KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three U.S. nationals were wounded on Thursday in a shooting at the residence of the governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar province. Top U.S. commander in the country, Gen. Austin Scott Miller, was attending an event with other U.S.…
A fallen leaf is pictured in Orvault, western France, October 18, 2018. Credit: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images A cable car is seen among fall colors in Sigulda, Latvia October 10, 2018. Credit: INTS KALNINS/REUTERS Fall colors in Pitlochry, Scotland, September 28,…
Missing Saudi writer and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi criticized Saudi Arabia's crown prince in a CBSN interview last year, calling his behavior in foreign policy "impulsive." Khashoggi vanished Oct. 2 while trying to pick up paperwork at Saudi Arabia's consulate…
Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Trump for his leniency toward Saudi Arabia following the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Mr. Trump "seems to have a love affair with autocrats," Biden…
Satellite images from the U.S. Geological Survey combine science and art to showcase the splendor and wonder of our planet. Scroll through the images to see more from the "Earth as Art" collection. In shallow waters surrounding the Tyuleniy Archipelago…
ISTANBUL — Turkish crime-scene investigators searched the home of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul Wednesday in the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. As Saudi Arabia's green national flag flapped overhead, forensics teams entered the residence, located slightly more than…
Sotheby's employees pose with artwork by British artist Banksy in London, after it "self-destructed" by shredding in Oct. 2018 after a buyer bid more than $1.4 million for it; originally titled "Girl with Balloon," the shredded piece was renamed "Love…
ISTANBUL — The Washington Post published a new column by Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi Wednesday that the paper said it received after he was reported missing. In it, he warns governments in the Middle East "have been given free rein to…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headed back to the U.S. after meeting with top Saudi and Turkish officials about the disappearance of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. Turkish officials claim they have proof a 15-member Saudi hit squad killed…
Canada on Wednesday became only the second country in the world to legalize marijuana nationally. Although Uruguay started selling cannabis products last year under a 2013 law, Canada's foray is considered more significant because of its economic status and much…
Members of Somalia's al-Shabaab jihadist movement are seen in a 2008 file photo during exercises at a training camp outside Mogadishu. AP NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somali intelligence officials say the largest U.S. military airstrike against al-Shabaab extremists in Somalia in…
COPENHAGEN -- In Noma's three kitchens, 55 chefs pour every ounce of energy into each dish. But beyond the bustle is a room running on patience. Welcome to Noma's fermentation lab, where microbes and mold make magic over a period…
Even as debilitating U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's oil industry remain slated to snap back in November, Tehran may seek to maintain a status-quo arrangement with the West until the fate of the Trump presidency becomes clearer, according to top Iran…
ANKARA, Turkey -- A pro-government Turkish newspaper on Wednesday published a gruesome recounting of the alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, just as America's top diplomat arrived in the country for talks over…
An American artist is being accused of stealing works by South African photographers, who captured the atrocities of apartheid. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports one of South Africa's most revered photographers is Peter Magubane, who documented life in…
BEIJING -- China on Tuesday characterized its mass internment of Muslims as a push to bring into the "modern, civilized" world a destitute people who are easily led astray -- a depiction that analysts said bore troubling colonial overtones. The…
JERUSALEM -- A rocket fired from Gaza struck a residential home in southern Israel early Wednesday and the Israeli military began attacking militant sites in Gaza in response after days of rising tensions. The Magen David Adom medical service said…
MOSCOW -- A Russian official said a student attacked a vocational college Wednesday in Crimea, a rampage that killed 17 other students and left more than 40 people wounded, before killing himself. The comments by Sergei Aksyonov, the regional leader…
Stephen Hawking warned in his final book that the greatest threat facing the world was climate change, according to Vox. The scientist, who died in March at 76, wrote that humanity was behaving with "reckless indifference to our future on…
NANGARHAR, Afghanistan — Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan are just days away, and the Taliban and ISIS fighters, countered by Afghan and U.S. troops, are doing all they can to disrupt voters. Nangarhar in Eastern Afghanistan was the deadliest province for…
Robert Jordan, who served as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia under George W. Bush, has advice for President Trump as the kingdom faces allegations of being behind the alleged murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi. "Use the leverage that you have,"…
Almost half the world's population -- 3.4 billion people -- live on less than $5.50 a day, the World Bank reported Wednesday. That's about the cost of a Starbucks Venti Caffe Latte in New York City. About a quarter of…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters Tuesday attacks on journalists are an "unacceptable trend," saying the world has not "reacted sufficiently" to the killings of journalists in countries such as Mexico. Sessions also responded to the disappearance of Saudi journalist…
After much uncertainty and multiple trials, an American pastor detained in Turkey for two years is beginning to re-adjust to life back in the U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson and his wife, Norine, told "CBS This Morning" they will be staying…
