Abu Ali al-Khair, a resident of Jableh, inspects his damaged house, as Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa grapples with the fallout from reported mass killings of Alawite minority members, in Jableh, Syria on March 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 1,383 civilians, the vast majority of them Alawites, were killed in a recent … Read more
Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is expected to attend an international donor summit for his country in Brussels on March 17, a Syrian source and two diplomats familiar with the trip said. It will be his first visit to Europe since he was declared interim president following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in December. The … Read more
The latter part of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s tenure was marked by authoritarianism, police brutality, and a disastrous 2008 war with Russia. File | Photo Credit: AP Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) to nine more years in prison after being found guilty of embezzlement, the Interpress news agency … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during a refueling stop at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday (March 12, 2025) that an expected minerals deal would give the United States a “vested interest” in Ukraine’s security, … Read more
“Twenty-one passengers and four paramilitary soldiers were killed by militants holding hostages after seizing control of a train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province,” an army general said on Wednesday (March 12, 2025). Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif told Dunya News TV that security forces killed all 33 militants present at the scene. “The armed … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Kremlin said on Wednesday (March 11, 2025) it was waiting for the U.S. to inform it about the details of a proposed ceasefire in Ukraine that Kyiv agreed to after talks in Saudi Arabia. Washington said the “ball is now” in Moscow’s court after Ukraine … Read more
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, left, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, right, arrive for a joint press conference in front of the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) that U.S. military aid deliveries to neighbouring … Read more
A view shows a damaged hotel at the site of a Russian missile strike amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on March 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia has made sweeping gains in its Kursk region in the past 24 hours, taking back control of five villages previously held by Ukrainian … Read more
Major U.S. trading partners announced countermeasures on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) to President Donald Trump’s blanket steel and aluminum tariffs, hours after the levies took effect in a salvo that fueled trade tensions globally. The steep 25% levies came into place after midnight with no exemptions despite countries’ efforts to avert them, in an escalation … Read more
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was being flown to the Netherlands on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) to face an International Criminal Court charge of crimes against humanity linked to the deadly crackdown on drugs he oversaw while in office. The 79-year-old Duterte, arrested on a warrant issued by the global court, was hailed by human … Read more