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…
Prince Harry meets Daphne Dunne during a visit at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, October 16, 2018. Paul Edwards/ Pool via REUTERS During their first royal tour as as newlyweds, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, greeted…
A U.S. airstrike targeting al-Shabaab militants in Somalia killed about 60 fighters, according to U.S. Africa Command. The airstrike, conducted Friday, was the largest against the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab in nearly a year, when U.S. forces killed about 100 extremists…
An image from video aired by Chilean news outlet Biobio on Oct. 15, 2018 shows emergency workers preparing to transport the bodies of two American women and a Chilean man who were found dead near waterfalls in Antuco, central Chile.…
An image from video aired by Chilean news outlet Biobio on Oct. 15, 2018 shows emergency workers preparing to transport the bodies of two American women and a Chilean man who were found dead near waterfalls in Antuco, central Chile.…
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meet 98 year old Daphne Dunne during a meet and greet at the Sydney Opera House, Oct. 16, 2018, in Sydney, Australia. Getty SYDNEY -- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Tuesday morning in Saudi Arabia amid expectations that the oil-rich, ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom was about to present its version of events surrounding the disappearance and alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Pompeo was dispatched…
The Saudi government is preparing to say that the death of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the result of an interrogation by Saudi operatives that went wrong, two sources close to the Saudi kingdom tell CBS News. Khashoggi vanished after…
ISTANBUL -- A team of investigators entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Monday for what Turkish officials called a joint inspection of the building where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared nearly two weeks ago. The team arrived by unmarked…
SEOUL, South Korea -- North and South Korea continued their push for peace Monday with high-level talks that resulted in a host of agreements, including a plan by the rivals for a groundbreaking ceremony this year on an ambitious project…
More major players in international finance and industry are pulling out of a high-profile business conference in Saudi Arabia in the wake of reports that a U.S.-based Saudi writer critical of the government disappeared and is feared dead after entering…
More major players in international finance and industry are pulling out of a high-profile business conference in Saudi Arabia in the wake of reports that a U.S.-based Saudi writer critical of the government disappeared and is feared dead after entering…
Police forces stand at the Cologne, western Germany, main station Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, after they have closed parts of the station because of a hostage situation. AP Last Updated Oct 15, 2018 8:35 AM EDT BERLIN -- Cologne police…
NASA's Operation IceBridge operates flights over Antarctica that measure ice loss, and its effect on rising sea levels. CBS News It can seem like flying across the surface of a distant, frozen planet, which you might expect from NASA. But…
U.S. student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018. REUTERS JERUSALEM -- Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday agreed to hear the appeal of an American graduate student who is fighting an expulsion order…
WASHINGTON -- The White House is brushing aside threats by Saudi Arabia that it may retaliate economically for any U.S. punishment over the suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pledging a "swift, open, transparent investigation" into his disappearance. Two leading…