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South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images (SEOUL) — The South Korean National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in a divisive vote. Thousands of people celebrated outside the National [Read More…]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]

Sadi Dubeysi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — After dedicating his life to fighting the regime of Assad, Mazen Al-Hamada did not live to see it fall. A symbol of resilience and courage, the famous Syrian activist was [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — A man seen in a video circulating online is believed to be Travis Pete Timmerman, an American who went missing from Hungary earlier this year, two officials familiar with the matter [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (DAMASCUS, Syria) — The parents of Austin Tice, the American freelance journalist and Marine Corps veteran who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria more than a decade ago, spoke out in an [Read More…]

Parastoo Ahmadi/Youtube (TEHRAN, Iran) — A captivating video of an Iranian woman singer went viral in Iran, showing her performing in an empty venue for an imaginary audience. Parastoo Ahmadi, a singer and composer, held [Read More…]

Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Assad regime in Syria came toppling down in lightning speed after rebel forces led a days-long offensive across the country and captured the capital, Damascus, on Sunday, [Read More…]

Delil Souleiman via Getty Images (DAMASCUS, SYRIA) — Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in [Read More…]

Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — As South Korea navigates a path forward after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law order last week, the nation’s political parties are still wrangling over whether [Read More…]

Marek Jantač/National Museum in Prague (LONDON) — Scientists have pinpointed a time frame in which Neanderthals began “mixing” with modern humans, based on the DNA of early inhabitants of Europe. Analysis of the oldest-known genomes [Read More…]

Delil Souleiman via Getty Images (DAMASCUS, SYRIA) — Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in [Read More…]

A forensics doctor described seeing expressions of fear on the faces of many of the recovered political prisoners, but most of the bodies are decomposed; ABC News (DAMASCUS, Syria) — Family members and friends of thousands [Read More…]

urii Stefanyak/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Oleksandra Matviichuk works to expose stories about the war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian human rights lawyer leads advocacy group the Centre for Civil Liberties, which [Read More…]

Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images (SEOUL) — The leader of South Korea’s ruling conservative People Power Party said he is now in favor of impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law, telling [Read More…]

John M Lund Photography, Inc./ Getty (ITALY) — An 11-year-old girl was miraculously rescued after three days of being stranded at sea when a shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island is believed to have killed the [Read More…]

Delil Souleiman via Getty Images (DAMASCUS, SYRIA) — Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in [Read More…]

Jung Yeon-Je – Pool/Getty Images (SEOUL) — South Korean police raided South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office as a part of the ongoing investigation into the martial law declaration on Dec. 3, Yonhap, South [Read More…]

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (LONDON) — The U.S. is communicating with rebel groups inside Syria amid the search for missing American journalist Austin Tice, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Tuesday, [Read More…]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]

Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will face an impeachment vote Saturday, days after briefly imposing martial law. The country’s dominant opposition party moved on Wednesday [Read More…]