President Barack Obama once again finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes, tension-fraught meeting with a key leader from the Middle East.
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'Smiley' Iran: Why caution is needed
How to react to Iran's new smiley-faced president, Hassan Rouhani?
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NSA mines Facebook for clues
In addition to phone records and email logs, the National Security Agency uses Facebook and other social media profiles to create maps of social connections -- including those of American citizens.
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Details reveal attackers' brutality
New details about the Kenyan mall attackers' brutality and new questions about the security forces' response.
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Decorator blamed for Mumbai collapse
The death toll from the five-story building collapse in Mumbai rose to 60 on Sunday, authorities said.
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Woman charged in Boston bombs con
A woman accused of scamming nearly half a million dollars from a nonprofit fund benefiting the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings was indicted on Monday, according to a Massachusetts Attorney General.
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Obama: We won't pay ransom to avoid shutdown
In a battle over healthcare and government funding, U.S. lawmakers are play a game of chicken that could hit the world economy.
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U.N. approves Syria resolution
In a 15-0 vote, the U.N. has approved a plan demanding Syria turn over its chemical weapons. Nick Paton Walsh reports.
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12 Baghdad car bombs explode
A dozen car bombs exploded across Baghdad during rush hour Monday morning, killing 33 people, police in Baghdad said.
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How does Al-Shabaab get its money?
Following the Nairobi attack attention focused on the 40 Americans who fought for Al-Shabaab in Somalia. Less attention has focused on the group's U.S. backers.
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Yemen: Militants kill 4 at army HQ
Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and more than 20 injured when suspected al Qaeda militants stormed the headquarters of the Army's 2nd Division in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla on Monday, three local security officials told CNN.
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America's Cup: Australia building team
Australian tycoon Bob Oatley turns from wine to water as he announces plans to build a team to challenge defending America's Cup champions Oracle Team USA.
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Syria FM: There's no civil war
Syria's foreign minister insists his country is fighting terrorists, telling the U.N.: "There is no civil war in Syria, but it is a war against terror that recognizes no values."
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Court orders new tests in Knox retrial
The latest chapter in Amanda Knox's long legal battle begins Monday in Florence, Italy, with a retrial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.
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Pastor shot dead while preaching
Bond is set at $1 million for a Louisiana man accused of shooting and killing a church pastor as he preached in Lake Charles, Louisiana on Friday night.
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Kenya warned of attack threat
A number of Kenya's Cabinet members and defense officials were warned about the possibility that the terror group al-Shabaab was planning to carry out a Westgate-style attack a year before gunman stormed the Nairobi mall, according to several police and intelligence sources.
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Man snags 13-foot, 1,100-lb gator
An Arkansas man caught a record breaking 13-foot, 9 inch alligator that weighed 1,100 pounds.
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Behind the science of 'Gravity'
How does Hollywood magic work with real science? Nischelle Turner looks at the science behind 'Gravity' to find out.
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Egypt: New government by spring
Egypt will have a new government by next spring, following parliamentary and presidential elections, its foreign minister told the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday.
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Architect of the brink
One of the most prominent developers of the plan that could shut the government down is a little-known congressman who has been in office only eight months.
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Iran's 2700-year-old gift to U.S.
A 2700 year-old silver chalice may be a new token of friendship between the United States and Iran, at least that's the way Iran's cultural heritage chief sees it.
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U.S. smokejumper dies in jump
A smokejumper in Idaho died in a parachuting accident Friday, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
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Cuba to let athletes go pro
Ever since the Cuban Revolution more than 50 years ago, athletes on the communist island have been able to garner gold medals and glory, but not big paychecks.
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Jackson: FARC to free U.S. captive
The release of an American held since June by Colombia's FARC rebel group is "imminent," U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said Saturday.
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NSA: Spy powers used to tail lovers
The National Security Agency's internal watchdog detailed a dozen instances in the past decade in which its employees intentionally misused the agency's surveillance power, in some cases to snoop on their love interests.
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Bus blast in Pakistan kills 17
At least 17 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in an explosion that ripped through a bus carrying government employees in northwest Pakistan on Friday, authorities said.
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Teen USA knew 'sextortion' accused
The college student accused of hijacking the webcam of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other young women is a former high school classmate of the pageant winner.
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Report: Dozens dead in Sudan protests
Clashes in Sudan between protesters and police about rising gasoline prices have left dozens dead, according to protest groups and the Sudanese government. Demonstrators have been calling for President Omer Hassan Ahmed Albashir to step down.
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'Likely' humans caused climate change
Scientists are 95% certain that human activity has caused at least half of climate change in the last 50 years, a U.N. report concludes.
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Source: Kenya mall gang rented store
The Nairobi attack was planned for more than a year by conspirators who rented a store in the Westgate Mall, an official says.
