Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...

These remarkable sites serve as living memory-keepers of the Afro-origin men and women who once arrived in the Indian ...

In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed ...

The Expedition 72 crew advanced its life science research and prepared for upcoming spacewalks on Tuesday, as a U.S. resupply ...

In 2022, global median scores on the Center’s Government Restrictions and Social Hostilities Indexes mirrored 2021. But some ...

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

Libyans watched the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad with a mixture of apprehension and hope, wishing "their brothers" in the ...

In our news wrap Tuesday, prosecutors in New York charged the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO with murder as ...

France raised its flag at its Damascus embassy on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years and European Union officials ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable ...

When challenged to teach the whole Torah on one foot, the Jewish sage Hillel replied, “What is hateful to you, do not do to ...

The United Arab Emirates is deeply suspicious of Syria's new leaders, reflecting its distrust for political Islam and fear of outsized Turkish influence in the war-scarred country, analysts say.