Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a ceasefire agreement on Sunday with Mazloum Abdi, the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, following the Syrian government's advance into Kurd...
US lawmakers pause the CLARITY Act as DeFi leaders warn the bill still risks developers, DAOs rethink governance and regulators face mounting pressure....
The sun was already beginning to set as Portlanders in weatherproof jackets and fleeces lined up around Revolution Hall. It wasn't yet 5PM on a Wednesday but the crowd was gathering well before the to...
The US military has started transferring up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) detainees from prisons in northeastern Syria to Iraq, as Syria’s new government asserts control over territories long governed a...
New York state judge orders the state must redraw its congressional map by early February because the current map’s 11th District dilutes the votes of Blacks and Latinos....
Bavaria's Markus Söder is calling for fewer German federal states, but the plans to merge have drawn criticism. How realistic is a change in political lines?...
The legislation would allow the state‘s treasury to hold digital assets with a market capitalization of more than $750 billion, which applied only to Bitcoin as of January....
In Uvira, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, conflict has severely impacted the local economy. In mid-December, the border with neighbouring Burundi closed after M23 rebels captured the city. Sm...
Syrian government forces on Tuesday made further gains in the northeastern region long held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to Syrian military sources. Kurdish fighters ha...
The proposal seeks to place abandoned digital assets under state custody, allowing staking rewards to flow into a reserve fund....
The proposal would fund the reserve with unclaimed crypto and staking rewards rather than direct state Bitcoin purchases....
This month, a telling scene unfolded in Addis Ababa. The African Union and China held their ninth strategic dialogue in the Ethiopian capital and launched the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-Peopl...
Crypto majors are very green with Bitcoin making a new another 2-month high; BTC +2% at $96,7500; ETH +2% at $3,360, SOL even at $145; XRP -1% to $2.11. DCR (+30%), DASH (+10%), ICP (+10%) and ZEC (+7...
Sam Slater says he wants to raise his children in Massachusetts, despite paying the millionaire's tax. Sam Slater California's proposed wealth tax is sparking debate among billionaires across the stat...
A day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the country's main Kurdish-led force, the agreement appeared to be falling apart Monday. After new outbreaks of clashes Mond...
Venezuela's legislature advanced a bill on Thursday to loosen state control over the country's vast oil sector, the first major overhaul since parts of the industry were nationalized in 2007. (Image c...
William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome Professor Paul Smith, Head of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham. the recent drama in the is dissected with calm precision. While the failure o...
Syria's government said a drone strike by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces killed seven of its soldiers on Wednesday, though the SDF denied this, in an incident that threatens to derail a cea...
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,”...
The death toll exceeds that of any other round of protest or unrest in Iran in decades and recalls the chaos surrounding the 1979 Islamic Revolution....