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The government has greatly restricted the number of work and study permits issued to foreigners following an unpopular immigration boom during the pandemic.

Ahmed Al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda ally, is now president of Syria. We look at his transformation, and whether he can transform his country, too.

Dash cam footage has emerged of Boris and Sofia Gurman trying to disarm one of the suspected attackers. The couple were killed, but their bravery was lauded by Australians.

The police in London and Manchester said they would take a “more assertive” approach after the Bondi Beach massacre and a terrorist attack at a British synagogue.

Two hundred million years ago, prosauropods walked the earth. They left something behind.

The militia said the withdrawal was intended to give ongoing peace talks with the Congolese government “the maximum chance to succeed.”

Seven Kenyans were detained for working in the country illegally, officials said. The arrests came amid rising tensions after the United States prioritized white Afrikaners seeking asylum.

In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.

ISIS is too weakened to seize territory, experts said, but its ability to churn out propaganda aimed at provoking violence against the West persists.

In 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Now, leaked video from his court-martial is on YouTube.