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Syrian rebels in besieged eastern Aleppo called on Wednesday for an immediate five-day ceasefire and the evacuation of civilians and wounded.

TIRANA, Albania — The United States embassy in Tirana says Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan visited Albania to discuss terrorism along with a variety of other bilateral and international issues.

When an NBA player said he wouldn't go to the White House if invited by Donald Trump, it set off the former Vikings quarterback, who didn't quite get his facts right.

In Thursday’s “Swim Survivor Zen Talk” episode of Life in Pieces, Heather finds out she’s going to have to have the big talk — the big talk — with tween daughter Sophia after some misinformation from one of her friends has Sophia thinking she’s pregnant. In the clip above, Sophia says she’s got tummy issues, and when Heather and hubs Tim ask what’s wrong, Sophia says she thinks she might be pregnant because, as her friend Molly told her could happen, she sat on the toilet for more than a minute. Читать дальше...

The U.N. plans to secure 120,000 spots for civilians fleeing Mosul by the end of this year. Official estimates put the upper limit of potential capacity in the area at about 470,000 - well short of the 700,000 who may flee in a worst-case scenario.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, whose last command included oversight of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, to run the Department of Homeland Security, people close … Click to Continue »

The Cast-Iron Chef

A recipe for a classic cheeseburger done right, any time of year

It's easy to mess up a mushroom and Swiss burger, but it's also not hard to get it right. Here's a recipe for wild mushroom and venison cheeseburgers.

Military leaders are trying to fix the lengthy, inconsistent process for investigating senior officers accused of misconduct, The Associated Press has learned. They are seeking to change a hodgepodge system … Click to Continue »

Emma M. Ashford

Security, Americas

It’s a seductively simple theory that purports to explain a complex world.

If there is one common thread that connects President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign-policy appointments, it is the belief that the United States is engaged in a civilizational war against “radical Islamic terrorism.” Indeed, while Trump himself—with his ambivalence towards books—may not even know it, the incoming administration seems to have fully embraced the ideas of Samuel Huntington... Читать дальше...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The United States embassy in Tirana says Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan visited Albania to discuss terrorism along with a variety of other bilateral and international issues.

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States has returned to the Italian government a recovered marble statue that was stolen more than three decades ago.

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States has returned to the Italian government a recovered marble statue that was stolen more than three decades ago.

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States has returned to the Italian government a recovered marble statue that was stolen more than three decades ago.

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States has returned to the Italian government a recovered marble statue that was stolen more than three decades ago.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Defense attorneys say a Portland Timbers defender who was arrested on intoxicated driving charges shouldn’t have been asked to perform a field sobriety test.

Toshiro Mifune was one of the top global stars of the 1950s — back when movie stars were larger than life — and his work is so intertwined with film history that it’s amazing that no one, in the West at least, has made a documentary about him before now. Berkeley filmmaker Steven Okazaki has stepped forward to fill that void with “Mifune — The Last Samurai,” a heartfelt and admiring look at the Japanese icon’s career. Actress Kyoko Kagawa, one of the great actresses of Japan’s golden age, who co-starred... Читать дальше...

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President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the sprawling Transportation Department made $1.2 million from Wells Fargo's board, while overseeing the bank during the period it has admitted to creating millions of fake accounts.

Knowing the ending in advance is usually considered detrimental to effective filmmaking, but a smart director and screenwriter can use foreknowledge to their advantage, if they work it right. The first half of the film is short on dialogue, but eloquent in storytelling as a young Indian boy named Saroo (Sunny Pawar) gets separated from his older brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate) one night, winds up on a decommissioned train and ends up a thousand miles from home in Kolkata (Calcutta). Unable to... Читать дальше...

That must make him SO mad.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) gave an emotional farewell on the Senate floor on Wednesday. She expressed excitement for Kamala Harris to take her seat, and heartbreak about the presidential election. Boxer said she knows that the unfinished work will continue through the passion of her colleagues, stressing the importance of working across party lines. … Click to Continue »

NEW YORK — The United States has returned to the Italian government a recovered marble statue that was stolen more than three decades ago.