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Russia kept Syria’s Bashar al-Assad in power over the last decade. Now he’s gone. But setbacks in the Mideast are familiar to the Kremlin.

As security threats mount in the Asia-Pacific, the hard-won defense alliance between Japan and South Korea is the linchpin to regional safet...

The size and scale of a recent Chinese military deployment is “unheard of,” says a diplomat in the region. Beijing, which views Taiwan as it...

Amid Israeli airstrikes, tens of thousands of Lebanon’s Shiites fled their homes. After ceasefire, residents express support and anger for H...

Northern Israel offered residents a relaxed refuge away from the country’s crowded center. Now a ceasefire with Hezbollah, bolstered by the...

In our progress roundup, an underwater mountain in the Southern Pacific yields new species and South Africa researchers grow fungi to fight...

President Javier Milei’s first year saw a sharp decrease in inflation and a stronger peso as he implemented sweeping government cuts. Even a...

After decades of repression, the pace of political change in Syria over the weekend was stunning. But resetting the country’s institutions a...

The civil war in Syria flared into sudden action last week, toppling Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship in a matter of days. What comes next?

South Korea’s relatively young democracy proved its resilience last week when lawmakers shut down the president’s attempt to impose martial...

Want to understand why Ghanaians just elected the opposition candidate, John Mahama, as president? Look no further than their favorite food,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for accusations of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes. In a trial that first...

Syrian President Bashar Assad has reportedly arrived in Moscow with his family, granted asylum by Russia after rebel advances. Russian state...

In South Africa, where unemployment exceeds 32%, deaf individuals face greater challenges. A deaf entrepreneur left her job to launch a prog...

Syrian insurgents advance near Damascus as the army retreats, seizing key areas. sparking rumors of Assad's flight. Rumors of President Bash...

Most lawmakers in President Yoon's ruling party boycotted a vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential p...

After South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law this week, the National Assembly nullified the decree only six hours later....

After fire ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral, few believed the Parisian icon could be quickly restored to its former glory. But only five yea...

What can Iran do to help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defeat newly energized rebel forces? Its anti-Israel “Axis of Resistance” has been...

Elections worldwide in 2024 saw incumbents defeated as voters registered displeasure with their economies. New leaders will find that hard t...

Farm Radio Trust harnesses the power of radio to help the young people of Malawi share their experiences on difficult subjects.

Ukrainians are assembling drones at home to help supply the military with the thousands it uses every month in the war with Russia.

France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers have joined together to vote on a no-confidence motion that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s surprise declaration of emergency martial law lasted only six hours. But it has plunged South Korea –...

In the German region of Thuringia, where Nazis had their first electoral wins, the extreme right-wing AfD is now ascendant.