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, ...

Iran executed at least 901 people in 2024 – including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of killing their husbands while ...

As the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, concluded her three-day visit to Syria, she emphasised that respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) ...

After a year marked by port congestion, vessel diversions and longshore labor issues, maritime shipping is bracing for the ...

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad landed Tuesday at the Damascus airport, arriving from Qatar. Jordanian ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.- F ive people are displaced after a fire broke out at an Allentown row home on Sunday, according to officials. "At 9:45 a.m., we received a call for a fire with entrapment," said Fire ...

Israeli shelling has continued unabated even as ceasefire talks restart, through the mediation of Qatari and Egyptian ...

Iran and its proxies and allies — from Syria to Lebanon to Gaza — have taken a beating in military engagements this year.

Venezuela’s political crisis has reached a boiling point that might affect the United States’ economy, migration policies and border stability, experts say ...

Unlike Gaza and Lebanon, Syria had a full-fledged army with tanks, aircraft, and chemical weapons, and a well-guarded ...

The U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which ended the 14-month war, demands that Hezbollah and Israeli forces withdraw from southern ...

Middle East and North Africa, marked by devastating wars and the dramatic fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria.