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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has announced a transitional government, a key milestone in the move away from decades of Assad family rule and improving Syria’s ties with the West.Syria’s new Islamist-led authorities have been under pressure by the West and Arab countries to form a government that is more inclusive of the country’s diverse ethnic and religious communities.That pressure increased following the killings of hundreds of Alawite civilians – the minority sect from which toppled leader Bashar al-Assad hails – in violence along Syria’s western coast earlier this month.Mohammed Yosr Bernieh was named finance minister while Hind Kabawat, a Christian…

“We expect a response, a serious response. We are working to ensure there is a strong reaction, especially from America, Europe and all those in the world who rely on diplomacy.” The US has brokered two ceasefires over the past week, one designed to allow shipping through the Black Sea, the other intended to stop attacks on energy targets. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of violating the accord on energy sites. In his remarks, Zelenskyy also said he spoke to Ukraine’s top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, about the situation along the 1,000 km front line in the war,…

Angry demonstrators demand the Israeli government secure the release of captives held in Gaza.There have been more large protests in Israel, demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conclude a captives-for-prisoners exchange deal with Hamas. There are about 58 captives still held in Gaza, 34 of whom the Israeli military says are dead. Family members of the captives and those supporting them rallied, with tensions rising between them and police in Tel Aviv on Saturday. People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of captives held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel [Maya Alleruzzo/AP]…

On the same day Vice President JD Vance visited Greenland, President Donald Trump posted a compelling video highlighting the strong historical bonds between the Arctic nation and the United States.The 90-second video touts past U.S. military efforts to defend and protect Greenland during World War II when the U.S. suffered hundreds of casualties after a Nazi U-boat torpedoed and sank the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester.The U-boat struck in the dead of night on Feb. 3, 1943, killing dozens instantly while hundreds more succumbed to the icy waters of the Atlantic, according to the Defense Department. The incident is remembered for…

Three hundred and four days is a long time for a footballer to go without playing in a game. And 1,135 days must feel like a lifetime for a striker to go without scoring.The former Real Madrid forward Mariano Diaz ended both of those personal droughts within the first 20 minutes of a friendly between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico this week.Mariano made 84 appearances for Madrid over two spells between 2016 and 2023, scoring 12 times. He then joined fellow La Liga side Sevilla in 2023 but left them last summer and has been without a club since.He…

Dramatic video captured the aftermath of a home being engulfed in flames after a small plane crashed into the residence near Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon.A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed to Fox News Digital that just before 12:30 pm, a SOCATA TBM7 crashed in a residential area in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.”We do not yet know how many people were on board,” the FAA said, adding that the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will continue to investigate the crash.The plane departed from Des Moines International Airport in Iowa and was headed to Anoka County-Blaine Airport…

There are fresh hopes for a ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas accepted a proposal from mediators that includes the release of five Israeli hostages each week.

Aubonrat Setnawet, an electrician’s helper, was working with her husband on the 23rd floor of a new office tower on the northern edge of Bangkok moments before disaster struck.She needed to get some equipment, so she took the construction elevator to the ground floor. Suddenly, she felt the ground sway beneath her and, with two sharp cracking sounds, the unfinished building began to collapse.With her cellphone in hand, she ran to escape the falling debris as a huge dust cloud rose. She tried calling her husband, Nuguy Setnawet, an electrician, but her calls did not go through.Since then, she has…

An expired patent — previously held by Vanguard — may spark a shake-up in the exchange-traded fund industry.Wall Street saw the patent as critical to Vanguard’s success because it saved an enormous amount of money in taxes. Now, the firm’s ETF competitors could get a chance to use it, too.”It’s really a game changer,” BNY Mellon’s global head of ETFs’ Ben Slavin told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week.Vanguard’s patent expired in 2023. How it works: Investors can access the same portfolio of stocks through two different formats: a mutual fund and an ETF. The portfolio has the same managers and the same…

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a preliminary injunction Friday that blocks the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau. “The court cannot look away or the CFPB will be dissolved and dismantled completely in approximately thirty days, well before this lawsuit has come to its conclusion,” she wrote in a 112-page decision.Her order keeps the CFPB in existence until the case has been resolved on the merits. It also reinstates the agency’s contracts, workforce, data and operational capacity.Jackson ruled that, without a court order, President Trump’s administration would move quickly to shut down the agency that Congress…