TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, notably the launch of a deliberate attack on civilians, a legal source said late on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

A prolonged period of uncertainty over the fate of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and a botched attempt to arrest him are giving oxygen to his backers and reviving support for his troubled party.

In our news wrap Sunday, Biden and Netanyahu spoke by phone amid signs of progress in Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks, efforts are underway for Syria to re-engage with other nations, South Korea’s suspended president will not attend the first hearing of his impeachment trial,

Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year.

President Trump placed Cuba back on the State Department's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism just one week after the Biden administration had removed the country's designation. That puts Cuba back on a short list with just three other countries: Iran,

That’s why Americans find it so mind-boggling that Yoon would have threatened Korea’s constitutional order with his unjustified declaration of martial law. American perspectiv

Moscow claims capture of towns in east as six dead in overnight attacks - Ukrainian military officials dismissed suggestions that Russian forces had breached Pokrovsk, a critical transport hub

"The past year was marked by armed conflicts and humanitarian crises that exposed the fraying of international protections for civilians and the devastating human cost when they are flouted" - HRW

As you would expect, it makes for some grim reading. In much of the world, government repression has expanded and deepened, cracking down on political opponents, activists, and journalists. Armed groups and government forces unlawfully killed civilians, drove millions from their homes, and blocked access to humanitarian aid.

The fall of the regime in Damascus has also led to a backlash against the Orthodox patriarchate heir to one of the most important seats of ancient Christianity by a mysterious movement

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Donald Trump is back. He has a vision of the US — a more right-wing one, with a more populist bent. For his American dream to come to life, he has appointed a team of men and women. But who are they?