Footage emerging from the liberation of Bashar al-Assad’s most notorious prisons has revealed underground cells and body-crushing iron presses used to detain and torture.

The Ukrainian president admitted the previously top-secret casualty numbers a few hours after the US president-elect released the data as evidence that the war needed to stop. 

Rupert Murdoch has failed in his legal bid to change how his family trust is distributed among his children.

New York police have named a man they've arrested in connection with the killing of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson.

Opposition leaders in Syria rush to form new government amid search for prisoners of former regime.

At age 40, Caroline Magnus was bequeathed the country estate where Atonement was filmed.

There have been jubilant celebrations in the streets of Damascus, and around the world, after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

Diaspora are celebrating the sudden end of over half a century of dictatorship in their homeland.

The rebels’ lightning offensive ousted the head of a country bled dry by decades of neglect and an appalling civil war. It offers hope to some, despair to others.

The overthrow of the Assad government could mean Iran’s pathway to Hezbollah is cut off. Now Iran, newly vulnerable, will have to decide between negotiation and the bomb.

In his first sit-down broadcast network interview since winning re-election, Donald Trump vowed to pardon Capitol attackers and to try to end automatic citizenship for children of immigrants.

Israel’s prime minister sees himself as the ultimate defender of Israel against an international left that he portrays as hostile and complicit in antisemitism.

In the power vacuum left by Bashar al-Assad’s fall, amid the weakness of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, nobody knows who will control Syria or how they will rule.

Syria’s rebel leader Abu Mohammad al-Golani was once a middle-class student with middling grades and a quiet disposition. He is now credited with helping liberate his country.

Music mogul Jay-Z has maintained his innocence after being named in a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape along with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

Support for the shooter is similar to what emerges after a mass shooting on websites such as 4chan and 8chan. But what’s disturbing about this is “it’s mainstream”.

Three climbers have died while scaling New Zealand's highest mountain, authorities said.

New York police release new images of suspect in shooting death of healthcare CEO.

Mass celebrations all over Syria today after a shock rebel victory topples Assad regime.

The swiftly moving events have raised questions about the future of the country and the wider region.