The United States announced on Friday that it will no longer pursue the $10 million "Rewards for Justice" bounty on Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), signaling a significant shift in its (...)
Early Saturday morning, the US Senate approved critical legislation to fund the government through March 14, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown.
The bill now heads to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature.
The legislation, part of the (...)
The Pentagon announced the US currently has "approximately 2,000" troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"There are diplomatic and operational (...)
What Haneul remembers most about his time in the North Korean military is the gnawing, continuous hunger. He lost 10kg in his first month of service, due to a diet of cracked corn and mouldy cabbage.
Three months into training, he says almost his (...)
The United States government is a day away from running out of money as Congress scrambles to come up with a short-term funding plan.
On Thursday night, a revised spending plan by Republicans that would have averted a government shutdown failed to (...)
US diplomats are in the Syrian capital Damascus where they plan to meet representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group now in charge but which Washington still designates as a terrorist organization.
The visit follows those of (...)
The government shutdown showdown of December 2024 is becoming the first big test of president-elect Donald Trump's influence over congressional Republicans.
At least so far, he is struggling.
One day after Trump derailed a bipartisan government (...)
A puzzling flurry of apparent drone sightings along the US east coast is "nothing nefarious", says President Joe Biden.
The sightings in recent weeks have occurred in New Jersey and a number of neighboring states, sometimes around air bases. The (...)
President-elect Donald Trump has long suggested he would try to prosecute his political opponents, and House Republicans delivered him a new opening on Tuesday through a report recommending that GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney be prosecuted by the FBI (...)
Russia is moving a large amount of military equipment in Syria, signaling preparations for a partial withdrawal, analysts say.
Satellite images reveal a build-up of military vehicles at a Russian-controlled port and airbase in western (...)
President-elect Donald Trump delivered a missive to Capitol Hill on Wednesday that significantly ratcheted up the chances of a government shutdown just before Christmas, while sending the clearest signal yet that he is seeking a dramatic showdown (...)
If all goes to plan, Virginia will be the site of the world's first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant, able to harness this futuristic clean power and generate electricity from it by the early 2030s, according to an announcement Tuesday by the (...)
President-elect Donald Trump joked that it would be a "great idea" for Canada to become the 51st state of the US, as Canadian leader Justin Trudeau faces a domestic political crisis linked to fears over a potential tariff war with Trump.
"Many (...)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed for a tangible and immediate improvement in relations between Turkey and the European Union during a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen that was focused on Syria's transition of power and the fate of (...)
A student opened fire at a private Christian school in the US state of Wisconsin, injuring six people and killing a teacher and teenage student.
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes identified the attacker on Monday night as a 15-year-old female student (...)
The founder of failed media and entertainment firm Ozy Media, Carlos Watson, has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for lying about the company to attract investors.
Prosecutors said the former MSNBC host and ex-Goldman Sachs banker had (...)
US President-elect Donald Trump is meeting the CEO of TikTok as the social media giant fights plans to have it banned in the US.
Trump was due to meet Shou Zi Chew at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday, the BBC's US partner CBS News reports, (...)
The Israeli Knesset has approved plans to increase the number of settlers in the Golan Heights, territory that was seized from Syria in 1967.
The announcement comes after the dramatic downfall last week of President Bashar al-Assad, with Israel's (...)
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had "diplomatic contact" with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime.
Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organization, but the UK (...)
Drone activity caused officials to close airspace over one of the United States' most critical Air Force bases for almost four hours late Friday and early Saturday, according to a base spokesperson and a Notice to Airmen posted on a federal (...)
Reports of widespread damage are emerging from Mayotte after a 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago Saturday, inflicting devastation that one resident likened to an atomic bomb, with hundreds and possibly even thousands of feared (...)
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 84, underwent hip replacement surgery on Saturday at the U.S. military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany following a fall during an event in Luxembourg.
Pelosi, who was in Europe with a bipartisan (...)
ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over false statements made by anchor George Stephanopoulos.
During a March 10 broadcast of This Week, Stephanopoulos repeatedly (...)
US President-elect Donald Trump hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The meeting comes as a growing number of tech executives, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Meta's (...)
A federal court in St Louis has indicted 14 North Koreans for allegedly being part of a long-running conspiracy aimed at extorting funds from US companies and funneling money to Pyongyang's weapons programs.
The wider scheme allegedly involves (...)
