Syria’s new rulers are forming a government after more than half a century of dictatorship under former leader Bashar al-Assad and his father.

France’s president pays tribute to her strength in the trial of her husband and 50 other men.

The French President extends his visit to the archipelago as thousands remain without water.

It follows calls from the Workers United union for higher pay and better conditions for Starbucks baristas.

The rebel offensive that ended Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule has left Syria facing an uncertain future

Eight people accused of abetting the jihadist murder of Samuel Paty will learn their fate in a Paris court.

Matteo Salvini is accused of kidnap and dereliction of duty for refusing to let a rescue boat dock in 2019.

Army defectors say units sent to fight against Ukraine will have high morale but won’t be battle hardened.

Leaked intelligence from military spies is helping turn the civil war in the resistance’s favour, BBC finds.

The outgoing U.S. national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, has been a top advisor and envoy to President Biden on issues of foreign policy. He talks to NPR about his view of recent events in the Middle East, the U.S. relationship with China and the future of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

At the start of this year Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was facing a crisis. Just a few months before, Hamas had breached Israel’s border with Gaza, killing some 1200 people in Israel on October 7th.As the year ends, Netanyahu is spending some of it in a courtroom to fight corruption charges that have dogged him since 2019. The Israeli Prime Minister has called the charges...

Where did this rebel group get cash and weapons to fuel its lightning takeover of Syria?

Both liberals and conservatives criticised Ahmed al-Sharaa, after he asked the woman to cover her hair before the picture.

As NPR correspondent Emily Feng reported in our three-part series “The Black Gate,” hundreds of thousands of Uyghur people have been detained in China. They’ve been subjected to torture, forced labor, religious restrictions, and even forced sterilization. In this episode from 2021, our colleagues at the history podcast Throughline explore who the Uyghur people are, their land, their customs,...

The president-elect and Elon Musk rejected the bipartisan spending plan that would prevent a government shutdown.

A court upholds the influencer’s challenge of the human trafficking case against him and his brother.

Israel rejects as a lie the rights group’s claim that it is blocking access to water critical for survival.

BBC Africa Correspondent Mayeni Jones reports from cyclone-hit Mayotte, as French President Emmanuel Macron visits to assess the damage.

Houthi-run media say nine people were killed, hours after a Houthi missile was shot down over Israel.

Thousands are still missing after the cyclone hit the territory, with residents facing shortages of food and water.