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Waves crash against the wall alongside the railway line in Saltcoats as storm Callum hits Scotland, Britain, October 12, 2018. RUSSELL CHEYNE / REUTERS At least two people are dead in Britain as Storm Callum brought heavy rain and flooding…

Surfers leave the sea at Carcavelos beach before hurricane Leslie arrives to Portugal coast, near Cascais, Portugal October 13, 2018. Rafael Marchante / REUTERS Hurricane Leslie churned across the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday heading toward Portugal and Spain, with forecasters…

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two more Chilean prelates accused of sexually abusing minors. To show greater transparency about how he's responding to the church's global sex abuse crisis, the pontiff publicly explained why they were removed.…

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two more Chilean prelates accused of sexually abusing minors. To show greater transparency about how he's responding to the church's global sex abuse crisis, the pontiff publicly explained why they were removed.…

This still image shows a helicopter landing near a site where climbers went missing in Nepal on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. SIMRIK AIR via AP KATHMANDU, NEPAL — Seven people, including South Korean climbers, were killed and two more are…

The Pentagon's former top intelligence official said the Trump administration must send a clear message about its position – and potentially take more "tangible" steps – as more facts are revealed in the case of missing Washington Post contributor Jamal…

IZMIR, Turkey -- An American pastor flew out of Turkey on Friday after a Turkish court convicted him of terror links but freed him from house arrest. Andrew Brunson was being flown to the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany,…

The U.S. remains the world's largest weapons exporter, a position it has held since the late 1990s. Our biggest customer? Saudi Arabia. That business reality may help explain President Donald Trump's reluctance to crack down on the kingdom whose royal…

With reporting by Rebecca Kaplan Republican Rep. Ed Royce and Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, the chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote a letter to President Trump Friday pressuring him to investigate Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance. Khashoggi,…

The bridesmaids and page boys, including Prince George of Cambridge (C) and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (3L), stand with Sarah, Duchess of York (in green), and Princess Beatrice of York (in blue) as they wave off Princess Eugenie of York…

A Sphen and Magic, a male penguin couple in Sydney, have been given an egg to tend to after becoming close this breeding season Sea Life Sydney Aquarium Sphen and Magic the penguins are known as "Sydney's hottest couple," according to…

Reporting by Andres Triay, Andrew Bast and Pat Milton A former high level U.S. intelligence official tells CBS News that the Turkish government has told the U.S. it has audio and video tapes of the interrogation of Saudi journalist and…

GREENBELT, Md. -- An investment adviser charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme spent nearly three-quarters of a million dollars on prayers by Hindu priests in India to ward off a federal investigation and save her failing business, according to…

The man who brought the first-ever charges against Chinese hackers says the U.S. is not doing enough to combat cyber warfare. John Carlin, who served as assistant attorney general for national security in the Obama administration, told "CBS This Morning"…

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson has joined such prominent Western business leaders as technology investor Steve Case and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in backing away from projects with Saudi Arabia after the disappearance and alleged killing of journalist Jamal Kashoggi. …

Last Updated Oct 12, 2018 10:53 AM EDT ALIAGA, Turkey -- A Turkish court freed American pastor Andrew Brunson on Friday after he spent nearly two years in jail and more time under house arrest on charges related to terrorism…

Cormorant fishermen set out for to work for the evening on October 9, 2018 in Gifu, Japan. Getty TOKYO -- Through a bizarre bureaucratic mistake, hundreds of residents in a central Japanese city have been stuck for almost 70 years…

Last Updated Oct 12, 2018 7:03 AM EDT Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl from his post as the archbishop of Washington, D.C. In a letter released Friday by the Vatican, from the pope to Wuerl,…

U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, center, sits inside a vehicle as he arrives for his trial in Izmir, Turkey, early on Oct. 12, 2018. AP Last Updated Oct 12, 2018 9:58 AM EDT ALIAGA, Turkey -- A Turkish court effectively freed…

MOSCOW -- A U.S. astronaut and his Russian crewmate arrived Friday at the Russian space center for medical checks following a failed launch that led to an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan. NASA's Nick Hague and Roscosmos' Alexei…

St. George's Chapel in Windsor, England, saw its second royal wedding this year when the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, Princess Eugenie, married tequila brand ambassador Jack Brooksbank Friday morning. The lavish ceremony echoed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding just…

Last Updated Oct 12, 2018 7:42 AM EDT Turkish officials have reportedly obtained recordings proving that Saudi journalist and Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed. The Washington Post reports American officials are aware of the audio and video recordings.…

BEIJING—China's trade surplus with the United States widened to a record $34.1 billion in September as exports to the American market rose by 13 percent over a year earlier despite a worsening tariff war. Exports to the United States rose…