2024

After just a few days of rapid advances, the rebels appeared to control Syria’s capital. They said they would work with a top official in President Bashar al-Assad’s government. Mr. al-Assad’s location was unclear.

Thoughts of loved ones dead or missing complicate joyous relief at the prospect of an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad.

Ling’er won a settlement payout from the hospital where she was held for three months against her will and subjected to electroshock therapy.

Prosecutors are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol and his followers committed insurrection when they briefly put South Korea under martial law.

The Ukrainian leader planned to use the grand reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral to lobby the president-elect and other world leaders attending the ceremony.

The country was thrown into deeper uncertainty after the governing party changed its stance and refused to oust him. Protesters vowed to keep the pressure on.

President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an opposition-led attempt to remove him by getting his party members to back him. But his troubles could now become theirs too.

Two war monitoring groups said Syria’s military had pulled out of a number of Damascus suburbs where anti-government protests erupted. The movements could not immediately be confirmed.

World leaders are in Paris for ceremonies as the 12th-century Gothic cathedral opens its doors after a monumental renovation.

The longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is facing threats from rebellions on multiple fronts and his key ally, Iran, is paring back support.