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Although Iran has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world, it finds itself in a full blown energy emergency, coming just as it also suffers major geopolitical setbacks.

President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night -- and a fake political address.

The latest deadly assault on a beloved German tradition illustrates the challenge of holiday safety.

Francis urged the Vatican inner circle to bless more and talk less badly of others. It wasn't the first time he had used the occasion to scold them.

Today, your highly personal, hyperspecific best-ofs of 2024.

Chrystia Freeland's departure this week recalls the 2019 SNC-Lavalin affair, in which Jody Wilson-Raybould quit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet after a demotion.

A popular restaurant in Buenos Aires is staffed almost entirely by workers with neurological challenges, tapping into often-overlooked talent and harnessing their skills.

Canada's prime minister gained global renown 10 years ago for his unabashedly progressive politics. But at home, voters turned sour on him long ago.

The Ukrainian energy network has been so battered by Russian attacks that officials are seeking out new options to prevent a crisis, like renting floating power plants and scavenging scrapped ones from the region.

At least four people were killed and more than 200 others injured after a driver rammed an SUV into a crowded Christmas market in eastern Germany.