As a general amnesty law takes effect in Iraq, the country’s prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding, housing more than ...

These were soldiers stationed in the harsh, sun-baked plains of what would eventually become Iraq, yet the image speaks only of camaraderie and respite. In the photograph, nine young men present a ...

Read more › Immigration arrests: The authorities arrested more than 1,100 people in Florida over six days in April, the Trump administration said, promising that the operation would be a model ...

AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

The Thunderbolts are a team. Flawed, reluctant, messy, but real. They fight together, bleed together, and even begin to trust ...

Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing. By Alissa Wilkinson During every scene of this western, I couldn ...

Bringing together proponents of rival theories to test their ideas against each other can advance science — but only if all sides can accept that they might be wrong.

Two children in Nova Scotia are missing. Why wasn't an Amber Alert sent out? The search for two children missing in Pictou County entered a fourth day Monday. Halifax Water is seeking approval of its ...

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'People are coming from Dublin to sit one in Limerick' – driving test wait times soar as learners travel across Ireland for appointments ...