The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.
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Trump focuses on tariffs, not retribution, in first network TV interview
President-elect Trump lays out plan for his first 100 days during interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
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Cancer interrupted their school lives, but also set them on a mission
Pediatric cancer survival rates are a crowning medical achievement. But the impact of missing school is a less-discussed side effect children then face.
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PHOTOS: Take a ride with the Elephant Response Team. And be careful!
Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world’s largest land animal in the town of Livingstone, Zambia.
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Nick Frost wants you to laugh and squirm in “Get Away”
Nick Frost on his newest horror comedy and what makes the slasher funny.
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NYPD releases 2 new photos of man sought in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Late Saturday, police released two additional photos of the suspected shooter that appeared to be from a camera mounted inside a taxi.
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John Lithgow on having a “good ending” — on and off screen
Actor John Lithgow grew up in a theater family but always wanted to be a painter. On Wild Card this week, he opens up what changed his mind.
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In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of repressive rule
President Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied on the country’s feared security forces.
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Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to long rule of Assad family
The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.
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Photos: Notre Dame Cathedral reopens, with its first service since a devastating fire
The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral rang on Saturday evening in Paris for the first time since a fire heavily damaged the Paris landmark in 2019.