Assad's wife Asma, who recovered from breast cancer in 2019, has been diagnosed with leukaemia, the president's office said on Tuesday.

The first trial in France of officials from the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad opened on Tuesday, with three top security officers to be tried in absentia for complicity in crimes against humanity ...

A video posted Monday by Donald Trump's Truth Social account shows hypothetical headlines speaking of a "unified reich" if he wins the 2024 presidential election -- language that drew fierce criticism ...

A passenger airplane arriving in India's financial capital Mumbai flew through a flock of flamingos, killing at least 36 but landing safely, wildlife experts and media reports said Tuesday.

China said Tuesday it had complained to the United States over Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulating Taiwan's newly inaugurated president, Lai Ching-te.

Russia on Tuesday said the United States was seeking to place weapons in space, the latest accusation in an ongoing row that comes a day after Washington vetoed a Russian non-proliferation motion at ...

The chef fires up the grill and bastes a chunky whale steak, a Japanese delicacy that could soon appear on more plates nationwide as a new whaling mothership sets sail despite criticism from ...

Japan launched on Tuesday a new "mothership" for its whaling fleet, aiming to hunt around 200 of the marine mammals this year.

Solomon Islands lauded Australia as its "partner of choice" on Tuesday, a reassuring sign for Canberra as it seeks to counter China's growing influence in the South Pacific.

The prime suspects from a group of conspiracy theorists accused of plotting to overthrow the German government will face trial in Frankfurt from Tuesday.

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Taliban poets, long fuelled by fervour for jihad against foreign forces, have focused their efforts on flattering the men who now rule Afghanistan.