Ahmed al-Sharaa, once branded a terrorist by the US, became the first Syrian leader to visit the White House. 

​Ahmed al-Sharaa, once branded a terrorist by the US, became the first Syrian leader to visit the White House.  

Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “Flesh,” the story of an ordinary man’s life over several decades in which what isn’t on the page is just as important as what is.

US President Donald Trump on Monday praised a “very good” compromise deal to end the longest-ever government shutdown, after several Democratic senators broke ranks to join Republicans.