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After helping to oust the prime minister last week, the far-right leader has made clear her next target is President Emmanuel Macron.

Israeli ground forces have overtly crossed into Syrian territory for the first time since the 1973 October War, passing the demilitarized border zone, two Israeli officials said.

While a deal was not yet in hand, a crack in the stalemate comes after Israel and Hezbollah reached a truce and President-elect Donald J. Trump ratcheted up the pressure for an agreement.

For Israel’s leaders, Bashar al-Assad’s downfall was made possible by their recent assaults on Hezbollah, Iran and Syria, all of which weakened the Iran-backed axis.

In a region “already on fire,” analysts say, rebels’ advance toward Damascus is a barometer of the shifting power dynamics that also affect nations like Iran, Turkey, Russia and the United States.

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said he had ordered troops to “take over” the zone between his country and Syria.

A presidential election has been called off, but the discontent that propelled the surging campaign of a rightist firebrand rages on.

A British group is pushing for more companies to offer their workers shorter hours. Here’s what it looks like for two companies willing to test it out.

In a remote Congolese town, a medical mystery led to the discovery of alarming changes in the mpox virus and, eventually, to a global health emergency.

The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad’s key backers come amid a resurgent rebel offensive.