The Los Angeles Times

Afghan authorities announced Wednesday that they had arrested seven men and killed an eighth who were suspected of having helped carry out an attack last month on the Justice Ministry...

Raheem's cell phone rang as we walked through a crowded market, stepping over piles of trash and weaving around donkey carts. He spoke to the caller in his usual low...

In the opening scene of "Taking the Stage" (10 p.m. Eastern Thursday, MTV), two young women in leotards discuss their aches and pains. "So now my back is, like, shot."...

Natasha Richardson, the luminous British actress from one of the world's great acting families, whose performances ranged from the highbrow drama "The Handmaid's Tale" to the lightweight comedy "The Parent...

When "Race to Witch Mountain" director Andy Fickman wanted to track down Kim Richards, the former child star who appeared in the original 1975 version "Escape to Witch Mountain," he...

Millard Kaufman, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "Bad Day at Black Rock" and co-creator of Mr. Magoo who waited until he was 90 to become a first-time novelist, has died. He...

Feverish and dehydrated since fleeing to this overcrowded displacement camp last month, 2-year-old Manahel Abakar was supposed to be one of the beneficiaries of the International Criminal Court's effort to...

Avigdor Lieberman, whose ultranationalist rhetoric has raised Arab alarm and international concern, took a major step Monday toward becoming foreign minister in Israel's next government. His tentative appointment, part of...

Ron Silver, the Tony Award-winning actor who amassed an impressive list of roles based on real-life figures in movies including "Reversal of Fortune" and "Ali," died Sunday. He was 62....

Avigdor Lieberman, whose ultranationalist rhetoric has raised Arab alarm and international concern, took a major step Monday toward becoming foreign minister in Israel's next government. His tentative appointment, part of...