Looking at a world map feels simple. Each country seems to sit neatly on one continent. But geography loves surprises. Some countries stretch across t.

Syrian Kurdish leaders have appealed to Kurds to mobilise, a call likely to resonate broadly among Kurds, ​who form sizeable ...

Diplomacy prides itself on nuance, yet there are moments when nuance collapses under the weight of geography. Israel's recognition of Somaliland was not a symbolic flourish; it was a geopolitical ...

The rapid turn of events has brought almost all of Syria back under the authority of the central Damascus-based state ...

A team of Vietnamese builders has surprised the global gaming community by winning MrBeast's international Minecraft building challenge, earning a perfect score from the world's most-subscribed ...

In a rare disagreement with Washington, Israel has objected to the makeup of the committee Trump has tasked with overseeing ...

Syrian government troops tightened their grip on Monday across a swathe of northern and eastern territory abruptly abandoned ...

The "board of peace", chaired by Trump, will be tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of Gaza after a fragile ceasefire ...

Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive.

President Donald Trump was joined by a small number of world leaders on Thursday as he signed the charter of his "Board of ...