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The former leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia, Goran Hadzic, has died. He was 58.

If elected president, Donald Trump would be the only head of state in the world to contend that climate change is a hoax, according to a study.

An Army deserter who prosecutors say made statements supporting the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty to a charge that he possessed machine guns.

Paul Feig’s new “Ghostbusters” movie has been one of the most scrutinized of the year, with a flood of pre-release debate over the need for an update. Then there’s that much-disliked trailer.

Hillary Clinton is considering retired Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis to be her vice presidential running mate, according to a person familiar with the vetting process.

When Adam Devine was 10 years old, he was run over by a cement truck. He was biking to the convenience store with his friend to go get some Big League Chew. And when he went to cross the street, he was hit by the 32-ton vehicle. Taken under the first two tires and spit out.

Before most people could recognize Jenny Slate’s face, they knew her voice. Because before she appeared on “Girls” or “Parks and Recreation” or “House of Cards” or starred in “Obvious Child,” it was her animated short “Marcel the Shell With the Shoes On” that endeared her to fans. In the 2010 viral hit, Slate gave voice to a bashful shell who sounded like a whiny baby but was somehow still adorabl

Much of the conversation around the gender-swapped remake of “Ghostbusters” has been protests from (mostly) male fans of the original, who don’t want to see women in the roles popularized by Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson in the 1984 original. But what’s the fun in re-creating a direct facsimile of a piece of art or entertainment? This version, directed by Paul Feig, written with Katie Dippold, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, proves... Читать дальше...

Bryan Cranston is an actor, you know what I mean? Capital A. He relishes the work, probably because it took him a decade or two, pre-"Breaking Bad," to snag the roles he deserved. (Guest stints on "CHiPs" and "Hill Street Blues" came a long time ago.) With that voice of steel and a face that can go from hangdog to top dog in 0.3 seconds flat, Cranston is gleefully capable of chewing scenery with the best of them -- I believe he's still picking little bits of "Trumbo" out of his teeth -- but at this busy point in his career... Читать дальше...

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has used his new authority to “proactively” target Taliban fighters nearly daily in recent weeks, he told reporters Tuesday.

A French court has found the state responsible for the death of a soldier murdered by an Islamic radical who killed seven people in attacks on a Jewish school and French paratroopers in the Toulouse region in 2012.

Embassies and aid organizations in South Sudan were trying to evacuate staff from the capital, Juba, on Tuesday as a precarious calm settled over the city following several days of deadly clashes.

To retired Gen. John Kelly and many other current and former military, the brass who are weighing in on the 2016 campaign with critiques or endorsements are breaking down a sacred wall between the military and civilian politics that helps maintain the "tell it like it is" integrity of one of the most trusted institutions in the United States.

In some ways, the tough-talking general could make an ideal running mate for Trump. The two men speak with one voice against President Barack Obama's approach to the Islamic State group and the need for tighter border security. If only it were that simple.

The Holocaust Museum, along with many other landmarks, is a "PokéStop" within the game — a place where players can get free in-game items. There are three PokéStops associated with various parts of the museum.

The Holocaust Museum, along with many other landmarks, is a "PokéStop" within the game — a place where players can get free in-game items. There are three PokéStops associated with various parts of the museum

The Israeli military came under criticism Tuesday for appointing a new chief rabbi who in the past has disparaged female soldiers and once appeared to justify the rape of non-Jewish enemies.

Walter J. Furlong, a highly decorated World War II bomber turret gunner who flew 40 missions and survived being shot down four times, died June 22 from complications from a stroke. He was 92.

It was an unprecedented opportunity. The Islamic State had learned to avoid massing in large numbers to avoid airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition. Now the militants were clustered in a traffic jam south of the city in what appeared to be a panicked retreat from Fallujah.

The body of Staff Sgt. Halex Hale, the airman who went missing 10 days ago near Aviano Air Base, has been found in a river near where he disappeared, officials said Tuesday.

Exxon Mobil Corp. is refuting claims by Nigerian oil militants that they have blown up an Exxon pipeline in Akwa Ibom state.

Businesses worth millions of dollars have sustained major destruction in Yemen's year-long conflict either by the Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels or ground fighting and random shelling by the rival parties, an international rights group said Monday.

Gen. Joseph Votel, who oversees U.S. Central Command, was on board the USS New Orleans as five Iranian vessels — four fast inland attack craft and one larger fast attack craft — approached the New Orleans and guided-missile destroyer USS Stout.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch is testifying before Congress amid a roiling national debate over police violence and as House Republicans seek a Justice Department perjury investigation of Hillary Clinton.

Can Hillary Clinton approach the level of enthusiasm that Obama achieved with young voters? And can Donald Trump persuade older voters that he’s not a big risk?