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The convictions bring to an end France’s largest ever rape trial, which has shocked the country and world.

Judges have delivered verdicts on the defendants in a case that turned a 72-year-old woman into a feminist icon.

In an interview with Jeremy Bowen, the leader of the rebel group HTS says sanctions on Syria should be lifted.

A 29-year-old Uzbekistan citizen has been detained over the death of Kirillov and his assistant, state media says.

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was reportedly leaving a residential block when a nearby scooter exploded.

These would be the first reported casualties since North Korea sent troops to support Russia in October.

Officials say the suspect, a teenaged student at the school in Madison, is also among the dead.

As Israel unveils plans to expand its Golan Heights settlements, Syrians living nearby say they want an end to conflict.

A local official warns the full extent of the damage is still being assessed, with entire communities devastated.

Video appears to show one of the tankers broken in half and sinking amid a heavy storm, with oil visible…

The five remaining members of the drug ring have returned home after almost 20 years in Indonesian prison.

The network will also publish a statement expressing “regret” for statements by George Stephanopoulos.

Thousands of protesters celebrated the vote on the streets of Seoul, with singing and fireworks.

The BBC’s Jean Mackenzie explains what happens next following the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.

After 16 days of pro-EU protests, a former Manchester City footballer is set be appointed president.

François Bayrou will be the fourth prime minister this year, after Michel Barnier was ousted last week.

Donald Trump has promised to keep America out of the Middle East, but Assad’s dramatic fall has upended the region’s…

BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen finds Syrians desperate for answers about the missing and a reckoning for their killers.

Travis Timmerman told CBS that he was detained upon entering Syria seven months ago.

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani also said he would dissolve the former regime’s security forces, in a statement seen by Reuters.

Armed men are seen celebrating in Hafez al-Assad’s burning mausoleum in the family’s hometown.

The BBC has verified videos showing blasts in the Syrian port of Latakia, as Israel conducts strikes across Syria.

Hamza al-Khatib, 13, was arrested at a 2011 anti-government rally and tortured – but Assad’s downfall has not brought his…

Netanyahu becomes Israel’s first serving leader to take the stand as a defendant in a criminal case.

The 26-year-old man was taken into custody at a McDonald’s in the town of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday.

The 79-year-old leader’s bleed stems from an injury he sustained during a fall in October.

Israel says it is acting to stop weapons falling “into the hands of extremists” following the end of Assad’s regime.

Rebels say they have entered the capital Damascus and that President Bashar al-Assad has fled.

The city is strategically important to the government, which is also at risk of losing the capital, Damascus.

Rumours surround the whereabouts of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as rebels make advances into the capital city’s suburbs.

Lawmakers narrowly failed to pass a bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law on Tuesday.

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law announcement left many Koreans with one thought: not again.

The sudden offensive could become the biggest threat to Syria’s president in 13 years of civil war.

Homs is the next city south on the road from Aleppo to Damascus, which the rebels have vowed to reach.