The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have consistently exploited the fight against the ISIL terrorist organization to justify their own continued existence and financing, Syria’s Interior Ministry said on Jan. 22.
Landslides ploughed into a home and a campsite in rain-swept northern New Zealand Thursday, killing at least two people and leaving others missing under tons of mud.
Members of Philippine civil society groups filed an impeachment complaint against President Ferdinand Marcos yesterday, accusing him of systematically bilking taxpayers out of billions of dollars for bogus flood control projects.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the charter of his "Board of Peace," which he has billed as a body for resolving international conflicts, with other founding members in Davos on Jan. 22.
President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 21 that he was canceling his planned tariff on U.S. allies in Europe over U.S. control of Greenland after he and the leader of NATO agreed to a ‘framework of a future deal’ on Arctic security.
Syria's army on Jan. 21 entered the vast Al-Hol camp that houses relatives of suspected ISIL members after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from the site.
Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev said on Jan. 20 that his country's leadership and Armenia’s made a joint decision to close their chapter of conflict.
A South Korean court sentenced former prime minister Han Duck-soo to 23 years in prison on Wednesday for aiding and abetting a declaration of martial law that briefly suspended civilian rule.
Russia's interior minister met with top leaders of ally Cuba in Havana on Jan. 20, a show of solidarity after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that the island's longtime communist government "is ready to fall."
European police said on Wednesday they had busted a major synthetic drug ring working across several countries in the "largest-ever operation" of its kind, striking a "massive blow" to organized crime.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned on Wednesday the 27-nation bloc must move faster to boost its economy and defenses, faced with a new world order defined by "raw power."
U.S. President Donald Trump descends on Davos for a showdown with European leaders Wednesday as his bid to seize Greenland threatens to tear the transatlantic alliance apart.
An overnight Russian bombardment on Kiev left thousands of residential buildings and parliament without heating and water in -14C temperatures on Tuesday, just as the Ukrainian capital was scrambling to restore vital utilities destroyed in earlier attacks.
The YPG/SDF terror group's role as the "primary anti-ISIS (Daesh) force on the ground" has "largely expired" as Syria is ready to assume security responsibilities, U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was invited to join the "Board of Peace."
Greece will cooperate with Israel on anti-drone systems and cybersecurity, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said after meeting his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, in Athens.
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