Masih Alinejad, a prominent Iranian journalist and activist, is the author of "The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran." She recently spoke with CBS News' Reena Ninan about the treatment of women in Iran, and…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech during a ceremony in support of the National Guard in Caracas on August 4, 2018 day in which Venezuela's controversial Constituent Assembly marks its first anniversary. Juan Barreto / AFP/Getty Images A speech…
Seven years after Osama bin Laden's death, the mother of the September 11 mastermind has spoken publicly about her son for the first time. Guardian journalist Martin Chulov, who interviewed Alia Ghanem and other relatives, revealed on Saturday that the…
In the U.S., the government prints stamps, paper money and passports, but that's not the case for much of the rest of the world. Many nations have these items created by a single private firm based just outside London. CBS…
In the U.S., the government prints stamps, paper money and passports, but that's not the case for much of the rest of the world. Many nations have these items created by a single private firm based just outside London. CBS…
A raging fire that decimated a swath of coastal Ireland has revealed stunning World War II-era markings, according to photographs captured by the Air Corps this week. A Garda Air Support Unit flying over an area ravaged by the Bray…
ROME -- At the peak of tourist season, temperature records that have stood for four decades are falling in Europe. It was expected to reach 115 degrees in Cordoba, Spain, and 109 degrees in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday. The two…
BEIJING -- Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says authorities have begun razing his Beijing studio. The frequent government critic says on his Instagram account the demolition began Friday without prior notice and posted videos of an excavator smashing the windows of…
BEIJING -- Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says authorities have begun razing his Beijing studio. The frequent government critic says on his Instagram account the demolition began Friday without prior notice and posted videos of an excavator smashing the windows of…
SINGAPORE -- Roller-coaster nuclear diplomacy between the United States and North Korea hit highs and lows on Saturday as the countries' top diplomats traded polite words and barbs, leaving efforts to rid the North of its atomic weapons at an…
SINGAPORE -- Roller-coaster nuclear diplomacy between the United States and North Korea hit highs and lows on Saturday as the countries' top diplomats traded polite words and barbs, leaving efforts to rid the North of its atomic weapons at an…
MAE SAI, Thailand -- With their heads bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys' soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed their time as novice Buddhist monks.…
In this image made video, smoke rises from a crash side of a Russian helicopter Mi-8 crashed shortly after takeoff in Vankor, above the Arctic Circle in Siberia, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. @CHP.KRAS via AP MOSCOW -- A Russian…
SINGAPORE -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Russia, China and other countries on Saturday against any violation of international sanctions on North Korea that could reduce pressure on the North to abandon its nuclear weapons. Pompeo's comments came…
Iran on Friday wrapped up two days of naval exercises in the Persian Gulf -- a show of force aimed at the U.S. just as the Trump administration is reimposing sanctions. At the same time, protests are popping up in…
Iran on Friday wrapped up two days of naval exercises in the Persian Gulf -- a show of force aimed at the U.S. just as the Trump administration is reimposing sanctions. At the same time, protests are popping up in…
Skipper and Gilligan are among the seven puppies stranded on a remote island -- just like the cast of "Gilligan's Island." These pups were rescued much faster than the show's castaways, and will be put up for adoption. JR Cook…
FILE PHOTO: This screen grab taken from AFP video footage shows former professor Sun Wenguang talking in his home in Jinan, east China's Shandong province on August 28, 2013. Getty Images LONDON -- A retired professor remained missing in China…
FILE PHOTO: This screen grab taken from AFP video footage shows former professor Sun Wenguang talking in his home in Jinan, east China's Shandong province on August 28, 2013. Getty Images LONDON -- A retired professor remained missing in China…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends an ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Meeting in Singapore August 3, 2018. REUTERS SINGAPORE -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says North Korea is far from living up to its pledge to denuclearize and remains…
Supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party (MDC) of Nelson Chamisa burn an election banner with the face of Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 1, 2018. REUTERS HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's capital was quiet on…
FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's highest mountain, Mount Cook, is shown in this photo taken February 25, 2015. 29-year-old Terry Harch was rescued from New Zealand's Mount Aspiring on Friday, August 2 2018. Getty Images WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- An Australian…
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 30, 2018. Reuters HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's electoral commission said Friday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Monday's election as the ruling party maintains control of the government in the first vote after…
