By Mark Bendeich Democracy looks bruised but not beaten as it heads into 2025. In a year in which countries representing almost half the world’s population called voters to the polls, democracies ...

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia’s isolation over the war ...

UK condemns ‘reckless’ Kremlin after Putin’s apology over Azerbaijan Airlines crash - The UK has called for an independent ...

Holding elections in Syria could take up to four years, Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview with Al ...

Former regime fighters tell the BBC they want to regain civilian status and had nothing to do with atrocities.

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing for the removal of the Taliban and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crash on Christmas but did not ...

From the largest war in Europe since World War II continuing in Ukraine to a series of escalations upending the Middle East, ...

Israel "does not need this territory, as the Israelis have already taken the Golan Heights," Vitaly Naumkin said ...

Human wave of North Korea troops ‘sent to death’ amid music speaker bomb plot claim - South Korea, Ukraine and the US ...

Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of ...

According to the source, the parties are holding negotiations to ensure that circumstances of force majeure, including military actions and regime changes in the republic, do not become a pretext for ...