Joyous welcome for Pope Francis in Qaraqosh, a Christian village occupied to ISIS. A man told me today for him was like Jesus entering Jerusalem

There are costs to letting a virus run wild. Mutations are one of them.

U.S. reaches 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus

Covid Mutants is now online: on coronavirus variants. Why, how and what they mean.

Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business

‘An institution of torture’: Why the conviction of a low-ranking Syria regime official in Germany matters: it marks the first time that a Syrian regime official was convicted of crimes against humanity for acts perpetrated during the civil conflict

The U.S. Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the second time the Biden administration has deployed a warship in the channel that separates China and Taiwan. China immediately criticized the move. @dandeluce 

Syria strike: Sr US official told @NBCNews  The strike was aimed at sending a message to iran and its militias. The message is that the US will not tolerate harassment and rocket attacks. It is the stick, the official said, of the carrot and stick of diplomacy and deterrence.

Honor guard awaiting Pope’s arrival in Baghdad on historic trip to Iraq. Coming up on � @TODAYshow ⁩