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An American who says he crossed into Syria on foot has been released after seven months in detention

An American who turned up in Syria says he was detained after crossing into the country by foot on a Christian pilgrimage seven months ago

An American who turned up in Syria says he was detained after crossing into the country on foot seven months ago on a Christian pilgrimage

An American who turned up in Syria says he was detained after crossing into the country on foot seven months ago on a Christian pilgrimage

An American who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system says he was released by the “liberators” who arrived in Damascus a day after the longtime ruler fled the capital

Ukraine’s top military commander says fighting around a key eastern Ukraine city is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push

Ukraine’s top military commander says fighting around a key eastern Ukraine city is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has made a fiery televised statement, defending his short-lived martial law decree as a necessary act of governance

A Hong Kong judge on Thursday convicted a pro-democracy former lawmaker of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the city’s anti-government protests in July 2019

A Hong Kong judge on Thursday convicted seven people, including a pro-democracy former lawmaker, of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the city’s anti-government protests in July 2019