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Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

President Trump says that a deal with Iran to end the war is largely negotiated. And, Pope Leo XIV weighed in today on the rise of AI during his first encyclical.(Image credit: Brendan Smialowski) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

President Trump and other administration officials are tempering expectations raised of an imminent agreement to end the war in Iran while Iranian officials have signaled there are still disagreements on key issues.(Image credit: AFP via Getty Images) Article...

In the male-dominated world of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, a martial arts teacher offers women a way to empowerment.(Image credit: Aline Deschamps for NPR) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

Her abduction at age 14 drew international attention. After her rescue, Smart says she struggled with feeling shame around her body. Bodybuilding has helped her see herself differently.(Image credit: Kim Raff for NPR) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

After Venezuela's promised release of hundreds of political prisoners failed to materialize, opponents of the current U.S.-backed interim government demand their freedom and call for elections. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related regional tensions.(Image credit: Altaf Qadri) Article Attribution |...

The journey by taxi last year with her female cousin - covered from head to toe, only their eyes visible, as the rules decree - was an exceptional thing to do, and risky in Afghanistan, where at any moment they might be caught by the Taliban inspectors enforcing rules...

CBS News, the BBC's US partner, has reported that US intelligence believes Iran's supreme leader - who was injured in an Israeli strike on the first day of the war - is holed up in an undisclosed location, making communication with his envoys difficult and therefore...

Trump said on Saturday that an agreement would include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, without giving further details. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

U.S. and Iran are nearing a tentative deal to end the conflict, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and curb Tehran's uranium stockpile — though major details remain unresolved. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

As both the US and Iran signal a peace deal is near, Robert Kagan, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the U.S. will likely come out weaker than before the war. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source