Ukraine is pledging support for the new authorities in Syria, which was once a key Russian ally in the Mideast

Turkey says eradication of Kurdish YPG militia in Syria 'imminent' Middle Eastcategory· January 6, 2025 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to expand its work in Syria ...

Tibor Nagy tries to visualize what occurrences around the world could meet the definition of a "Black Swan" event. Here are his takes for 2025.

Five years since Jeremy Corbyn resigned as Labour leader, the British left is in a difficult place. Keir Starmer’s remodeling of the Labour Party, purging or suspending MPs and large numbers of ordinary activists,

The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia on 8 January with guided aerial bombs has risen to 122. Source: Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration Quote: "Sadly,

A Russian Molniya drone has hit the premises of a business in the city of Kharkiv. A 65-year-old man is reported to have been injured. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast State Administration;

Perhaps you are aware there is a new movie out titled A Complete Unknown. It addresses the first five years, or thereabouts, in Bob Dylan’s public musical

I remember all the things you taught me; I learned how to laugh; And I learned how to cry; Well, I learned how to love; And I learned how to lie; So, you’d think I could learn how to tell you “Good-bye.

Syria has been a work in progress, a nation to be rebuilt, since the downfall of its autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad, a month ago. It is far too early to ascertain in what political direction Syria is heading, but if the past is any guide, Syrians should not expect their country to become a Jeffersonian democracy.

After a year marked by port congestion, vessel diversions and longshore labor issues, maritime shipping is bracing for the unknown in 2025. The post Labor strife, tariffs to shadow ocean shipping in 2025 appeared first on FreightWaves.

The Obama administration’s decisions left a significantly more fragmented and futile world than the one he inherited.

This story originally ran in The Smoky Mountain News in November 2018 following Politics Editor Cory Vaillancourt’s trip to Georgia to meet President Jimmy Carter.  The former president died Dec. 29,