Ivanka Trump urged to speak out against arrest of China labor activists investigating her brand’s shoe supplier

Rights activists want more freedom to expose labor rights violations and they think the first daughter can help them out.

Why Anne Frank’s diary still matters 75 years later

Young girl chronicled what life was like as a Jewish person living in hiding under Nazi domination in 1940s Europe.

Chinese demand threatens South Africa’s donkeys

Animal rights activists say the country’s donkeys could soon be wiped out.

Syria’s agricultural heritage is being preserved in Lebanon

A nonprofit research team that was driven out of Syria is putting down roots in the Bekaa Valley after abandoning its seed bank in Aleppo.

Mosul braces for decisive battle with Islamic State

The Iraqi military says the final fight to oust IS will take place in Mosul’s old city, which is when the real fighting could begin.

Adoptee thought he was a US citizen until he committed a crime

Vietnam native adopted by US military family faces possible deportation after learning his adoptive parents never got him naturalized.