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By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna and Anthony Salvanto As the U.S. officially moves its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Americans are split on how President Donald Trump is handling relations with Israel, but that country's…

BAGHDAD -- The political coalition of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took an early lead in Iraq's national elections in partial returns announced late Sunday by the Iraqi electoral commission. An alliance of candidates linked to Iraq's powerful Shiite paramilitary…

JERUSALEM -- Exactly 70 years after the Jewish state of Israel was declared -- and recognized by the U.S. -- history is about to be made again in the Holy Land. Hours from now, the U.S. will open its embassy…

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad seen Oct. 21, 2010. Getty Malaysia's government passed the "Anti-Fake News Bill 2018" in April, making both creating and sharing fake news punishable by up to six years in prison. It was seen as a…

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that the consequences of the move of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem are "modest" due to the dwindling likelihood of a two-state solution between the Palestinians and the Israelis.…

This picture taken on May 3, 2018 shows the ZTE logo on an office building in Shanghai. Johannes Eisele / AFP/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- President Trump said Sunday he has instructed his Commerce Department to help get a Chinese telecommunications…

The Pentagon says three Americans released by North Korea have left a Washington-area hospital and have reunited with their families. A Pentagon spokeswoman, Maj. Carla M. Gleason, says in a statement that the men "were grateful, in good spirits and…

Time for some liquid refreshment... to begin, a cup of tea with Seth Doane: Tiny sandwiches without crusts, and sweets stacked on platters set the stage for that soothing and rather special event: afternoon tea. Dig in! (daintily...) CBS News…

The musical instrument and uniform, devised as instruments of war centuries ago, are today considered the epitome of cool. Jonathan Vigliotti reports:  Every spring, when Scotland thaws and roars back to life, another seasonal tune-up begins. May marks the start…

It was "last call" for a 150-year-old pub when a developer wanted announced plans to convert it into apartments – then the community took action, as Roxana Saberi explains: In the village of South Stoke, outside Bath, the Packhorse pub…

In the run-up to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, true-blue fans of the Royal Family are easy to spot. But few can rival the one our Lee Cowan discovered out in the English countryside: It's pretty hard…

A lot of what America thinks it knows about Britain comes from "Masterpiece Theater," and needs a re-boot to what Britain is today: multi-cultural, multi-accented and casting about for a new identity. Mark Phillips reports: It's easy to think you…

SURABAYA, Indonesia -- Suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city on Sunday were a family of six that included two young children, police said, as the world's most populous Muslim nation recoiled in…

SURABAYA, Indonesia -- Suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city on Sunday were a family of six that included two young children, police said, as the world's most populous Muslim nation recoiled in…

PARIS -- The man behind a deadly knife attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and had been on police radar for radicalism, and his parents have been detained for questioning, French authorities said Sunday.  Counterterrorism investigators are working…

A knife-wielding man stabbed several people in Paris on Saturday before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said. Local police said four people were wounded and one victim was killed in the attack near the city's famed Opera…

President Trump (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) participate in a state arrival ceremony at the South Lawn of the White House on Tue., April 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Getty PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron has called…

LONDON -- Buckingham Palace has released an image of the handwritten document in which Queen Elizabeth II gives her consent for Prince Harry to marry Meghan Markle. The Instrument of Consent image was released Saturday - a week before Harry…

There are heightened tensions in Israel this weekend, just days before the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Israeli forces on Saturday blew up what they said was a Hamas terror tunnel at the Gaza border. Palestinian protesters have…

LISBON, Portugal -- Lights, music, action! The annual celebration of country and song known as the Eurovision Song Contest got underway in Portugal's capital Saturday night with a paean to the country's traditional fado music. As the contest headed toward…

Authorities say a knife-wielding man stabbed several people in Paris on Saturday before he was shot and killed by police. The incident took place near the city's famous opera house. Local police say least four people were wounded -- two…