GENEVA -- Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. His foundation announced his death…
The Turkish lira has been falling in value for months, but last week it plummeted because of a dispute over an American pastor being detained in the country. The U.S. hit Turkey with sanctions and a doubling of tariffs on…
The search continues for survivors of a bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy. One woman says the bridge started shaking violently before it fell in front of her, prompting her to abandon her car and run for her life. CBS News…
Vako Marchelashvili, 19, solves Rubik's Cubes at the Gino Paradise aqua park in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday, August 17, 2018. REUTERS An 18-year-old Georgian student on Friday attempted to break the Guinness World Record for solving six Rubik's Cubes underwater…
The Trump administration will not be spending $200 million that had been planned for Syria stabilization efforts, citing successful efforts to get other countries to step up their contributions. The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS will now put $300 million…
DHABEJI, Pakistan -- Hafeez Nawaz was 20 years old when he left his religious school in Karachi to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Afghanistan. Three years later, he was back in Pakistan to carry out a…
The wreckage debris of a U.S.-WWII warplane C-53 Skytrooper Dakota that crashed in 1946, pictured on the Gauli Glacier in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland, on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Anthony Anex / AP Last Updated Aug 17, 2018 1:41 PM…
The results of Zimbabwe's presidential election are being challenged by the opposition party. The vote in late July was the first election since the end of former president Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule, and it was supposed to signal a move toward…
Indian volunteers and rescue personal evacuate local residents in a residential area at Aluva in Ernakulam district, in the Indian state of Kerala, Aug. 17, 2018. Getty KOCHI, India -- Troop reinforcements stepped up desperate rescue attempts in India's flood-stricken…
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey and the United States exchanged new threats of sanctions Friday, keeping alive a diplomatic and financial crisis that is threatening the economic stability of the NATO country. Turkey's lira fell once again after the trade minister,…
Israeli protesters hold signs as police interrogators arrive to the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Aug. 17, 2018. AP JERUSALEM -- Israeli police are again questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of their investigations into corruption allegations. Two police…
26 Photos Spain's King Felipe VI speaks to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a ceremony in Barcelona on August 17, 2018, marking first anniversary of attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils that left 16 people dead. Getty BARCELONA, Spain --…
Last Updated Aug 16, 2018 4:58 PM EDT VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has condemned sexual abuse described in a Pennsylvania grand jury report and said Pope Francis is on the victims' side. "The abuses described in the report are…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is forming a dedicated group to coordinate and run U.S. policy toward Iran as the Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to force changes in the Islamic Republic's behavior after withdrawing from the Iran nuclear…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is forming a dedicated group to coordinate and run U.S. policy toward Iran as the Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to force changes in the Islamic Republic's behavior after withdrawing from the Iran nuclear…
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrive to detain a group of Central American asylum seekers near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. The group of women and children had rafted across the Rio Grande from Mexico and…
Dr. Peter Fisher, a long-time physician to Queen Elizabeth II, was killed in a cycling accident in London on Aug. 15, 2018. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine One of Queen Elizabeth II's personal physicians was killed on Wednesday by…
Dr. Peter Fisher, a long-time physician to Queen Elizabeth II, was killed in a cycling accident in London on Aug. 15, 2018. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine One of Queen Elizabeth II's personal physicians was killed on Wednesday by…
An unidentified Turkish man prepares to smash iPhones in protest of U.S. tariffs and sanctions against Turkey in a screengrab from video posted online on Aug. 15, 2018. Twitter Turks are taking sledgehammers, handguns and fire to iPhones in a…
An unidentified Turkish man prepares to smash iPhones in protest of U.S. tariffs and sanctions against Turkey in a screengrab from video posted online on Aug. 15, 2018. Twitter Turks are taking sledgehammers, handguns and fire to iPhones in a…
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia -- Two women on trial for the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader's half brother were told Thursday to make their defense after the judge found evidence of a "well-planned conspiracy," extending their murder trial until…
MILAN -- The Atlantia holding company that controls Italy's main highway operator says the concession cannot be revoked without citing specific failures by the company in the deadly bridge collapse in Genoa. Atlantia said before markets opened Thursday that government…
GENOA, Italy — More bodies were recovered Wednesday from the site of a highway bridge collapse. At least 39 people were killed, prompting the prime minister to declare a state of emergency as the search for victims continues. Valentina Galbusera…
ISTANBUL — The economic and diplomatic disputes between the U.S and Turkey escalated on Wednesday as Turkey increased tariffs on U.S. products. The two countries also remain at odds over an American pastor who is now under house arrest in…