Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lightning rebel advance signals an astonishing reordering of…
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South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief but stunning martial law imposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol, making him the first figure detained over the case.…
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Special Counsel Jack Smith required to submit Trump findings to DOJ before leaving. What happens next?
Special Counsel Jack Smith is required to submit to the Justice Department a report summarizing the results of his dual investigations into President-elect Trump — an action that will put a formal end to his…
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LUANDA, Angola — It could have been the symbol of President Biden’s seemingly jinxed trip to Angola. Postponed in 2023 due to the wars in the Middle East. Postponed again in 2024 due to the…
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The 13 members of the House’s bipartisan panel investigating the assassination attempt of President-elect Trump huddled around a microphone in the Rayburn House Office Building early Thursday afternoon. The task force had just concluded its…
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Just over five years ago, the world watched in anguish as Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most potent symbols of Christendom, was engulfed in flames. Not long after, Donald Trump would lose the 2020…
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Trump urges US to stay out of Syrian civil war, blaming Obama for failure as Islamists close in on capital
JERUSALEM—President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday weighed in for the first time on the Syrian Islamist revolt against the country’s dictator Bashar al-Assad who is holed up in his palace in Damascus. The radical Islamist movement…
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President-elect Trump and Prince William shook hands at the re-opening ceremony of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, and afterward held a sit-down meeting at the British Embassy ahead of Trump’s inauguration. Trump and…
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Biden administration announces $988M in aid to Ukraine on same day Trump meets with Zelenskyy in Paris
The Biden administration on Saturday announced a $988 million aid package to Ukraine to ensure it ‘has the tools it needs to prevail in its fight against Russian aggression.’ ‘This administration has made its choice.…
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President-elect Trump reacted Sunday morning to the news that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad had fled Syria after rebels stormed the capital city of Damascus. ‘Assad is gone,’ Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth…