The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

Jihadist-led rebels seized Aleppo’s airport and dozens of nearby towns on Saturday after overrunning most of Syria’s second ...

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She believes Ghana’s “moral panic” over homosexuality is distracting from issues affecting women, such as a documented rise ...

Not all of the news this year has been grim. For three weeks in July and August, we witnessed exhilarating performances by ...

Syrian rebel fighters taken control of the city of Aleppo in a shock offensive, and are now making major headway in Hama city ...

In an interview with Folha in Moscow, Dmitry Peskov, who has held one of the top positions in the Russian government for 20 ...

The Syrian army says dozens of its soldiers have been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city of Aleppo, ...

The Osprey is back in the air after being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight U.S. service ...

Hamas released a new propaganda video Saturday showing Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander. Alexander grew up in New ...

With Assad backed by Russia and Iran, and Turkey supporting some of the rebels in the northwest where it maintains troops, ...