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Witnesses told rescue teams that the bus blew a tire, causing the driver to lose control and collide with a truck.

The driver of the car was arrested, German news agency dpa reported.

The Russian president said he plans to ask ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad about Austin Tice, a U.S. journalist who went missing in Damascus in 2012.

Dominique Pelicot received the maximum possible sentence under French law for drugging and raping and wife and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious.

French judges plan to deliver hugely anticipated verdicts this week in a historic drugging-and-rape trial that has turned the victim, Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero.

The brother of King Charles said that he “ceased all contact” with Yang Tengbo after the U.K. government raised concerns.

The news outlet reported the man was said to have been involved with the collapsed Assad regime as an intelligence officer.

If Yoon is dismissed, a national election must be held within two months.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing the biggest test of his political career following the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal ministers.

Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia from western Syria after rebels captured Damascus, ending the nation's decades-long tyrannical regime.

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed almost 45,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the first U.S. official to publicly confirm contacts between the Biden administration and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik said Yoon’s impeachment was an outcome driven by “the people’s ardent desire for democracy, courage and dedication.”

Timmerman said he was released Monday morning alongside a young Syrian man and 70 female prisoners, some of whom had their children with them.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described it as one of the heaviest bombardments of the country's energy sector since the full-scale invasion began.

"In nearly twenty years as a journalist, this was one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed," Clarissa Ward said.

It’s beginning to look a lot like visitor overload in Rovaniemi, where an onslaught of tourists arrives each year at Christmas time,

The South Korean president has defended his martial law decree as act of governance and denied rebellion charges.

An official says former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted to kill himself but failed to do so.

A former South Korean defense minister has been formally arrested over his alleged collusion with President Yoon Suk Yeol and others in imposing martial law last week.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage that may be linked to a fall at home in October.

Syria’s prime minister says most cabinet ministers are still at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad.

Half a century of rule by the Assad family in Syria has crumbled with astonishing speed.

The pontiff declared "Enough wars, enough violence!" while presenting a scene by two Palestinian artists near the Vatican on Saturday.

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader who led the stunning insurgency that toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image and that of his fighters.

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali said that he does not know where President Bashar Assad and the country's defense minister are.

In his post, Trump said Russia “is so tied up in Ukraine” that it “seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria.”

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he and French President Emmanuel Macron would be talking about the world "going a little crazy right now."

South Korea’s president apologized Saturday for public anxiety caused by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this week.

The reopening this weekend of Notre Dame is a succession of ceremonies to breathe life back into the iconic cathedral and celebrate the recovery from its devastating fire in 2019.

Syrian insurgents have swept into the central city of Hama after days of intense clashes with government forces.

South Korea’s president has accepted the resignation offer by his defense minister, as opposition parties moved to impeach both men over the stunning yet short-lived imposition of martial law that brought armed troops into Seoul streets.

In just six hours, South Korea's president declared martial law, the National Assembly overturned it, and party leaders were calling for his immediate resignation.

In just six hours, South Korea's president declared martial law, the National Assembly overturned it, and party leaders were calling for his immediate resignation.

Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war.

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders.

Neutra’s family had believed a new hostage deal might reunite them with their son.

Iran, a key ally of President Bashar Assad, has pledged to help the government counter the surprise offensive.

The decision could worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the cold, rainy winter sets in as hundreds of thousands of people living in squalid tent camps rely on food aid.

Thousands of Syrian insurgents have taken over most of Aleppo, establishing positions in the country’s largest city and controlling its airport before expanding their shock offensive to a nearby province.