Local media says one of the suspects is an imam at a mosque, and police allege he “called for a vehicle attack”.

Step aboard the Samba Train, where music, history, and resistance roll together through the streets of Rio.

Ana Corina Sosa, daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, reflects on her mother’s escape from Venezuela and the stakes for the future.

Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from Lithuania, where some of the released prisoners were taken.

Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — tipped to win.

The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra, comes a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the lifting of U.S. sanctions.

The monarch revealed the positive outlook in a recorded message broadcast on British television as part of a campaign to promote screening, which increases the likelihood of successful treatment.

In Salzburg, Austria, Christmas involves both St. Nick and Krampus, a mythological punisher with roots stretching back to late antiquity and many fans in the present-day Central Alps.

Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR’s Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means.

There are tensions between the U.S. and Europe over how to end the Ukraine war. NPR’s Rob Schmitz talks to Nathalie Tocci from Johns Hopkins University about what’s fueling these political divisions.

Thousands of adoring supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) to catch a glimpse of the football star.

The Inter Miami and Argentina forward is in India for his ‘GOAT tour’, taking in events in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi.

Donald Trump’s envoy will meet the Ukrainian president and European leaders in Berlin to discuss the latest peace plan.

Prosecutors played dozens of body camera videos and interviewed witnesses from the day of his arrest.

Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.

Stranded in the Caribbean with no way to call for help: How Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado survived the deadliest stretch of her flight from Venezuela before an extraction team reached her.

One year after the ousting of the Assad regime, some of the first Syrian revolutionaries return to their homes and try to start their lives again. But new divisions and old animosities still fester.

In a daring nighttime martime operation, U.S. veterans whisked Venezuela’s María Corina Machado out of the country to claim her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Ukraine’s president has blamed Russia for the attack as Turkey called for a suspension of strikes on shipping and ports.

As they mark the first anniversary of toppling Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country a new start.