Turkish authorities say nearly 1,500 people have been detained amid the country’s largest antigovernment protests in more ...

Poverty levels are high, with around one-third of the population living in slum conditions combined with widespread squatting and hence illegal use of empty buildings. The informal economy plays a key ...

“Do you think someone actually lives there?” Don asked as we passed a large, old house with a partially collapsed roof — and collapsed in a way that didn’t look recent. A station wagon was ...

In a Feb. 24 request for restraining orders, city attorneys said the church is allowing an “unsanitary, lawless slum” on its property that imperils both the campers and the public.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Personnel Management and Treasury Department were temporarily barred by a federal judge on Monday from disclosing the “personally ...

A fire that hit a poor Roma settlement in eastern Slovakia killed five people, four of them children, officials said on Thursday. The town hall in Velky Saris said the blaze destroyed eight houses ...