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Its military proxies -- especially Hezbollah, once considered its most powerful -- have been significantly weakened.

South Korea's Defense Ministry said Friday that its defense spending as a share of gross domestic product is already "very high" in response to a call from Washington for allies to increase their military budgets.

Arden Cho, May Hong and Ji-young Yoo told UPI their animated film, "KPop Demon Hunters," on Netflix Friday, was even better than they imagined thanks to the animation and music.

"We Were Liars," "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "The Rainmaker" and other books are getting film and television adaptations this summer.

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Thursday that the international community and financial institutions must support efforts to secure the safe return of Syrian refugees to their country, noting that some 2 two million have returned since Bashar al Assad's regime fell in December.

"Elio," in theaters Friday, is another of Pixar's seamless combination of engaging story with deep, resonant themes.

North Korea fired around 10 rounds from its multiple-launcher rocket systems, Seoul's military said Thursday, one day after South Korea held joint air drills with the United States and Japan.

"28 Years Later," in theaters Friday, takes the franchise in several unorthodox directions, with some techniques more successful than others.

David Morse told UPI he sees a glimmer of William Shakespeare's doomed patriarch King Lear in Harris Sinclair, the character he plays in the new series "We Were Liars."

North Korea will send 6,000 military workers and combat engineers to help rebuild Russia's Kursk region, Moscow's top security official said, in the latest show of growing ties between the two countries.

"F1," starring Brad Pitt and in theaters June 27, captures the thrill of Formula 1 in a reliable blockbuster formula that will appear rather familiar to fans of the stars and filmmakers.

Comedian and magician Justin Willman combines his two passions in his new Netflix special, "Magic Lover," and the performer told UPI he finds the two arts to be "very similar."

Remedy Entertainment continues its innovation in video games in its latest supernatural romp, a three-player cooperative first-person shooter titled "FBC: Firebreak" that releases Tuesday.

Top Lebanese officials said Monday they want to prevent the country, which is still recovering from the recent Israel-Hezbollah war, from being dragged into the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung departed for Canada on Monday to attend the Group of Seven summit, his first overseas engagement since taking office earlier this month.