The American-backed offensive to recapture Iraq's biggest dam stalled Monday, as fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham rigged part of the area with booby traps and remotely triggered bombs. Whilst a series of air strikes by American F-18 fighter ...

In her screen debut as Slim Browning in To Have and Have Not, Lauren Bacall is looking for a match. She wears a gingham check skirt suit, tailored within a whispery coo of her model figure — darted at the waist with a skirt cut on the bias that emphasizes ...

VORONEZH, Russia — Hundreds of Russian trucks carrying aid intended for rebel-held eastern Ukraine remained parked Wednesday in the southern city of Voronezh, their fate shrouded in mystery as Ukraine accused Moscow of plotting to use them as a ...

VORONEZH, Russia — Hundreds of Russian trucks carrying aid intended for rebel-held eastern Ukraine remained parked Wednesday in the southern city of Voronezh, their fate shrouded in mystery as Ukraine accused Moscow of plotting to use them as a ...

FERGUSON, Mo. — Nights of unrest have vied with calls for calm in a St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teenager was killed by police, while the community is still pressing for answers about the weekend shooting. Hundreds of residents packed two ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. AP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service.

CAIRO, Egypt — Militias fighting for control of the airport in Libya's capital agreed to a 24-hour cease-fire to allow firefighters to battle an out-of-control fire at its oil depot, authorities said Tuesday. The cease-fire agreement, reached late Monday night and ...

Hamas is attempting to negotiate a new arms deal with North Korea for missiles and communications commitment that will allow it to maintain its offensive against Israel, according to Western security sources. National Post Graphics. Security officials say the ...

On Thursday, Universal released the first official trailer for 50 Shades of Grey, the movie based on the unbelievably successful book of the same name by E.L. James. In the film, Jamie Dornan stars as Christian Grey, the BDSM-loving business magnate who ...

A year ago today, the Royal family got a little big bigger when the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to her first child, Prince George. One of the most-anticipated babies in history, the British throne's third-in-line has not disappointed Royal watchers during his ...

For unknown athletes, the tricky part about success is that, sooner or later, they become known. Nobodies win by exceeding low expectations. Somebodies lose unless they meet the highest. For rising teenage tennis phenoms, losing in the Australian Open ...

Eugenie Bouchard can be No. 1 in the world, says former Canadian star Carling Bassett-Seguso. The only Canadian woman to achieve a world top-10 ranking in tennis is watching Eugenie Bouchard's run at Wimbledon with great interest.

The Palestinians accused Israeli extremists of abducting and killing an Arab teenager and burning his body Wednesday, sparking hours of clashes in east Jerusalem and drawing charges that the youth was murdered to avenge the killings of three kidnapped ...

Transformers: Age of Extinction. Rating: Director: Michael Bay. Writing Credit: Ehren Kruger. Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Nicola Peltz. Rated: PG; length of movie may offend reasonable people. Genre: Science-fiction/action. Duration: 166 minutes.

Iraqi President Nouri Al-Maliki lauded Syria Thursday for sending fighter jets across the border to bomb Islamic insurgents that have swept across large sections of Iraq in recent weeks. “There was no co-ordination involved,” Al-Maliki told the BBC. “But we ...

Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he's sending military advisers to Iraq. The announcement — prompted by the advance toward Baghdad of rebel forces, led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — set off predictable reactions: Will ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing a range of options for countering the violent Islamic insurgency in Iraq, but he warned government leaders in Baghdad the U.S. will not take military action unless they move to address ...

What is a royal allowed to say in public? The four-day Canadian tour of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall has been thrust into the spotlight after the next in line to the British throne likened Russian leader Vladimir Putin to the Nazis' Adolf Hitler.

What is a royal allowed to say in public? The four-day Canadian tour of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall has been thrust into the spotlight after the next in line to the British throne likened Russian leader Vladimir Putin to the Nazis' Adolf Hitler.

The board of governors of the NBA will over the next few weeks decide whether the Clippers' Donald Sterling can remain a part of their exclusive club. The NBA Constitution, published online Wednesday, has become hot reading for those looking to ...