Palestinian demonstrators carry a national flag during a protest calling for an end to the Israeli blockade on Gaza, on a beach in Beit Lahia near the maritime border with Israel, Sept. 24, 2018. Getty JERUSALEM -- The Gaza Strip's…
TALLINN, Estonia -- Pope Francis acknowledged Tuesday that the sex abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church have outraged the faithful and are driving them away, as a new report on abuse by German clergy members put more damning statistics about…
An image from the embassy's website shows the U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar. HANDOUT WASHINGTON -- The death of an American diplomat in Madagascar is being investigated by U.S. and local authorities and one person has been taken into custody,…
France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and EU's High representative for foreign affairs and security policy Federica Mogherini attend an European leaders summit at the European Council in Brussels, in this March 22, 2018 file photo. Getty…
CIA Director Gina Haspel said China's efforts to expand its global influence are of high interest to the agency, citing Beijing's investments and loans to poorer nations that may be hard-pressed to repay them. She referred to them as "tactics"…
An Indonesian teenager is telling an extraordinary story of how he survived seven weeks adrift at sea. Aldi Novel Adilang, 19, worked alone on a wooden fishing raft called a "rompong," which is used to trapped fish. In July, a…
Last Updated Sep 24, 2018 3:04 PM EDT Starting his first official day of high-level meetings as part of the week-long United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on Monday, President Trump is holding a series of bilateral meetings…
Last Updated Sep 24, 2018 3:04 PM EDT Starting his first official day of high-level meetings as part of the week-long United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on Monday, President Trump is holding a series of bilateral meetings…
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…