President Ahmed al-Shara vowed to be inclusive, but the way crucial decisions have been made has left some Syrians wary.

Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face questions on her 2017 visit to Syria at her confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence Thursday.

In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ...

Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko moved the 2025 presidential election to January to avoid protests, ensuring a likely seventh term. Lukashenko relies heavily on Russian support ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure ...

It drew directly from the strongman’s playbook to win over Trump. To save TikTok, ByteDance acted like a cyber-dictator and a bully. Firstly, ByteDance did away with the soft power approach.

From the moment he rode down that golden escalator in Trump Tower nearly a decade ago, Donald J. Trump reshaped the nation’s politics — and he continues to do so today with his hodgepodge of ...

In Zahedan, protesters held demonstrations carrying placards that read: “The fall of Syria’s dictator heralds the collapse of religious fascism in Iran.” From their inception to the present ...

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. That sort of cowardice and compliance is necessary for dictators to take control, for nations to falter and for bad, bad things to happen. And cowardice and ...

Dive into the lives of history's most infamous leaders, from Joseph Stalin to other ruthless dictators. Explore their rise to power, the decisions they made, and the dark legacies they left behind.

Simple History Good Things Evil Dictators Did Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: January 15, 2025 Believe it or not, dictators weren’t all bad all the time… just 99% of it. In between ...