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George Lucas, left, and J.J. Abrams arrive at the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles.

“The fighters of the Islamic State were able to down a Russian plane over Sinai province that was carrying over 220 Russian crusaders”, IS said after the crash, claiming the attack was in retaliation for Russian airstrikes in Syria.

When Trump proclaims that he will act unilaterally (say, to build a wall along the border with Mexico) and not let a “pathetically weak” Congress get in his way, freaked-out onlookers hear a dictator-in-waiting. He delivered his usual attack line on the ex-governor:...

When the Warriors play two bigs together like that, they can’t play at the same pace on offense and don’t have the spacing they need to operate at their best. They’re fighting ghosts, basically. It included two sets of back-to-backs, including the game against...

Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of waging a “psychopathic” political vendetta after federal investigators raided his administration’s headquarters.

The new group will be split into three separate entities: agriculture, specialty chemicals and materials, they said.

Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the video “does not answer every question” about the incident, but added that the responding MPD officers followed protocol in immediately calling an ambulance to the building and in applying “additional restraints” to Smith...

More than 500 children have died from gun violence in the United States since the Newtown shooting.

Britain has carried out its second set of air strikes in Syria since the Parliament backed military action against Islamic State, once again targeting the oil fields controlled by the terror group.

More than one million asylum seekers have arrived in Germany this year, and Mrs Merkel has seen her approval ratings plummet as public opinion has turned against her policy.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has spoken by phone with his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari to discuss the “unlawful incursion” of Turkish troops in northern Iraq, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

New York City schools received “almost exactly the same” threat as the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on Tuesday, yet decided the threat was not credible enough to close schools, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton announced at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

President Obama delivered a prime-time address Sunday following the California shootings that killed 14 and wounded 21.

The market is certainly pricing in a very high chance that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hike this week, but are investors prepared for the Fed’s rate to rise as high as one per cent next year? The inflation rate in the 12 months to October in the country is at 0.2%.

Meanwhile, Guardiola praised his team for their performance on Tuesday after midfielder Xabi Alonso’s strike secured their place in the German Cup quarter-finals with a win over Darmstadt.