A wounded Afghan man is brought to a hospital after roadside bomb hit a passenger bus, in Herat on July 31, 2018. Getty Afghan officials said Tuesday that a coordinated militant attack was underway in the city of Jalalabad, the…
Congress is producing an unusual outpouring of bills, resolutions and new sanctions proposals to push back at President Donald Trump's approach to Vladimir Putin, shore up relations with NATO allies and prevent Russian interference in the midterm election. But it…
President Trump again threatened to shut down the federal government over border security funding if Congress doesn't act. Sunday, he blamed congressional Democrats for failing to support his administration's immigration policies. "As far as the border is concerned and personally, if we…
The global Sustainable Development Goals For ten days in July, global delegates met at the United Nations in New York to discuss their progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, and the news was not all good. The SDGs – targets…
President Trump is welcoming Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to the White House on Monday, the latest member of the European Union to hold meetings with the president amid ongoing trade negotiations over existing tariffs. Conte's visit follows that of…
Authorities search the coastline, Saturday, July 28, 2018, after a polar bear attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on the Svalbard archipelago archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The…
A war monitoring group says Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters seized 36 women and children during simultaneous attacks on the southeastern province of Sweida last week. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that 20…
A file photo shows a touring bicycle parked along the M41 Pamir Highway, in the Pamir Mountain Range of Tajikistan. iStockphoto MOSCOW -- U.S. and Tajik officials say that two American cyclists and two others have been killed in a…
Indonesian and foreign climbers are seen after walking down from Rinjani Mountain at Sembalun village in Lombok Timur, Indonesia, July 29, 2018. ANTARA FOTO SEMBALUN, Indonesia -- Hundreds of tourists stranded on Mount Rinjani on the Indonesian island of Lombok…
Debris is pictured across the road after a van headed to a wedding party crashed in the early hours of the morning along a road in Quang Nam province on July 30, 2018. Vietnam News Agency/Getty HANOI, Vietnam -- A…
Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson is seen leaving Newcastle Local Court in Australia, July 3, 2018. REUTERS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an Australian archbishop convicted of covering up the sexual abuse of children by a…
BAJA, Mexico — There's a crisis going on in the Pacific Ocean as an innocent porpoise falls prey to money and greed. CBS station KPIX reports it's a marine mammal known as the senorita of the sea or the panda…
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabweans on Monday were voting peacefully in their first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, a contest that could bring international legitimacy and investment or signal more stagnation if the vote is seriously flawed. About 5.5…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- An independent investigation report released Monday more than four years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared highlighted shortcomings in the government response that exacerbated the mystery. The report reiterated Malaysia's assertion the plane was deliberately diverted…
Summer vacation season is in full swing. Orlando is this year's top tourist destination, according to AAA, followed by Honolulu and Anchorage, Alaska. Or, you could get creative and go island-hopping with Conor Knighton: "It seems to be a little…
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia's Lombok island, which is not far from the tourist destination of Bali. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and its epicenter was 1.4 kilometers (0.8…
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia's Lombok island, which is not far from the tourist destination of Bali. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.4 and its epicenter was 1.4 kilometers (0.8…
BERLIN -- Norwegian authorities said a polar bear on Saturday attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago. The polar bear was shot dead by another employee, the cruise…
ESPELETTE, France -- No longer merely a support rider for Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas is going to Paris in the yellow jersey. The Welshman with Team Sky effectively sealed his first Tour de France title by protecting his lead in…
ESPELETTE, France -- No longer merely a support rider for Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas is going to Paris in the yellow jersey. The Welshman with Team Sky effectively sealed his first Tour de France title by protecting his lead in…
Heat waves are setting all-time temperature records across the globe -- again. Europe suffered its deadliest fire in more than a century, and one of nearly 90 large fires in the U.S. West burned dozens of homes and forced the…
Policemen guard 739 defendants at a soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 28, 2018. Egypt's state-run media says a court has sentenced 75 people to death, including top figures of the…
Policemen guard 739 defendants at a soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 28, 2018. Egypt's state-run media says a court has sentenced 75 people to death, including top figures of the…
Policemen guard 739 defendants at a soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 28, 2018. Egypt's state-run media says a court has sentenced 75 people to death, including top figures of the…