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As the Middle East is exploding and a new geopolitical landscape is being shaped in the Eastern Mediterranean, US diplomacy will play a major role in the outcome, which already involves a change in regional dynamics.

Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syria’s former dictator Bashar al-Assad, has filed for divorce, expressing dissatisfaction with life in Moscow, where she has been residing since the regime’s fall earlier this month.

The technological warfare called for by Vladimir Putin with Kyiv as a test bed brings new debate regarding Russia’s potential to develop more supersonic missiles and, more importantly, use them against Ukraine.

American foreign policy may have fallen victim to excessive political correctness, to the "woke" culture. Let me explain: During the Cold War, Washington did not choose its friends and allies based on who upheld human rights and protected minorities; its priorities were devoid of such concerns, driven purely by geopolitical expediency.

The United States is in contact with the government of South Korea and is closely monitoring the situation, a White House spokesman said, according to Reuters.

The flag of Iran flutters in the wind outside of the IAEA headquarters during the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 20, 2024.

A second strong storm, accompanied by gusty winds, is expected to hit the Northwestern United States tonight, as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power from the torrential rains and snowfall caused by a first such system.

A new round of tensions over the war in Ukraine will, according to the Kremlin, be brought about by the green light given by the US, France and Britain to Kiev to use long-range missiles.

President Tayyip Erdogan called Donald Trump a "friend" in welcoming his return to the White House, and invited him for a visit despite longstanding strains in Turkish-US ties including some rooted in Trump's first term as president.

Here are some of the rifts between Washington and Ankara:

Defense, sanctions, NATO

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