World Regions - Page 859

January 3, 2025

ISIS increasingly unopposed following US withdrawal from Afghanistan, collapse of Syria

The Islamic State is seeing less resistance in areas of major security concern following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and potential troop drawdown in Iraq.

January 3, 2025

China rolls out its crime-fighting ball to chase down criminals

A Chinese company has developed a spherical, 276-pound law enforcement robot that has been chasing down criminals at impressive speeds.

January 3, 2025

Trump needs to channel Teddy Roosevelt in battling global threats

President-elect Trump is faced with numerous global threats when he takes office. Terrorism tops the list as an immediate danger, but the US has challenges around the globe.

January 3, 2025

How Donald Trump can make history and win 3 Nobel Peace Prizes

President-elect Donald Trump takes office with the world on a precipice. His commitment to fixing three major global dangers could secure him not one, but three Nobel Peace Prizes.

January 3, 2025

South Korea’s impeached president avoids arrest attempt after hourslong standoff

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an arrest attempt Friday after an hourslong standoff between anti-corruption investigators and presidential security.

January 2, 2025

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu leaves hospital after prostate surgery

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from hospital on Thursday after his prostate surgery ended “successfully," his office reported on X.

January 2, 2025

Rare religious cross discovered by child while exploring on school field trip in Jerusalem

A 10-year-old found a golden cross while on a class field trip to the village of Ein Karem village in Jerusalem, Israel. The medallion is believed to be 100 to 200 years old.

January 2, 2025

DANNY DANON: UN has failed Gaza. It’s time for a new era

UNRWA is accused of employing Hamas terrorists who actively took part in the Oct.7 Hamas terror massacre in southern Israel. Israel's ambassador to the world body lays out why the agency needs to go.

January 2, 2025

New Zealand police officer killed in New Year's Day vehicle attack, another injured

A driver ran down two New Zealand police officers on patrol in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing one and seriously injuring the other, the country’s police chief said.

January 2, 2025

Christians increasingly persecuted worldwide as 'modern and historical factors converge'

Religious intolerance is on the rise as modern technologies merge with age-old authoritarian policies of oppression to increasingly target Christians across the globe in a yearslong concerning trend.