Donald Trump has promised to keep America out of the Middle East, but Assad’s dramatic fall has upended the region’s balance of power.
Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border
Insurgents seized Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.
Net closing in on South Korea’s president as MPs get death threats over impeachment vote
Yoon Suk Yeol – whose attempt to impose martial law backfired – faces another vote in parliament this weekend.
‘I wish he’d lived to see new Syria’ – Crowds bury anti-Assad activist
Mazen al-Hamada, who returned to Syria from the Netherlands, had publicly testified on the torture he faced while in prison.
Inside Aleppo, the first city to fall to Syrian rebels
Residents of the the city that was ravaged by civil war seem keen to get rid of the symbols of the Assad regime.
After 50 years of Assad cruelty, Syrians search for dead loved ones – and closure
BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen finds Syrians desperate for answers about the missing and a reckoning for their killers.
Nato must switch to a wartime mindset, warns secretary general
Mark Rutte urged members to “turbocharge” their defence spending to prevent future war with Russia.
Biden issues 39 presidential pardons and commutes 1,500 sentences
The White House says it is the highest number of presidential acts of clemency in a single day.
Macron to announce new French PM in bid to restore stability
The French president is hoping to end political turmoil eight days after MPs ousted Michel Barnier as PM.
Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 Canada deaths
For the first time, the annual report delved into race and ethnic data of those who underwent assisted dying.
