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Saudi Arabia began the offensive in 2015 to counter a Yemeni Houthi faction that had seized territory in Yemen and was launching cross-border missiles at Saudi Arabia.

Noah Harris, of Hattiesburg, was elected president of Harvard’s Undergraduate Council on Nov. 12. He is a junior who is majoring in government and co-chairs the Undergraduate Council’s Black caucus.

The 86 were charged with damaging public property, beating people up and disrupting normal life by staging sit-ins against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi earlier that year.

Even as Europe, the United States and their allies mark 75 years since 160,000 Allied troops stormed a heavily-fortified 50-mile (80-kilometer) stretch of Nazi-occupied coastline in Normandy, the history of D-Day and its aftermath is still being written.

"Deception Cove" also insightfully explores the recovery of former soldiers, prisoners re-entering society and how one's tough exterior can obscure fragile emotions.

"Star-Crossed" is a light, fun read, with a creative spin on a winning rom-com formula that is an escapist's delight.

Stephen Hawking was a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the US National Academy of Science. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein.

NATO doesn't want a ``new Cold War'' with Russia despite members' concerns about the Russian military buildup close to NATO's border, the alliance's secretary general said Monday.

Its epicentre was 123 km (76 miles) southwest of the town of Pijijiapan, at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Widespread, hazardous tsunami waves were possible, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.

The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade spun across hundreds of miles of coastline where communities had prepared for life-threatening storm surges _ walls of water rushing inland.

Experts aren't expecting large number of people to be immediately affected. An immigration law expert, noted the numbers are difficult to predict because of likely legal challenges over the interpretation of the term ``bona fide,'' which the court did not define.

Sir Roger Moore died of a short battle with cancer. The news was confirmed by his family on social media.

One of the survivors, Ali Zanoun told AP, IS militants drove them out of their homes and now his entire family is gone.

"It was a fire that moved very, very quickly, and the loss was horrendous,'' said Mayor Bill de Blasio

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation was arrested for espionage

Bruno Mars kicked off the 2016 American Music Awards with some serious uptown funk

Four decades later, Sylvester Stallone's lovable character resonates with fans drawn to his underdog tale of determination

American Music Awards became a platform for strong, and sometimes foul, political language.

Since 1990, at least 43 people have died on sets in the U.S. and more than 150 have been left with life-altering injuries while making blockbuster films.

Several security or staff members on the film crew for Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron's latest movie were left bloodied and bruised

The first negotiated release of Chibok schoolgirls comes after three failed attempts over several months broke down as extremist leader Abubakar Shekau kept changing his demands.

What is an Emmy Award show without a little bit of comedy.

Mostly Sunni Saudi Arabia and majority Shiite Iran back opposite sides of the wars in Syria and Yemen, and support opposing political groups in Iraq, Bahrain and Lebanon.

A timeline of key events during the Syrian conflict from the anti-regime protests in 2011 till present.

Two journalists face up to eight years in prison if convicted of putting pressure on a Vatican monsignor to obtain the documents and publish them.