Global stakeholders now have to reckon with the geopolitical impact of a rebel offensive led by an Islamist group in Syria that could potentially threaten President Bashar al-Assad’s hold over the country. Syrian rebels have made a lightning advance in the north of the country, taking two major cities: Aleppo,…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologized to the nation in his first public comments since his abortive…
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An American man abducted in the Philippines is presumed dead after a witness claimed he was shot during a…
A Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia has come under the control of alleged pirates, a European…
A week of fierce demonstrations in Georgia has seen special forces violently handling protesters who are challenging the government’s…
The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for all government employees, in its latest push to…
Hundreds of people appear to have fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight into Friday, as anti-regime rebels…