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President Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied on the country's feared security forces.

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message urged "all people of all nations" to find courage "to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions" plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia.

Fan fiction — unsanctioned, unofficially published works based on popular novels or films — was intentionally never mainstream. The coming months will see a trio of titles by popular Draco and Hermione — Dramione — fanfic authors.

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

"Musk is Tesla and Tesla is Musk," one analyst wrote in a recent note. Musk's reign has catapulted the car company to enormous success. But it also carries serious risks, a judge recently concluded.

She is the last of President Trump's cabinet nominees to get final approval from the U.S. Senate.

The move is an escalation in President Trump's effort to increase deportations from the U.S. and strip protections from those who violate the new administration's priorities.

A French politician suggested the two countries no longer share the values that inspired the gift more than a century ago. The White House sharply rejected his request, which he described as symbolic.

The new Hulu show takes a close look at the struggle by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi to overcome vocal problems which nearly led him to quit the band.

Hunter Biden dropped the lawsuit he had brought against Fox News citing New York state's "revenge porn" statutes. One day later, a district judge dismissed a disinformation expert's defamation suit against Fox.