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December 13, 2024 10:28 PM
The rebel group that led the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) - has long been under United Nations sanctions, which the U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has described as "a complicating factor for all ...
December 13, 2024 6:46 PM
Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told reporters. Hou...
December 13, 2024 6:08 PM
From guiding the Indian cricket team to their first World Cup in 27 years to inspiring the men's hockey team to an Olympic bronze, Paddy Upton has woven magic with everyone he has worked with. His latest achievement? Helping Gukesh D become the young...
December 12, 2024 8:46 PM
The United States sees the fall of Bashar al-Assad as an extraordinary chance to rid Syria "once and for all" of chemical weapons that killed or injured thousands of people in its civil war, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Washington wi...
December 9, 2024 7:45 PM
The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network of influence in the Middle East but Israel, the United States and Arab powers must now deal with the risk of instability and...
December 9, 2024 2:52 PM
On 27 November, the Syrian rebels launched a lighting offensive on President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. By the 29th, they had captured the city of Aleppo. And Hama a week later. On 8 December, Assad fled and Damascus fell, ending the 54-year rule of...
December 6, 2024 3:18 PM
Every year on 6th December, India commemorates the Mahaparinirvan Diwas, the death anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the visionary architect of the Indian Constitution and Bharat Ratna awardee. Dr. Ambedkar, who was affectionately called Bab...
December 6, 2024 1:30 PM
Relations between Manila and Beijing have soured under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with Manila pivoting back towards the United States which supports the Southeast Asian nation in its maritime disputes with China. Here is a timeline of...
December 5, 2024 11:37 AM
At his confirmation hearing three months ago, South Korea's defence minister Kim Yong-hyun rejected accusations from the opposition that he wanted to impose martial law. It was, the conservative hardliner said, political propaganda. But when tension...
December 4, 2024 10:26 PM
Pakistan, created in 1947 after the partition of British India, was a nation seemingly destined for further division. Many analysts considered it a geographical absurdity, a loose amalgamation of two separate territories 1,000 miles apart. Beyond sha...
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