China recently hosted the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, followed by a military parade to mark the defeat of Japan in World War II – all accompanied by bilateral meetings with leaders of several allied countries.

The Quebec government appears determined to move forward with its plans to promote secularism, despite criticism from religious minorities and human rights organizations.

Iranian reformists recently unveiled a roadmap for shifting the approach toward development from ideological conflicts.

Violent unrest has seized the south of Syria in recent days in Suwayda, where government forces, Bedouin tribes and militias from the Druse minority have clashed.

In Syria, children’s identities were erased in the basements of the Assad regime's prison, then further obscured by placing them in care institutions and tampering with their official documents.