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KABUL, Afghanistan - A city at war, the Afghan capital is among the ugliest in the world.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A city at war, the Afghan capital is among the ugliest in the world.

Julien MacDonald, who counts Lucy Hale , Selena Gomez andTaylor Swift among his red carpet fans, is gearing up to present his first-ever menswear pieces at the upcoming London Fashion Week, and he’s already aiming high as to who he would like to see wearing his new collection. “It isn’t a gentleman,” MacDonald told WWD of his target customer. “It’s almost like a unisex of kind of fashion, really. So I think it’s interesting but it’s not a tailored gentleman.

Russian president talks of desire for "international coalition" to fight terrorism and extremism and does not rule out possibility of direct military intervention in Syria

Russian president talks of desire for "international coalition" to fight terrorism and extremism and does not rule out possibility of direct military intervention in Syria

Marilyn Malara
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Melissa Rivers honored her mother, Joan Rivers, in a message posted onto the late comedian's official Twitter feed on the first anniversary of her death.

There are three words no man should ever have to say at a bachelor party: "Table for one."

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Charities and drugmakers attack NHS move to delist therapies from specialist fund

TORONTO - The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday dismissed an attempt by oil giant Chevron to block Ecuadorian villagers from using an Ontario court to collect billions in damages over rainforest pollution.

AMMAN, Jordan - The cash-strapped World Food Program has had to drop one-third of Syrian refugees from its food voucher program in Middle Eastern host countries this year, including 229,000 in Jordan who stopped receiving food aid in September, a spokeswoman said Friday.

The sharp cutbacks come at a time when growing numbers of desperate Syrians who initially found refuge in neighboring countries are trying to reach Europe. Since 2011, more than 4 million Syrians fled their country's civil war, most settling in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. No major donors have come forward, she said. Since the beginning of the year, the agency reduced the number of voucher recipients in the regional host countries from 2.1 million to around 1.4 million and sharply reduced the value of the vouchers.

Richard Tomkins
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received a $20 million contract for services related the electromagnetic railgun program.

Business World Columnist Holman Jenkins Jr. marks the September holiday with a look at the state of the American worker. Photo credit: Getty Images.

You want one. You know you do. And here's why.

The post Check Out the Adorable BB-8 Toy Robot in Action appeared first on WIRED.

One day after word of a new 25th anniversary version of Garth Brooks’ classic “Friends in Low Places” surfaced, plans for the song’s release -- and...

American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats Project Director Fred Kagan says Congress should make clear the nuclear deal doesn’t lift sanctions on terrorists. Photo credit: Getty Images.

The giant retailer is testing a new program to train entry-level service workers, with potentially far-reaching implications for employment and upward mobility nationwide.

Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on the political fallout from the failed Minsk accord, and the state of play in the country’s eastern regions. Photo credit: Getty Images.

It's not easy for a kid to start over in a new town with a new school and new peers. Sometimes, it's not easy for a kid, period.

Those responsible for the worst crimes committed in Central African Republic have yet to be arrested, the UN’s human rights chief says.

CRESSKILL, New Jersey - Two Coast Guard Auxiliary members were identified Friday as the occupants of a small plane that crashed onto a recreation field hours before kids' sports practices were set to begin.

In Europe's refugee crisis, quantities abound: the number of people fleeing, the changing quotas of those allowed into which countries, death tolls from sunken ships. But numbers cannot put a face on human suffering.  To better understand what it means when streams of men, women and children flee war and violence of Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Nigeria and many, many other countries, you have to look at the people themselves. Here are a few brief glimpses into their lives.

John Dizard on an obscure boom in the market for generation capacity