Brazilian President Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva is recovering in an ICU after undergoing surgery to drain an intracranial hemorrhage following a fall at home in October.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was finally toppled after 13 years of civil war, having ruled Syria since 2000. The world's attention turns to Assad's unaccounted stockpile of chemical weapons.
Taiwan is raising concerns about a massive deployment of Chinese naval ships and military planes in the past 24 hours, saying the build-up could eventually lead to war.
President Biden angered some critics when he seemed to claim his administration's Mideast policies led to the downfall of Syria's Bashar Assad on Sunday.
The Taliban issued a new directive that bans women from studying at medical institutions, effectively shutting out women from becoming nurses and midwives.
Analysts and commentators say the collapse of Syria's Bashar al-Assad's regime is likely to reshape the power dynamics in the Middle East while signaling a critical shift in influence among world powers.