Scientists are studying tree rings to learn about changes in climate over hundreds of years. Researchers showed BBC News how the width of the rings can give clues to rainfall, temperature fluctuations and even tsunamis and earthquakes. In a new lab, Cambridge…
GENEVA — Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the World Health Organization said. The U.N. health agency also warned that current policy responses are not sufficient to reverse trends predicting an increase…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accused of violating a protest law, attends a hearing at a court in Moscow, Sept. 24, 2018. Getty MOSCOW -- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released from jail on Monday at the end of…
Actor Jimmy Bennett arrives at the premiere of Relativity Media's '21 And Over' at the Village Theatre on February 21, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Getty ROME -- U.S. actor Jimmy Bennett, who accuses Asia Argento of sexually assaulting him…
Last Updated Sep 24, 2018 12:04 PM EDT Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the president anticipates making the case in his second address to the United Nations General Assembly that "now is not the time to ease pressure"…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley looks on at the United Nations Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem during the 73rd U.N. General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 24, 2018. Carlos Barria…
MOSCOW -- Russia announced Monday that it will supply the Syrian government with more modern, S-300 missile defense systems following last week's downing of a Russian plane by Syria, a friendly fire incident that sent regional tensions over the war-torn…
Theresa May is only the second woman to have served as the United Kingdom's prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher. "CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson visited May at her official residence at 10 Downing Street in London for her only…
President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May will be among more than 130 world leaders expected for meetings at the United Nations General Assembly this week. May will raise important global issues, including the Iran nuclear deal and the…
AHVAZ, Iran -- In a collective outpouring of grief, Iranians held funerals Monday for the victims of the weekend terror attack on a military parade in the southwestern city of Ahvaz that killed 25 people, the deadliest attack in the…
BEIJING -- China imposed new tariff hikes on U.S. goods on Monday and accused Washington of bullying, giving no sign of compromise in an intensifying battle over technology that is weighing on global economic growth. The General Administration of Customs…
BEIJING -- X-Men star Fan Bingbing's Beijing management office is dark and abandoned. Her birthday passed almost unremarked in China's hyper-adrenalized social media environment. For one of China's best known stars and a rising Hollywood actress, Fan's vanishing is stunning,…
Satellite image shows Tropical Depression Kirk as of Mon., Sept. 24, 2018. Subtropical Storm Leslie can also be seen in the Atlantic. NOAA Tropical Depression Kirk is continuing to move west across the Tropical Atlantic, but does not currently pose…
This satellite image shows Tropical Storm Kirk on Sun., Sept. 23, 2018. National Hurricane Center Tropical Storm Kirk is continuing to move west across the Tropical Atlantic, but does not currently pose any threat to land, the National Hurricane Center…
UNITED NATIONS -- It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand why K-pop boy band is at the U.N., a senior diplomat told me: "The development goals are set to be completed in 2030 and most Heads of State coming…
UKARA ISLAND, Tanzania — Relatives wept in grief on Sunday at the mass burial in Tanzania of many of the 224 people who drowned when a ferry in capsized on Lake Victoria. Colorfully painted coffins were lined up to go…
British Prime Minister Theresa May told "CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson Friday that she believes Iran is holding up its end of the 2015 nuclear deal. "From what we see, we believe that it is doing that," May said.…
National Hurricane Center Forecasters say Tropical Storm Kirk is continuing to move west across the eastern Atlantic but does not currently pose any threat to land. Forecasters expect some strengthening through Sunday. In a Saturday evening update, the National Hurricane…
Nearly four years after launch, Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe dropped to within about 180 feet of an asteroid and released two small landers Friday that are designed to hop about the surface, snapping pictures and charting the ancient body's temperature…
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican and China said Saturday they had signed a "provisional agreement" over the appointment of bishops, a breakthrough on an issue that stymied diplomatic relations for decades and aggravated a split among Chinese Catholics. The deal resolved…
In this photo provided by the Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA, Iranian armed forces members and civilians take shelter in a shooting during a military parade marking the 38th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in the southwestern city…
The search for more victims of a ferry boat tragedy in Tanzania will resume at first light Saturday. Officials said more than 130 people were killed when the overcrowded boat capsized. So far, it's a rescue operation with very little…
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The owner of a Texas company that sells blueprints to make untraceable 3-D printed guns has been arrested in Taiwan, CBS News has confirmed. Cody Wilson has been accused of having sex with an underage girl and…
We're hearing for the first time from the family of a woman who is accused of being a Russian spy. Twenty-nine-year-old Maria Butina been in jail in Virginia since July 15 and is charged with conspiracy and acting as a…
