Russian opposition activists rally in support of freedom of press in central Moscow, on April 13, 2014. Anatoly Tanin / AFP/Getty Images The U.S. State Department on Friday condemned the Russian government for its efforts to "stifle press freedom and…
A protester stands at a barricade on the Pan-American highway during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Jinotepe, Nicaragua July 5, 2018. OSWALDO RIVAS/REUTERS The U.S. government on Friday ordered non-emergency government personnel to leave Nicaragua and…
TULTEPEC, Mexico -- Grieving emergency personnel in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec carried the caskets of four comrades through the town's streets Friday as authorities investigated whether an attempt to douse burning fireworks with water may have triggered further blasts…
Last Updated Jul 6, 2018 5:54 PM EDT Barbados declared a hurricane watch Friday as Hurricane Beryl gathered strength in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was declared the first hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season,…
Belgium's Nacer Chadli, Vincent Kompany and Eden Hazard celebrate at the World Cup on Friday. Manan Vatsyayana / AFP/Getty KAZAN, Russia -- Belgium beat Brazil 2-1 to reach the semifinals of the World Cup for just the second time. The Belgians…
MAE SAI, Thailand -- Authorities in Thailand said Friday they will not immediately attempt an underwater evacuation of 12 schoolboys who have been trapped in a cave for almost two weeks because they have not learned adequate diving skills in…
Mourners attend a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos, on April 8, 2018. Jonathan Hayward/Pool via REUTERS TORONTO -- Canadian police say someone has been arrested and charged in connection with an April bus crash…
Last Updated Jul 6, 2018 4:06 PM EDT The first semi-final match up for this year's World Cup is set, and France will face off against Belgium on Tuesday. Both teams won their respective quarterfinal matchup on Friday. Quarterfinal schedule,…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in North Korea, where he could meet with Kim Jong Un. He landed in Pyongyang Friday for the first time since President Trump met Kim at a summit in Singapore last month. Pompeo said…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in North Korea, where he could meet with Kim Jong Un. He landed in Pyongyang Friday for the first time since President Trump met Kim at a summit in Singapore last month. Pompeo said…
JOHANNESBURG -- A recent bombing in Zimbabwe is raising questions about security ahead of a significant election in the country on July 30. At least two people were killed and dozens others were injured in the attack last month. So…
Last Updated Jul 6, 2018 10:33 AM EDT More than one hundred police offers were searching Friday for whatever may have contained the nerve agent that critically injured two people in a small English town earlier this week, CBS News…
FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan September 26, 2017. REUTERS ISLAMABAD -- A Pakistani anti-graft tribunal has convicted the country's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and sentenced him to 10…
Elon Musk in an interview with CBS News on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. CBS News Elon Musk says he is sending engineers from two of his companies to Thailand to see if they can help bring out the members of…
LONDON -- Musician Elvis Costello has canceled the rest of his European summer tour after undergoing surgery for a "small but very aggressive" cancerous tumor. The post-punk singer-songwriter says he needs time to recover after the operation. The 63-year-old musician…
An image published early on July 6, 2018, by the National Hurricane Center, shows the wind speed probabilities predicted for Hurricane Beryl through early the next week. NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center Overnight Tropical Storm Beryl gathered strength, and early on Friday…
MAE SAI, Thailand -- Thai authorities overseeing the rescue operation for 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave in the country's north said they have a "limited amount of time" to get them out, as they…
A rescued woman wearing a life jacket hugs a man after a boat capsized off the tourist island of Phuket, Thailand July 5, 2018, in this still image taken from video. REUTERS PHUKET, Thailand -- Thai navy divers prepared Friday…
Catapulting forth continued U.S.-North Korea diplomacy, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set his sights on high bar when he landed in Pyongyang on Friday morning: Specifying North Korea's commitment on denuclearization. This marks Pompeo's third visit to Pyongyang this…
Rescuers talk each other during a search operation at the entrance to a cave complex where 12 soccer team members and their coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Saturday, June 30, 2018. Sakchai Lalit…
Shoko Asahara, the leader of Aum Shinri Kyo, appears in a NHK news program Friday, March 24, 1995, and denied any involvement in Monday's attack on the Tokyo subway systems with nerve gas. NHK said it obtained the videotape from…
CHIANG RAI, Thailand -- It's a race against time to rescue 12 young boys and their soccer coach, trapped inside a flooded cave in Thailand. Monsoon rains are headed their way, complicating the effort to rescue them. Crews are drilling through…
LONDON -- Their flashlights broke nine days of darkness -- and their distinct British accents broke the silence. John Volanthen and his partner Rick Stanton were the first to reach the 12 boys trapped in a cave in Thailand. Out…
In a stunning instance of the animal kingdom taking karma into its own hands – or rather, paws – at least three poachers were mauled to death and then eaten by lions earlier this week after they illegally entered the…