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It's the top-secret mission that never was: the US plan to oust Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2012. A former CIA agent named Douglas Laux reveals the Obama administration's paralysis -- and that of our European alli...

the Supreme Court just issued a split 4-to-4 decision, which means the lower-court ruling protecting unions stays in place for the time being. The case will likely wind up back before the court in the future, but for now...

An activist group held a "smoke-in" in front of the White House on Saturday in an effort to urge President Barack Obama to reschedule marijuana's current classification.

Argentine forensic experts who have studied a dump in southern Mexico where government officials claim the bodies of 43 missing students were burned said Saturday that results from a new investigation of the site are inc...

Small plane crashed on Southern California freeway on Saturday and struck a car, killing one person and injuring five others, authorities said A small plane that made headlines when it landed safely on a southern Califor...

Retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach was arrested early Sunday on a DUI charge in Portland, Oregon, ESPN reports. Booking records for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office show the 35-year-old was released. The sport's ...

Batman v Superman plunged 68.4% on its second weekend, giving it the seventh-biggest second-weekend drop for any major comic book movie on record.

Trump said he may not support the eventual Republican nominee

Pope Francis has announced a special collection to help people in Ukraine suffering amid conflict "who thirst for peace and reconciliation." …

An Islamic State affiliate in Saudi Arabia says its militants detonated two explosive devices in front of a police station in the city of al-Dalam, setting fire to three police vehicles. …

Just three 'symbolic' flights - to Turin, Athens and Faro - are scheduled but more destinations are to be added on Monday.

Australian officials say a piece of debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius will be examined by investigators to see if it came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. …

Flaunting assets on social media makes the world's wealthy an easy target for fraudsters - and financial investigators From selfies on super-yachts to posing with private jets, the young heirs of the uber-wealthy have at...

At least two dead and dozens wounded when train hit a backhoe on the track, fire official says.

Heart failure patients with clogged arteries have a better chance of surviving 10 years if they get bypass surgery plus medicine rather than just drugs alone, an international study found

Shehada Issa, charged with hate crime, had threatened son Amir, prosecutors say - but father calls killing self-defense after he found wife's body at home A Los Angeles man charged with fatally shooting his 29-year-old s...

Thousands of Poles are protesting a possible tightening of the country's abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe. …

Iraq's PM presented his new cabinet line-up to parliament, but political crisis is unlikely to go away.

Casualties on the rise in Afghan conflict, but EU plans to deport 80,000 refugees back to the wartorn country.

Aamer Anwar attacks 'climate of fear' after condemning extremism in wake of Asad Shah killing and recent terrorist attacks A prominent human rights lawyer has said he received death threats after calling for unity within...

Dissident republicans object to wall of remembrance that includes names of British soldiers alongside those of rebels A teenager has been arrested after fights broke out between Irish police and hardline republicans oppo...

Congress increasingly is being defined by what it's not doing this election year. The Senate returns this week with a strong majority of Republicans saying no to any consideration of President Barack Obama's nominee to t...