U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued internal instructions to the Pentagon to start kicking out transgender troops ...

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Authorities in Lebanon and Syria are cracking down on Palestinian factions that for decades have had armed presence in both countries. The crackdown comes as Syria’s new rulers, under Islamist ...

In December, a consortium of rebel factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham unexpectedly toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose family had ruled Syria for five decades. The new regime in ...

After the overthrow of the Assad regime, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani took control of Syria. In response to sabotage attacks by ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Leo XIV, becomes first US-born pope - The faithful cheered in the Vatican square, waving flags ...

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