A momentous week as Syria celebrates lifting U.S. sanctions and a year without Assad A man lights a flare during celebrations marking the first anniversary of the ousting of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Clock Square, Homs, western Syria, Monday....

2025 viral moments: Social media conversations that grabbed India's attention this yearThe Met Museum/Vogue/GettyShah Rukh Khan's Met Gala debut and Harmanpreet Kaur's World Cup win were among India's viral momentsWith millions of posts uploaded every day, India's social media churns out a viral moment almost on cue. If you've lost track of what thrilled - and infuriated - users in 2025,...

Path of Exile 2 introduces a groundbreaking approach to world design that completely transforms the traditional action RPG experience. Moving beyond static environments and predictable encounters, Grinding Gear Games has created a dynamically evolving world where player choices resonate throughout the entire gameplay experience, making each journey through Wraeclast genuinely unique. The game's...

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev: Putin propagandist or key to peace with Ukraine?Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and BBC MonitoringBloomberg via Getty ImagesKirill Dmitriev has played a prominent role in Russia's return from diplomatic isolation in 2025Kirill Dmitriev is a rare breed of Russian diplomat.At 50 he is relatively young and he has a deep understanding of the US, having studied and...

Previously unseen images of Jeffrey Epstein's island releasedWatch: Newly released video of Jeffrey Epstein's private island homeDemocrats on the House Oversight Committee have released never-before-seen images of Jeffrey Epstein's infamous island. The photographs and video appear to show several bedrooms in the US Virgin Islands home, as well as a room with masks on a wall and a phone with...