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Wildfires have scorched over 14,000 hectares in Syria’s Latakia region. A jihadist group has claimed responsibility. The ...

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In an interview, prominent political scientist Francis Fukuyama explains how authoritarianism, inequality and technology are ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham has undergone a striking political shift. Once a sharp critic of Donald Trump, he is now a trusted White ...

The April 2015 earthquake severely damaged the unique cultural treasures of the Kathmandu Valley. Reconstruction of the ...

The death of Vadim Medvedev marks the quiet end of an era when Communist apparatchiks ruled the Soviet Union from behind ...

Bosniaks and Serbs are living side by side again in Srebrenica. They play football together, and their children go to the ...

The Russian republic of Chechnya in the North Caucasus lives according to its own rules. An undisclosed illness appears to be ...

Munich-based defense tech firm Helsing is just over 4 years old, but is already one of the highest-valued startups in Europe.

Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir represent only a small minority of Israelis. Yet these far-right politicians have helped ...

As Russia ramps up pressure near Kharkiv and Sumy, Ukraine’s top commander warns of a full-scale offensive. With allies ...