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Syria will join the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, marking a shift in US foreign policy in the Middle East, a senior Trump administration official confirmed to CBS, the BBC's US media partner.The announcement came as...

For every passenger trying to decide if a $17 slimy ham and cheese croissant and their phone’s 34% remaining battery will sustain them for a four-hour layover, there’s someone smugly sipping a complimentary gin and tonic in a secret...

Johnson tells House to begin returning to Washington to start end of shutdownHouse Speaker Mike Johnson spoke Monday morning about next steps in ending the government shutdown, saying he will call the House back as soon as the Senate...

Canada has lost its measles elimination status, said the Pan American Health Organization (Paho) on Monday, after failing to curb an outbreak of the virus for 12 consecutive months.Because Canada is no longer deemed measles-free, the Americas region as...

The world is losing vast swaths of forests to agriculture, logging, mining and fires every year — more than 20 million acres in 2024 alone, roughly the size of South Carolina.That’s bad news because...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was released from prison on Monday after a Paris court granted him release under judicial supervision.Monday's announcement came less than three weeks after Sarkozy, 70, began serving a five-year sentence...

Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett will retire at year’s end after an epic 60 years in leadership. In a letter published Monday, Buffett said he’ll be “going quiet,” and will no longer write Berkshire’s annual report,...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing its end, after senators suddenly advanced a funding deal over the weekend after 40 days of little progress.The agreement still needs to pass the Senate and the House...

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met President Trump at the White House on Monday, continuing a stunning reversal of fortunes for a man branded until three days ago as an international terrorist by the U.S. government...

A Ukrainian former military officer is on the 10th day of a hunger strike in an Italian prison, where he has accused the authorities of mistreating him to make him confess to blowing up Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines...