Giving the gift of music is always a winner for the holidays — concert tickets, vinyl albums, gift cards and even earplugs. Some music lovers appreciate reading about their favorite artists or obsessing over photos of them. Here are some suggestions from this year’s crop of music books. In the year of the Brat (Charli XCX), Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift is still the queen. …

High fashion on a Brooklyn stoop. Cyberpunk steez at the Paris Olympics. Fisherman sandals with a tux on the red carpet. In 2024 our biggest dressers reaffirmed that style inspiration can—and should—strike anywhere.

For Israel’s leaders, Bashar al-Assad’s downfall was made possible by their recent assaults on Hezbollah, Iran and Syria, all of which weakened the Iran-backed axis.

Powerful images have emerged showing Syrians, including women and young children, being freed in the hours after the Assad regime was toppled by rebels.

Syrians across the Middle East celebrate the fall of the al-Assad regime and express hope to return to their homeland.