U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to senior ...

A S REBELS STORMED across Syria late last year, eventually toppling the country’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, some were accompanied by fighters from a foreign militant organisation—one with ambitions ...

The removal of Bashar al-Assad has reignited Western and Eastern plans to control Syria’s oil and gas resources.

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Nigeria and China plan to deepen cooperation in areas such as clean energy, defence and finance, with China pledging support ...

Pax Americana is past its expiration date, but the United States won’t let go. Instead of beginning the hard work of figuring ...

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Iran begins this year severely weakened, bereft of most of its regional proxies and its main Middle East ally, Syria. Its ...

“During the operations, ISIS fighters engaged coalition forces on several occasions,” CENTCOM said. Those engagements ...

Trump has appointed two tech figures – Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – to lead a cost-cutting effort dubbed the "Department ...

GENEVA (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum launches its annual Global Risks report (0900 GMT) LISBON (Portugal) - Firefighters strike (1200 GMT) PICTURE. UNITED NATIONS (United States) - UN Secretary ...

China has been strengthening its ties to Iran in recent years, and that has included support to Iran's regional ...