Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria’s rebels. Their participation helped Syria’s new president ultimately win Syria’s civil war.

Israeli officials have called the emerging U.S. deal with Iran a “bad” deal, over concerns that it does not force Iran to give up its nuclear program at the start.

Residents of a village in southern Lebanon have resorted to buying satellite images to find out whether their homes have been destroyed by Israel.

President Trump says that a deal with Iran to end the war is largely negotiated. And, Pope Leo XIV weighed in today on the rise of AI during his first encyclical.

President Trump and other administration officials are tempering expectations raised of an imminent agreement to end the war in Iran while Iranian officials have signaled there are still disagreements on key issues.

In the male-dominated world of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, a martial arts teacher offers women a way to empowerment.

Her abduction at age 14 drew international attention. After her rescue, Smart says she struggled with feeling shame around her body. Bodybuilding has helped her see herself differently.

After Venezuela’s promised release of hundreds of political prisoners failed to materialize, opponents of the current U.S.-backed interim government demand their freedom and call for elections.

In post-Maduro Venezuela, promised political prisoner releases fall short again—only dozens freed as hundreds remain jailed, fueling doubts over reforms.

More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related regional tensions.

China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 3 astronauts heading to its space station. One astronaut is set to stay in space for a year to explore human adaptability in long-duration spaceflights.

U.S. and Iran are nearing a tentative deal to end the conflict, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and curb Tehran’s uranium stockpile — though major details remain unresolved.

As both the US and Iran signal a peace deal is near, Robert Kagan, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the U.S. will likely come out weaker than before the war.

New research shines a light on the lost Franklin Expedition, a 19th century voyage to the Canadian Arctic gone awry.

Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.

President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn’t offer details and it’s not yet clear where Iran stands.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday that killed at least two people.

Mungiu took home the prestigious Palme D’Or for his film Fjord, a culture-war drama set in Norway.

President Trump announced the unfinalized deal on social media after talks with Israel and other allies. It aims to end the war and includes two-month negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.

President Donald Trump posted to social media on Saturday afternoon that a deal to end the war with Iran “will be announced” shortly.