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On Sunday, people across Syria will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the uprising that, in late 2024, put an end to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.On March 15, 2011, antigovernment protesters descended onto the streets of Deraa, Damascus and Aleppo.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAfter Tunisia and Egypt, the Arab Spring had arrived in Syria.Many of the initial demonstrations erupted after news emerged of the arrest and torture of teenage boys from Deraa, in southwestern Syria. The boys were arrested for painting anti-Assad graffiti.As the protests grew to demand democratic reforms and the release of political prisoners, al-Assad and…

Adobe said CEO Shantanu Narayen will step down after a successor has been appointed, and he will remain as the design software company’s chair. Shares tumbled 7% in extended trading. Narayen joined Adobe in 1998 as a vice president and general manager, and he became CEO in 2007. Under Narayen, Adobe pushed from software licenses to subscriptions to its Creative Cloud application bundle, and the company is now working to expand through generative artificial intelligence. He sought to acquire fast-growing design software company Figma, but regulators pushed back, and the companies called off the deal, resulting in Adobe paying Figma…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four suspected terror attacks have taken place in the United States since the Department of Homeland Security was defunded in a partial government shutdown last month, including one in the state of Michigan where Fox News Digital reached out to all the major Senate candidates if they support funding DHS.Republican Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says he would be a “Yes” vote to re-open DHS and told Fox News Digital in an interview that “we needed all hands on deck” when the United States engaged in “defanging Iran”…

Melbourne City have claimed a hard-fought 3-1 win over Canberra United to go four points clear at the top of the A-League Women table.

China’s state-run China Daily newspaper in an editorial called for continuity in the US-China dialogue as a “stabilising anchor” amid the uncertainty of the “ongoing crisis in the Middle East” and the best way to address specific differences on issues including strategic materials, technology, market access and agriculture.”In a moment like this, the last thing the world needs is a trade war between its two largest economies,” China Daily said.       TRADE TRUCE REVIEWThe two sides are expected to review their progress in meeting commitments under the October 2025 trade truce declared by Trump and Xi in Busan, South Korea. The deal forestalled…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jim Irsay collected several pieces of iconic sports memorabilia during his lifetime.The late Indianapolis Colts owner’s collection was offered in a live online auction at Christie’s, an art and luxury auction house. From Thursday through Saturday, the collection generated more than $93 million at auction, far exceeding its pre-auction $40 million estimate.Aside from the coveted music pieces, the sports-themed items in Irsay’s collection sold at auction included Secretariat’s 1973 Triple Crown saddle, Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers jersey he wore when he scored his NHL record 500th goal and one of Jackie Robinson’s…

NewsFeedIran has held a funeral for the country’s most influential defence figure, Ali Shamkhani, who was killed in Israeli-US strikes on February 28. Shamkhani was a key figure in Iran nuclear talks, chief of the country’s Defence Council and advisor to the late Supreme Leader. He lost a leg in an Israeli assassination attempt last June.Published On 15 Mar 202615 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Bumble — Bumble shares popped about 21% after the dating app reported strong adjusted EBITDA and revenue results for its fourth quarter. Its first-quarter adjusted EBITDA guidance also beat analyst consensus expectations, per FactSet. Netskope — Shares of the security and networking company plunged 17% on the back of weak guidance. Netskope said it expects to see an adjusted loss between 6 cents and 7 cents per share for the first quarter, while analysts polled by FactSet expected 6 cents per share. The company also sees a greater loss for the…

Washington — One year ago, Rebecca Ferguson-Ondrey and Drew Ruby-Howe were abruptly terminated from their jobs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.They are among more than 300,000 workers to leave the federal government as part of cuts by the second Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.Ferguson-Ondrey said she did not cope well in those initial days.”There were a lot of tears, sitting my kids down and telling them that I had been fired from my job…That was really difficult to have those conversations,” Ferguson-Ondrey told CBS News.But it was a personal conversation between Ferguson-Ondrey and Ruby-Howe that led to a…

The Paparazzi: Once making big money, now a casualty of social media – CBS News Watch CBS News The Academy Awards are on Sunday night and Hollywood’s biggest stars will be under the watchful eye of the paparazzi. Barry Petersen reports that those who once made a lot of money for their shots are no longer.