A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Connecticut ban on assault weapons the state adopted after a gunman in 2012 killed 20 school children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

Director and writer Zach Cregger ‘s horror hit, about 17 school children from the same class who mysteriously all go missing in the middle of the night, has crossed $100 million at the domestic box office. That’s a great achievement for a low-budget horror movie, which has also been No. 1 at the box office for the past two weeks.

They roll down Beijing streets, covered from prying eyes by huge tarpaulins, but the silhouettes of missiles, tanks and undersea vehicles are unmistakable as China prepares for its most revealing military parade in six years.

Zach Cregger's sleeper hit is the second notable win for the horror genre this year following Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners,' which is likewise an original story.

Small-town life is upended when 17 schoolchildren suddenly vanish without explanation in the middle of the night. Weapons is a spooky thriller that invites deeper interpretation.

Palestinian factions have started handing over some weapons from a refugee camp near Beirut to the Lebanese army.

Russia's top military and political officials joined Putin in the closed city of Sarov, which houses the Russian Federal Nuclear Center, on Aug. 22.

Russia and China are leading the global race in hypersonic missiles - how worried should we be that the US is playing catch up and the UK has none?