INTERNATIONAL LAW

The protest erupted at a newly opened facility in Drahonice, some 55 miles west of the capital Prague.

“In the long run, they wouldn’t be able to survive,” said Andrea Balda, a political science specialist at Universidad Casa Grande in Madrid.

Asylum seekers are a hot political issue in Australia where successive governments have vowed to stop them reaching the mainland.

Fires were lit and fences destroyed at the remote Christmas Island facility after the death of an Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker.

The deal with the Philippines has not been finalized, but according to a local report, Australia offered funding of $150 million over five years in initial talks. 

Thousands of refugees are flowing through the border of Hungary and Austria but cannot reach Germany.

In the 911 call, Jason Paul Smith allegedly identified himself as a member of the Islamic State group and said he was preparing to bomb the Statue Of Liberty.

As the migrant population of would-be asylum seekers is expected to reach 500,000, Germany may restrict borders

A stalemate has exposed deep divisions within the European Union, as southern nations urge their northern neighbors to accept asylum seeker quotas.

In a landmark case, an Israeli attorney general has ruled in favor of the release of an African asylum seeker.

Israel has taken a hard line against Eritrean migrants seeking asylum there, according to Human Rights Watch.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir can still be arrested anywhere and by anyone -- but the will to do so is lacking.

Australia's immigrant detention policy has been strongly condemned by rights groups, but the government says it is necessary to fight trafficking.

Muslim Turkey accepts that many Christian Armenians died in clashes with Ottoman soldiers beginning in 1915, but denies hundreds of thousands were killed and that this amounted to genocide.

Under Israel's administrative detention policy, detainees can be held -- based on secret evidence -- without charge or trial for six months.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Palestinians of “manipulating” the court.

Apprehending the hackers who infiltrated Chase bank would be a rare victory for U.S. law enforcement when it comes to cybercrime.

Most arrests involved the Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and protesters in Tibet.

There were reportedly "rows of paparazzi" in court to see the human rights lawyer who recently married American actor George Clooney.

The court's chief prosecutor said that the transfer of the Ugandan rebel commander was a major step in the fight against the group.

Sirul Azhar Umar fled to Australia before the panel of judges at Malaysia's Supreme Court upheld the decision to hang him.