A screengrab from Chile's Tele13 channel shows emergency services outside the Santa Maria nursing home in Chiguayante, southern Chile, where a fire left 10 elderly women dead early on Aug. 14, 2018. Tele13 SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chilean authorities say that…
LONDON -- London's Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that a man was under arrest on suspicion of terrorism after driving through a group of pedestrians and then ramming a gate outside the Houses of Parliament in the British capital. Police said…
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban overran a base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers, even as Afghan forces battled the insurgents for the fifth straight day in the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni on Tuesday, trying to flush them out…
Although Turkey's currency rose Tuesday, the war of words with the U.S. that helped trigger the crisis continues. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that his country would boycott U.S.-made electronic goods, including iPhones. That follows President Donald Trump's threat last week…
A large section of an elevated highway is seen missing after a collapse in Genoa, Italy in this photo posted on social media by Italian police, Aug. 14, 2018. Italian police handout MILAN -- The Italian news agency ANSA says…
Police and emergency services are seen outside the perimeter of the British Houses of Parliament (right) in London on Aug. 14, 2018, after a man was arrested for driving his car into one of the gates. The car that crashed…
NEW YORK (AP) - Aretha Franklin is seriously ill, according to a person close to the singer.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces battled the Taliban in a key provincial capital for the fourth straight day on Monday, following a massive assault on the eastern city last week that overwhelmed its defenses and allowed insurgents to capture several…
Police investigators inspect the seafront platform in Vigo on August 13, 2018 after a section of a wooden promenade suddenly collapsed with people watching a rap artist just before midnight on Sunday. AFP MADRID -- An oceanside boardwalk collapsed during…
In this handout photo provided by the Ministry of Unification, South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon (2nd R) shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon (2nd L) after their meeting on August 13, 2018 in Panmunjom, North…
21 Photos This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian White Helmet civil defense workers extinguishing a fire at the scene of an explosion…
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's central bank announced a series of measures on Monday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples with a currency crisis sparked by concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's economic policies and a trade…
A hippo is pictured near lesser flamingos at Lake Oloidien near Naivasha, Kenya, in a May 3, 2012 file photo. Getty NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Chinese tourist was attacked and killed by a hippo while taking pictures on the edge…
19 Photos Villagers pull down their earthquake-damaged house in Kayangan, Aug. 12, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia. Getty JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The death toll from the earthquake that rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok a week ago has passed 430…
And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: August 12th, 1925, 93 years ago today … a date truly for the record books. For that was the day twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter were born in London. The…
LONDON -- V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85. His wife, Nadira Naipaul, said he…
(CBS News) - You're never too old to rock on. Two elderly men managed to slip away from their nursing home in Germany to attend the Wacken Open Air, the largest heavy metal festival in the world, over the weekend, authorities said.
(CBS News) - As the opioid epidemic continues to wreak havoc across the country, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sheds light on the devastating consequences opioid addiction can have on pregnant women.
(CBS News) - Donated food sent to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria were left to rot in a parking lot of a government facility, CBS News corresondent David Begnaud reported Friday.
TORONTO — Canadian police have charged a man for the deaths of two police officers and two civilians in a shooting that struck a nerve in a country that has been roiled in recent months by several instances of mass…
TORONTO — Canadian police have charged a man for the deaths of two police officers and two civilians in a shooting that struck a nerve in a country that has been roiled in recent months by several instances of mass…
A "Tent City" in Texas for migrant boys will remain open until at least September 13 -- two months past its initial planned closure date of July 13, CBS News has learned. The shelter houses boys who were apprehended after crossing the…
Palestinian protestors gather during a demonstration at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 10, 2018. Said Khatib/AFP/Getty JERUSALEM — Violence erupted at the Gaza border Friday after the territory's militant Islamic Hamas…
This still taken from surveillance footage shows the reconnaissance mission that left one U.S. Air Force member killed in 2002. Department of Defense The U.S. Air Force has released aerial footage of Tech Sgt. John Chapman's final moments in 2002…