Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

As rebels encroached on the city, anxious residents met to discuss escape plans ...

The next test for Israel and Hamas will come on February 2nd, when talks resume on the next stage of the ceasefire—which ...

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Thursday: Jimmy Carter negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty, which went into effect in 1979 and established joint ...

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How a miracle-working Greek bishop, Dutch folk figure and early New York icon became the ubiquitous symbol of Christmas ...

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A ferocious New York lawyer, Mr Cohn became Mr Trump’s mentor, “introducing him to the netherworld of sordid quid pro quos ...

Its technical foundations for a green-production boom may be sound, but Brazil’s economic travails are an obstacle. The high ...