Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa appointed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Aug 28, days after Abdi announced the …
Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Musa Kulaklıkaya chaired the 23rd Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a return to diplomacy to end the war with the US was not "impossible", with the conflict still unresolved as it reached the six-month …
Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs has visited eastern Libya for the first time in 14 years.
Claudia Rankine’s new book overflows with grief for the backlash to racial progress, but history isn’t finished.
Murat Karayilan revealed that nearly 27,000 members have died from 1976 to 2026, with 25,922 recorded by name.
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The Iran war hits its six-month mark Friday, with President Trump's path to ending it increasingly unclear.Why it matters: Trump entered the war projecting a four- to five-week mi…
Türkiye has condemned Israel’s continuing attacks on Syria, saying they violate the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and undermine its stabilization efforts.
The United States said on Aug. 27 that it was not negotiating with Iran, even as Qatar stepped up diplomatic efforts over an Iran-Oman proposal for a temporary shipping corridor t…
Chinese-Canadian chef Kelvin Cheung is a champion of “third-culture cuisine”, blending his North American upbringing with his French culinary training and the freshest local ingre…
In the past few years, country music has reëxerted its sway on the pop-music charts and the broader Zeitgeist they reflect, but the genre’s greatest crossover success story remain…