Last Updated Jan 3, 2019 10:53 AM EST U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has met with a Michigan man accused of spying. Russian police detained Paul Whelan nearly a week ago, and on Thursday Russia's state-run media said he had…
Baby found alive after apartment collapse Russia's emergencies ministry says the search of the concrete rubble from a partially collapsed apartment building has ended and the number of deaths stands at 39. The ministry declared the operation by hundreds of…
Canberra, Australia -- Californian solo sailor Abby Sunderland said on Thursday her "heart skipped a beat" with news that the yacht she abandoned in the remote Indian Ocean in 2010 during and ill-fated round-the-world attempt had been found off the…
Seoul, South Korea -- North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday. A high-profile defection by one of North Korea's elite…
Seoul, South Korea -- North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday. A high-profile defection by one of North Korea's elite…
Journalists named Time's Person of the Year Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi prosecutors will seek the death penalty for at least five people in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom's state media reported on Thursday…
Journalists named Time's Person of the Year Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi prosecutors will seek the death penalty for at least five people in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom's state media reported on Thursday…
Women make history by entering temple New Delhi -- Hindu hard-liners shut shops and businesses and clashed with police in a southern state in India Thursday to protest two women's entry into one of India's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites. Supporters…
Women make history by entering temple New Delhi -- Hindu hard-liners shut shops and businesses and clashed with police in a southern state in India Thursday to protest two women's entry into one of India's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites. Supporters…
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Hundreds of refugees have crossed into Uganda from Congo in the days since that country's troubled presidential election, a Red Cross official said Wednesday, heightening concerns about the possible cross-border spread of Ebola. Separately, the head of the World Health…
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Chinese state media said Thursday a spacecraft became the first ever to land on the far side of the moon. The unmanned spacecraft, the Chang'e 4, touched down at 10:26 a.m., China Central Television said in a brief announcement at…
The brother of Paul Whelan, a Michigan man detained in Russia, is rejecting Moscow's claim that Whelan is a spy. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, was arrested on Friday and charged with espionage. Whelan's twin brother David told CBS News…
Nearly a dozen people were taken to the hospital Tuesday -- and one man later died -- after choking on a traditional New Year's treat in Japan that has a deadly track record, Japan Today reported. The man who died…
Mexico: The deadliest assignment A Mexican mayor was gunned down shortly after he took office, the governor of Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca said. Gov. Alejandro Murat confirmed the killing of Tlaxiaco Mayor Alejandro Aparicio Santiago via his Twitter account…
A record held by a Frenchwoman as the world's longest living person could be fraudulent and involve an identity swap, Russian researchers have claimed in a report that has sparked widespread controversy.Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122 years…
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New Delhi -- Two women made history Wednesday when they entered one of India's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites. It had been forbidden to females between the ages of 10 and 50.In September, the Supreme Court lifted the ban -- which…
A controversial new proposal aims to stop overcrowding in the Italian city of Venice, one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. To deal with the approximately 30 million visitors it sees every year, the city is planning to start…
Netflix has removed an episode of a satirical comedy show that criticizes Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom complained, raising new questions about the limits of free online expression, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. The newspaper said the streaming…
Beijing -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future generations. No one or no party can stop…
BRASILIA, Brazil — Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil's president Tuesday, taking the reins of Latin America's largest and most populous nation with promises to overhaul myriad aspects of daily life and put an end to business-as-usual governing. He vowed…