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Sandstorm envelopes Mideast, causing breathing problems, school closures

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Sunday sat down with ABC News's George Stephanopoulos for a tense exchange over Kim Davis.

An anti-war activist with the Code Pink movement interrupted former Vice President Dick Cheney in a Tuesday speech opposing the Iran nuclear agreement.

Stephen Feller
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Two studies with stroke patients who smoke cigarettes showed that a specific part of the brain, the insular cortex, may play a major role in addiction.

Trial begins for Colorado man accused of shoving wife from cliff during scenic hike

The trial of the formerly U.S.-backed dictator, accused of orchestrating the murder of 40,000 people and the torture of another 200,000, is an example of the emerging legal principle of ‘universal jurisdiction’

Civil unrest in Syria has sparked the biggest global displacement crisis in over two decades and a heated debate among European leaders over how many of the thousands of refugees to take in.

DENVER - Prosecutors allege that a man accused of pushing his second wife to her death off a cliff during a scenic hike in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park might have killed his first wife in what also appeared to be a freak accident nearly 20 years earlier.

Justin Bieber is still on the mend when it comes to his love life, thus the reason the pop icon isn't dating anyone at the moment.

Karen Butler
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been booked as a guest on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

A Saudi-led alliance launched more air strikes on Yemen's capital and more foreign troops were reported to be moving into the country as the campaign to rout Houthi forces intensified.

A Saudi-led alliance launched more air strikes on Yemen's capital and more foreign troops were reported to be moving into the country as the campaign to rout Houthi forces intensified.

Verizon's "go90" mobile app will stream web and TV programming for free to all users. It's supported by advertising. Fred Katayama reports.

YANGON, Myanmar - Campaigning kicked off Tuesday for Myanmar's Nov. 8 general election, which is expected to be the Southeast Asian country's most credible vote in more than a half-century. A long-ruling junta made way for a civilian government more than four years ago, but the military still retains a powerful role, and political and economic reforms have been stymied by persistent ethnic strife and natural disasters. Associated Press writers based across Asia who have covered Myanmar for many... Читать дальше...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Campaigning kicked off Tuesday for Myanmar's Nov. 8 general election, which is expected to be the Southeast Asian country's most credible vote in more than a half-centur…

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Campaigning kicked off Tuesday for Myanmar's Nov. 8 general election, which is expected to be the Southeast Asian country's most credible vote in more than a half-centur…

John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, won’t say whether rate increases at the Fed’s Sept. 16-17 meeting are now in order. Instead, he sounds like a man on the fence.

"Bream Gives Me Hiccups" (Grove Press), by Jesse Eisenberg

"Bream Gives Me Hiccups" (Grove Press), by Jesse Eisenberg

"Bream Gives Me Hiccups" (Grove Press), by Jesse Eisenberg

Liverpool defender Nathaniel Clyne says the Reds need to take the game to Manchester United if they are to get a positive result at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Pope Francis has made it quicker and simpler for married Catholics to obtain annulments, including a new fast-track option. Francis Rocca joins Lunch Break. Photo: Getty

An extremely rare lump of whale vomit found by a dog walker on a beach in the UK is expected to fetch 7,000 pounds at the first auction of its kind.

BEIRUT (AP) — An unseasonal sandstorm swept across the Mideast on Tuesday, blanketing Beirut and Damascus, causing the deaths of at least five people and sending hundreds of others to hospital…

BEIRUT - An unseasonal sandstorm swept across the Mideast on Tuesday, blanketing Beirut and Damascus, causing the deaths of at least five people and sending hundreds of others to hospitals with breathing difficulties, officials said.