One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army has claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of the 271-kilometer (168-mile) -long border with Bangladesh. The capture by the Arakan Army makes the group’s control of…
Australia announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru on Monday that gives Canberra a veto right over a range of…
Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they claimed…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was a…
Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat a day after a tense presidential election, marking a historic political…
As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad, rumors swirled about his whereabouts.…
The red, white, green and black Free Syrian Army flag flew over Damascus on Sunday as thousands of residents…
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s road to Damascus has been long. He has talked openly about his change along the way.…