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Thousands of people have attended the funeral of a Taliban government minister killed in an Islamic State suicide bombing the previous day

Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over the past 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president.

The lightning-fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shock waves across the Middle East. The disposal of the dictator whose family had ruled the country with an iron fist for more than half a century has triggered a potentially seismic shift in the balance of power in…

An 11-year-old girl rescued at sea serves as a poignant reminder of the perils faced by migrants in the Mediterranean. Compass Collective continues its vit...

A Norwegian oil giant, owner of the Rosebank field in Shetland, is being sued over its connections to an Israeli fuel conglomerate linked to human…

Senator Fetterman reaffirms support for Rep. Stefanik as US ambassador to the UN, emphasizing pro-Israel stance and criticism of UN antisemitism.

UN investigators say they have compiled secret lists of 4,000 perpetrators of serious crimes in Syria and hope the fall of Bashar al-Assad will help ensure accountability up to the highest level.

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant backlash. The Syrian Constitution stipulated that only Muslims could hold the presidency, and the Alawites were deemed non-Muslim by many Sunni groups.

Following its new attacks on Syria, Israel’s leaders and much of its media tout the creation of a new Middle East.

Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian migrants in Europe

U.N. experts say there has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, but warn there are still strong prospects for future expansion of the deadly trade