Syrian town of Tal Abyad Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in northern Syria, as Turkish forces step up their cross-border offensive on Kurdish-hel…

(BEIRUT) — The U.N. refugee agency says tens of thousands of civilians in Syria are on the move to escape the fighting and seek safety amid a Turkish offensive into the area. Thursday’s statement by UNHCR came a day after Turkish troops began a military oper…

PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey’s offensive on Kurdish-led forces in Syria has left its European allies incensed and fearing new jihadist militancy, but they are scrambling to form a coherent response beyond refusing to pay for any new humanitarian crisis o…

Buying gifts for the people you love is supposed to feel good. But when you know there's a pretty good chance that no matter what you're buying, something unethical happened at some point down the production line, it can be hard to feel like you're doing some…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. Republican senator said he plans to introduce a package of “devastating” sanctions to hit Turkey over its military operation in northeast Syria, expressing concerns over the fate of Kurds in the area. Senator Lindsey Gr…

ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday, with air strikes hitting the border town of Ras al Ain. The operation could reshape the map of the Syrian conflict once again, dealing…

Turkey began an expected military operation against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria on Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced. Erdogan in a tweet said, "The Turkish Armed Forces, together with the Syrian National Army, just launched #O…