United States Marines, special forces and the USAID disaster assistance relief team briefly landed today on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq, a U.S. official told ABC News. It was the first time ABC News has learned of any Americans landing on the mountain, where ...

Before Robin Williams took the world by storm in Mork & Mindy, he dipped a toe in the fame pool during what should have been a one-time stint on Happy Days. Even as a newbie, Williams made an indelible impression on the entertainment community.

Do Indian classical music and Sanskrit have a direct correlation with mathematics? In case you are confused, ask Manjul Bhargava. The mathematics professor at Princeton University who just turned 40 took inspiration from both music and Sanskrit to pursue ...

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed inside southern Israel on Wednesday, an Israeli police spokesman said, violating a three-day truce that had another two hours to go before expiry. Journalist Simone Camilli among 6 killed after Gaza bomb disposal ...

Ferguson Chief Tom Jackson said the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown suffered injuries to his face but was not shot. He also said he's aware of no video of the incident. Jackson, speaking during a press conference Wednesday afternoon, reiterated a call ...

NEW YORK — Lauren Bacall, the actress whose provocative glamour elevated her to stardom in Hollywood's golden age and whose lasting mystique put her on a plateau in American culture that few stars reach, died on Tuesday in New York. She was 89.

In her screen debut as Slim Browning in To Have and Have Not, Lauren Bacall is looking for a match. She wears a gingham check skirt suit, tailored within a whispery coo of her model figure — darted at the waist with a skirt cut on the bias that emphasizes ...

Computer hackers associated with the hacktivist group Anonymous released a recording on YouTube Wednesday that they claim are audio files from a St. Louis County Police dispatch recorded during the Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown ...

Marcus L'Estrange's conspiracy theory that Israel went to war in 1967 because it knew Egypt wasn't ready, and wanted to colonise the West Bank and Golan Heights (“UN must reclaim pre-1967 boarders”, AFR Letters, August 12) is easily disproved.

Robin Williams' daughter Zelda says she will be taking a break from social media after she received cruel messages following her father's death. The 25-year-old said she intended to delete the Twitter app from her devices "for a good long time, maybe forever ...

Chelsea winger Christian Atsu is on the verge of completing his loan move to Everton after undergoing a medical on Wednesday. The 22-year-old joined Chelsea from Porto last September but spent last season on loan Vitesse, where he was named as the ...

VORONEZH, Russia — Hundreds of Russian trucks carrying aid intended for rebel-held eastern Ukraine remained parked Wednesday in the southern city of Voronezh, their fate shrouded in mystery as Ukraine accused Moscow of plotting to use them as a ...

VORONEZH, Russia — Hundreds of Russian trucks carrying aid intended for rebel-held eastern Ukraine remained parked Wednesday in the southern city of Voronezh, their fate shrouded in mystery as Ukraine accused Moscow of plotting to use them as a ...

MONROVIA (Reuters) - A consignment of experimental Ebola drugs arrived by plane in Liberia on Wednesday to treat two doctors suffering from the virus, which has killed more than 1,000 people across four West African countries. The drug, ZMapp, arrived in ...

This image provided by Platon/Wired shows the cover of the September 2014 issue of Wired magazine, featuring former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden gave an exclusive interview with Wired, in the issue scheduled to hit ...

British military personnel “will play a role” in rescuing thousands of refugees trapped by Islamist fighters in Northern Iraq, David Cameron said, after cutting short his holiday to oversee the evacuation. Downing Street said the mission could begin “within days” ...

AT LEAST one rocket fired from Gaza has struck Israel, just two hours before the expiry of a 72-hour truce which Israel had offered to extend, police say. “A rocket hit an open area in Shaar HaNegev regional council without causing casualties or damage,” ...

Mike Brown, an 18-year-old black man from the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, just a few days from starting technical school, was walking down the street with a friend on Saturday afternoon. A few minutes later, Brown lay dead, killed by multiple gunshots fired ...

Former governor of Pernambuco state and Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) presidential candidate Eduardo Campos speaks during a meeting at the CNI headquarters in Brasilia, July 30, 2014. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters. Tweet. AA. Filed Under: World, Brazil, ...

The daughter of Robin Williams quit social media, upset by internet trolls and the online pilfering of photos of her Oscar-winning dad following his death by suicide. "I will be leaving this account for a bit while I heal and decide if I'll be deleting it or not," Zelda ...