1828: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, killing 30,000. 1832: John P Calhoun becomes the first US vice president to resign after disagreements with president Andrew Jackson. 1836: Spain ...

There he meets another carefree youngster, Taka, who is the son of the local ruler Obasi. The latter is frankly not keen on welcoming some stray into his pride, but Queen Eshe convinces the proud lion ...

Sharaa said no sects would be excluded in Syria in what he described as "a new era far removed from sectarianism". Sharaa ...

A Christmas market opens in Damascus on Dec. 19, 2024, 10 days after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Michael Leunig – who died in the early hours of Thursday December 19, surrounded by “his children, loved ones, and sunflowers ...

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria, punctuated by jubilant celebrations as the then rebels bloodlessly took Damascus, has several similarities to what happened to Afghanistan three years ago, says ...

Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) with countries that deemed ousted President Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the ...

Marvel Comics has shared more details about the tie-ins for its upcoming One World Under Doom event, including The Thing's return to being Ben Grimm in the pages of Fantastic Four Fantastic ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Governments worldwide are stepping up efforts to engage with Syria’s new interim rulers, just over a week after Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad ...

BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Saturday that Syria’s new rulers, who ousted the Lebanese armed group’s ally Bashar al-Assad, should not recognise neighbouring Israel or establish ...

Western leaders have a dilemma with Syria’s new ruler, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. He leads a group that forced Bashar Assad from power in Damascus. It has been variously described as being made ...

Syria's new government has told business leaders it will adopt a free-market model and integrate the country into the global economy in a major shift from decades of corrupt state control, the head of ...