Eight years ago, Syria’s civil war shifted in President Bashar Al-Assad’s favor after a Russian blitzkrieg on Aleppo helped him regain control over the country’s second biggest city. In just over 72-hours last week, a coalition of Syrian armed rebel ...
For the first time since a ceasefire went into effect last week, Hezbollah has fired two projectiles toward Israeli-occupied territory, responding to repeated Israeli strikes since the agreement. Israel has carried out daily strikes in Lebanon since Thursday, the day ...
A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery in a high-profile $12 billion fraud case, state media reported. Lan, the ...
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has recalled her impression of Donald Trump during his first term in the White House, saying the new American president-elect showed a “fascination with the sheer power” of strongmen like Russian President Vladimir Putin and ...
The dawn assault inside Russia’s Kursk region never even got to a gunfight, yet betrayed the intensity of the battle in Kremlin territory. Five Russians edged forward in the grey Sunday dawn but, as thermal drone imagery shows, were killed ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a record-breaking defense budget, setting aside a staggering third of the government’s total spending as the war in Ukraine drains resources from both sides nearly three years on. The budget for 2025, which was ...
[Breaking news update, published at 8:53 a.m. ET] The Russian national was onboard the plane when Delta refused to fly her, according to the official. “We are going to try to send her back again with a French escort,” the ...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address, saying the move was necessary to protect the country from “communist forces.” “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s ...
Catherine, Princess of Wales has helped the British royal family roll out the red carpet for the Emir of Qatar on the first day of his state visit to the United Kingdom on Tuesday. However, Queen Camilla was absent from ...
The intrinsic value of gold, the fate of the US economy and Bitcoin’s potential were some of the most prominent points discussed at the 50th annual New Orleans Investment Conference, held from November 20 to 23. Over the last five ...