European fears about the U.S. pulling its troops from the continent have been brewing for some time, with the head of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, saying: "The U.S. will likely ...

The European Parliament has condemned Turkish legal action against mayors from opposition parties, and called for municipal officials who have been detained in recent weeks to be released, acquitted ...

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An ambitious new AI project has begun to take shape in Europe, with the aim of developing open-source AI models that support the region’s 24 official languages and more—while also complying as much as ...

In the face of uncertainty about Canada’s relationship with the United States, some have been proposing an alternative path: ...

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In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

European and Gulf Arab states share common interests in Syria – they should work closely together to ensure a stable ...

Book on Sale Feb. 4, preorder here In 2020, in the thick of the pandemic, travel writer and Edmonds local Rick Steves found ...

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...