Syria’s new transitional government has been sworn in nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as ...

The decision comes a day after a Pakistani YouTube star was charged with blasphemy after launching a perfume named after the very law he has fallen foul of.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Qatar for “steadfast commitment and diplomatic efforts” to help with the release.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Ahmad Sharif said Friday that “in this terrorist ... Survivors have recounted their harrowing ordeal. Muhammad Farooq, a resident of Quetta, described how BLA stopped the train and ordered ...

Ali Yasser Muhammad, a postgraduate student at Damascus University, said the deal is a strategic effort to ease escalating tensions. “There are factions within the democratic movement that ...

(AP video shot by Abdelrahman Shaheen) Syria’s interim president Ahmad Al-Sharaa, center, prepares to sign a temporary constitution for the country in Damascus, Syria, Thursday March 13, 2025. At left ...

(AP video by Muhammad Farooq) Hundreds of people attended funeral prayers on Thursday in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta for victims of a recent train attack. (AP video: Muhammad Farooq) ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, looks on during a joint press conference with Turkish President ...

(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) An injured passenger rescued by security forces from a passenger train attacked by insurgents is carried in an ambulance after arriving on a special train for injured and ...