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The USS Milius, a guided-missile destroyer, arrived at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan, on Tuesday -- a move the Defense Department says brings "enhanced missile defense capabilities" to the Indo-Pacific region.  "During the past year, while homeported in San…

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega speaks at the opening of a national dialogue, in Managua, Nicaragua, on Wednesday, May 16, 2018.  Alfredo Zuniga / AP MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega violated human rights through the excessive use…

In the short run, a truce in the trade conflict between the United States and China has lightened tensions, halted the immediate threat of U.S. tariffs on China's goods and cheered stock markets. The long-run picture may not be so…

A boy stands on the rubble of damage buildings in Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria, May 21, 2018. REUTERS BEIRUT -- Syria's military said Monday it had retaken the last neighborhoods in southern Damascus held by the Islamic State…

CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy on the tarmac of an airport in Wonsan, North Korea, May 22, 2018.  CBS About two dozen journalists from the U.S., U.K., China and Russia arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to witness the planned…

NEWCASTLE, Australia -- An Australian archbishop on Tuesday became the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world convicted of covering up child sex abuse and faces a potential two years in prison when he is sentenced next month. Magistrate…

As President Trump reckons with the difficulty of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, he'll sit down Tuesday with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea for a potentially tense day of meetings. It should have been a day of comparing notes with…

As President Trump reckons with the difficulty of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, he'll sit down Tuesday with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea for a potentially tense day of meetings. It should have been a day of comparing notes with…

Last Updated May 21, 2018 7:32 PM EDT England may have a new duke and duchess in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but in the process, classical music also got a new star. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a 19-year-old cellist from Nottingham,…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech on Monday detailing U.S. demands on Iran in the wake of the U.S. exiting the nuclear deal was met with formidable opposition among European allies, who worry renewed sanctions could harm European businesses.  Pompeo…

Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki attends an event where he accepted a permit to climb Mount Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 23, 2015. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Two foreign climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest have died on the…

Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki attends an event where he accepted a permit to climb Mount Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 23, 2015. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Two foreign climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest have died on the…

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' reported comments to a gay man that "God made you like this" have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gay people feel welcomed and loved in the…

LONDON — Duchess Meghan has offered a glimpse of how she sees her new role as the Duchess of Sussex in two new pages posted on the royal website hours after the former actress married Britain's Prince Harry. The pages…