American recording artist Chris Brown is seen on January 17, 2019 in Paris, France. Getty American singer Chris Brown has been detained in Paris on suspicion of rape, judicial sources confirmed to CBS News on Tuesday. Police sources told The…
Rome – The Vatican is setting its sights on the Olympics after launching its own track and field team this month. The roughly 60 athletes include priests and those who work in the Vatican's museums and pharmacy. In their first…
Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico – A new caravan of some 1,800 Central Americans is making its way toward the U.S. They started crossing into Mexico from Guatemala late last week and continued arriving through the weekend. On a bridge near the…
Chinese authorities appear to have confirmed a scientist's unpublished claim that he helped make the world's first gene-edited babies and that a second pregnancy is underway. Now that scientist has been fired from the university he was contracted to work…
An Afghan military vehicle is seen near a site after a car bomb attack on a military base in the central province of Maidan Wardak on January 21, 2019. Getty At least 12 people, and possibly many more, were killed…
Beirut -- An explosion has gone off in Syria's northeastern province of Hassakeh, inflicting casualties among America's Kurdish partners. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights first reported that the blast targeted a convoy of the U.S.-led coalition and U.S.-backed Kurdish-led…
London -- A woman injured in a car crash with Britain's Prince Philip last week has said he still has not apologized to her directly. Police spoke to Queen Elizabeth's husband over the weekend, after photos surfaced showing him driving…
Jerusalem -- Israeli jets struck a series of Iranian military targets in Syria early on Monday, the military said in a rare departure from its years-long policy of ambiguity regarding activities in neighboring war-torn Syria. The military said the targets included…
Melboune, Australia -- As Serena Williams made her way out to the Australian Open's main court during pre-match introductions, the voice booming over the stadium's speakers implored spectators to welcome "the world's No. 1 player - from Romania, Simona Halep."Oops.…
Watch the new CBSN Originals documentary, "Families in Crisis: Illegal Immigration," in the video player above. The full hour-long special premieres on CBSN Sunday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET. When U.S. consumers are calling about…
Watch the new CBSN Originals documentary, "Families in Crisis: Illegal Immigration," in the video player above. The full hour-long special premieres on CBSN Sunday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET. When U.S. consumers are calling about…
On January 20, 1986, 33 years ago today, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterand broke new ground. For that was the day they agreed to construction of the "Chunnel." Thatcher said, "The United Kingdom and France…
On January 20, 1986, 33 years ago today, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterand broke new ground. For that was the day they agreed to construction of the "Chunnel." Thatcher said, "The United Kingdom and France…
London -- The man who helped Queen Elizabeth II's 97-year-old husband Prince Philip out of his Range Rover following a car crash said the prince's vehicle was "careering" across the road before the accident. Witness Roy Warne told the BBC…
London -- The man who helped Queen Elizabeth II's 97-year-old husband Prince Philip out of his Range Rover following a car crash said the prince's vehicle was "careering" across the road before the accident. Witness Roy Warne told the BBC…
Nairobi, Kenya — American Jason Spindler -- one of at least 21 people who were killed when gunmen from the terror group Al-Shabab stormed a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi on Tuesday -- survived the 9/11 attacks and gave up…
You may not think of Africa and the European Union as sharing a land border. But that's the case at Melilla and Ceuta -- two tiny Spanish enclaves whose borders have increasingly come under pressure from African migrants willing to…
A huge fire exploded at a pipeline leaking fuel in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least 20 people and badly burning 71 others. The deadly explosion happened as locals collected the spilling gasoline in buckets and garbage cans, authorities…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has met with U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to discuss the situation in Syria as the United States prepares to withdraw troops.Graham, a prominent voice on foreign affairs in the U.S., met with Erdogan and other…
Melbourne, Australia -- All of 17, never the winner of a Grand Slam match until this week, Amanda Anisimova is making quite a first impression at the Australian Open. Anisimova showed precisely why there are those who consider her a…
Kenyan investigators have identified one of the extremists involved in the attack on a hotel and shopping complex in Nairobi as the son of a Kenyan military officer. There were conflicting reports on Friday about whether the extremist was among…
Officers work to build a vertical gallery during the rescue of two-year-old boy Julen, who fell into a well last Sunday on January 17, 2019 in Malaga, Spain. Europa Press News Madrid -- Heavy machinery has been brought in by…
Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip is said to be doing fine after his SUV flipped in a car crash Thursday near the queen's country estate in eastern England. The 97-year-old was behind the wheel during the collision, prompting questions about…
A police officer hugs his relatives who have arrived at the scene after the explosion occurred outside the General Santander police academy in Bogota, Colombia on January 17, 2019. Getty Bogota, Colombia -- Colombian authorities have blamed the only rebel…