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Fighters and activists say insurgents faced little to no resistance from government troops

The footage 'gives us hope, but it also shows how difficult it is for Edan and for the other hostages,' says the mother of a 20-year-old captive

Members of the alliance and other developing nations say they are fed up with America's dominance of the global financial system

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned home Saturday after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner.  Trump called the talks productive but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States.  After the leaders' hastily arranged dinner...

PRISTINA, KOSOVO — Kosovo's Interior minister Xhelal Svecla said Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labeled a "terrorist act" by neighboring Serbia.  "Somehow we managed to fix the damage, arrest the suspects and confiscate a huge arsenal of weapons," Svecla said during a live-streamed news conference. Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic denied what he said were "baseless...

President Vladimir Putin has touted 'traditional family values' as a cornerstone of his quarter-century in power

Syrian government forces reportedly withdrew from Aleppo's civilian and military airports

Prospects for peace remained bleak following a summit that was marked by the Congolese president’s absence

The East Shield project will eventually include 800 kilometers along the Polish borders with Russia and Belarus

The world produces more than 400 million tons of new plastic every year

A flimsy wooden boat carrying the Rohingyas was found half-submerged not far from the beach

Ukraine's airspace has been closed to civilian flights since the start of the war

In India, there are expectations that strategic ties with the United States will deepen during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. But New Delhi is bracing for pressure on trade ties with its biggest trading partner. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha reports.

Landlocked Ethiopia has fallen out with Somalia over its plans to build a port in the breakaway region of Somaliland

Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas at protesters, who tossed eggs and fireworks

Israel says it killed a Palestinian it accused of involvement in Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack

Zelenskyy suggests he would be willing to consider a ceasefire if Ukraine’s unoccupied territories fell under NATO’s protection