Syrian troops withdraw from the south of the country as they rush to defend Homs
BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army withdrew from much of southern Syria on Saturday, leaving more areas of the country, including two provincial capitals, under the control of opposition fighters, the...
View ArticleAn explosion has caused several injuries and damaged apartments in a Dutch city
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An explosion and fire rocked a neighborhood in the Dutch city of The Hague early Saturday, destroying several apartments and injuring multiple people, according to...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Israeli strikes continue in Gaza and neighbors close...
Palestinian officials say at least 29 people were killed, including four medical staff, when Israeli strikes pummeled the area around one of the last remaining hospitals in northern Gaza. Elsewhere in...
View ArticleStorm Darragh batters UK and Ireland, leaving 1 dead and hundreds of...
LONDON (AP) — A man died and hundreds of thousands of people in Britain and Ireland were left without power Saturday as high winds and heavy rain battered the region. Gusts of up to 93 miles per hour...
View ArticleSouth Korea's president avoids an impeachment attempt over martial law
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party...
View ArticleThe Latest: The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens to great fanfare
PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame is reopening its doors for the first time since a fire in 2019 nearly destroyed Paris' beloved 12th-century cathedral. World leaders — including President-elect Donald Trump,...
View Article'Reindeer' volunteers bring holiday magic to Ukrainian children living on the...
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Hopes for victory, a swift end to the war and prayers for their loved ones' survival or return from Russian captivity are among the wishes scattered throughout letters sent to a...
View ArticleThe fall of Bashar Assad after 14 years of war in Syria brings to an end a...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war...
View ArticleWho is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the insurgency that toppled...
BEIRUT (AP) — Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties...
View ArticleTrump calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Ukraine after meeting Zelenskyy in...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, shortly after a meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming Kyiv “would...
View ArticleGhana's ruling party candidate concedes presidential election to his...
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s vice president and ruling party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat Sunday to opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama in the West African...
View ArticleThe spiritual heart of Paris awakens: Notre Dame hosts first Mass since 2019...
PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral, its air thick with the smell of incense, on Sunday hosted its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019, a moment that transcends religious significance to...
View ArticleHow it happened: Two seismic weeks that toppled Syria's government
LONDON (AP) — Half a century of rule by the Assad family in Syria crumbled with astonishing speed after insurgents burst out of a rebel-held enclave and converged on the capital, Damascus, taking city...
View ArticleSyria latest: Syrians celebrate Bashar Assad's fall as his whereabouts remain...
Crowds gathered in Syria's Damascus on Sunday to celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad’s government with chants, prayers and the occasional gunfire after opposition fighters entered the capital following...
View ArticleJubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad family's...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule but...
View ArticleSyrian rebels free prisoners from Assad's notorious dungeons who celebrate in...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Bashar Barhoum woke in his dungeon prison cell in Damascus at dawn Sunday, thinking it would be the last day of his life. The 63-year-old writer was supposed to have been...
View ArticleNetanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take to the witness stand Tuesday for the first time in his trial on corruption allegations, a pivotal point in the drawn-out...
View ArticleRussia has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are...
The silent black-and-white surveillance camera video of the Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was brief but chilling: Six huge fireballs pierced the darkness and slammed into the...
View ArticleTaiwan says China has sent naval ships into nearby waters ahead of...
BEIJING (AP) — China's military appears to be preparing for widely anticipated drills in response to a recent visit by Taiwan's president to Hawaii and Guam. Taiwan's defense ministry said Monday that...
View ArticleSouth Korea's Justice Ministry imposes a travel ban on President Yoon over...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Justice Ministry on Monday imposed an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as authorities investigate allegations of rebellion and other charges in...
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