Topic: Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

Europe's migration crisis will take center stage in Belgium Thursday as the European Union begins a two-day summit that will address a new screening plan.

At least 18 people living in the Yarmouk refugee camp have died since IS militants began an attack on the settlement last week, Amnesty International said.

The seven young Iranians who were arrested in May for making a Pharrell Williams' "Happy" fan video have been sentenced.

The Egyptian cabinet is considering imposing new draft anti-terrorism legislation that would broaden the definition of terrorism and impose harsher penalties.

Amnesty International said Iran has carried out 40 executions so far in 2014, a spike the human rights organization said is "alarming."

On Sunday, Egypt passed a law banning public demonstrations, sparking wide-spread criticism from human rights groups and the United States government.

Egyptian security forces did little to protect Coptic Christians during an attack in Luxor that left four men dead, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

The conviction of more than 60 people in the United Arab Emirates on charges of plotting against the government is regrettable, Amnesty International said.

Amnesty International called on Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to address the level of violence targeting members of the Shiite community in Cairo.

The treatment of foreign nationals held in Libyan holding centers is a "stain" on the government's post-Gadhafi record, Amnesty International said Thursday.