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Rival welcomes greet Iran's President Rouhani in Tehran
A shoe is reportedly thrown at Iranian President Rouhani as those opposed to dialogue with the U.S. gather alongside his supporters on his return to Tehran.
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New powerful quake hits Pakistan
A new powerful earthquake struck Saturday in southwestern Pakistan, shaking an area already trying to recover from a quake that killed more than 300 people.
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'We need climate common sense'
When we go to major sporting events, my kids love to play the "Shuffle Hat" game on the Jumbotron screen. A ball is placed under a hat, and the hats are shuffled around quickly to distract you. If you keep your eye on the hat with the ball, you can usually find it.
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U.S. spending showdown in House
The House on Saturday will take up a short-term spending plan that has become a congressional version of hot potato with a looming government shutdown at stake.
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Mumbai's dangerous buildings
CNN's Mallika Kapur reports recent building collapses in Mumbai have pushed the government to do something about safety.
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Pussy Riot inmate hospitalized
Her requests for parole and a prison transfer recently denied, a member of the punk rock collective Pussy Riot was hospitalized amid a hunger strike Friday, according to Russian state-run media.
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Philippines military frees final hostages
The hostage standoff between Philippines forces and separatist rebels is over, a military spokesman said Friday.
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Dozens killed in Nigeria boat accident
Nigerian authorities on Saturday were looking for survivors after a boat carrying traders capsized, killing at least 42, an emergency agency official said.
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Kenyans agonize over Somalia role
Twenty men are engaged in fiery debate on a sidewalk near Nairobi's Westgate mall, where terrorists stormed the shopping center and killed at least 67 people.
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Soccer: Chelsea draw; United slump
Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas-Boas might be poles apart personally, but their teams could not be separated at White Hart Lane on Saturday as Chelsea drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League.
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2 deny London soldier killing
Two men accused of murdering British soldier Lee Rigby in the south London neighborhood of Woolwich in May pleaded not guilty Friday at the Old Bailey criminal court in London.
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How can mall stores protect you?
In the wake of the Westgate shopping mall horror in Kenya, your local mall wants you to know it is doing everything possible to protect you.
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Obama in historic call to Iran
U.S. President Barack Obama confirms he spoke by phone with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the first communication between U.S. and Iranian leaders since 1979.
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Golden Dawn members charged
Greek police have arrested and charged members of the ultra-right-wing Golden Dawn party with 'forming a criminal gang'.
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Opinion: Al-Shabaab is losing
The rebel group's recent attacks on Kenya are a sign that it is losing, writes Ethan Bueno de Mesquita.
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Nairobi mall: What went wrong?
The chaotic response to the Westgate mall attack may have contributed to the casualty toll. David McKenzie reports
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Dozens killed in Mumbai collapse
Rescuers in Mumbai are searching for survivors in the rubble of a residential building which collapsed early Friday, trapping an unknown number of people.
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Royal baby's christening date set
Prince George will be christened on October 23 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, announced Friday.
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U.S., Iran: No overnight miracles
There is a story that the first time a Persian 'Qajar dynasty' king attended a concert during a European tour, he was asked what he liked most about it. "The beginning," he answered, having assumed that the sound check was part of the performance.
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Feds: Ex-soldier hired team of hitmen
A former Army sergeant is under arrest in a federal sting operation that focused on a team he allegedly supervised in international drug trafficking and planned killings, according to the U.S. attorney in Manhattan.
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How to end the elephant slaughter
The heads of five major conservation groups say a new initiative to cut demand for ivory could save the elephants
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U.N. pressures Syria to scrap weapons
The U.N. Security Council votes unanimously to adopt a binding resolution that requires Syria to eliminate its chemical weapons.
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Texas abortion law challenged
A federal lawsuit filed Friday seeks to overturn portions of Texas' new abortion law, considered among the most restrictive legislation in the nation, just weeks before it takes effect.
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Syria team to probe nearly 50 sites
When inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons arrive in Damascus on Monday they'll face a daunting task. They'll need to visit nearly 50 different sites as part of the effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapons.
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Official: Detained Americans discussed
The fate of three U.S. citizens who have disappeared or been imprisoned in Iran was discussed during Friday's historic conversation between the two nations' presidents, a senior U.S. administration official said.
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Far-right Greek politicians arrested
The leader of Greece's extreme right wing Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos and three party lawmakers are charged with forming a criminal gang, Athens police say.
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Obama to Rouhani: God be with you
CNN's Fareed Zakaria translates President Barack Obama's greeting, and says hardliners say something else.
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Priest accused of raping altar boy
A Philadelphia priest who narrowly escaped prosecution during a recent clergy abuse scandal that rocked the city's archdiocese has been arrested on charges that include raping an altar boy.
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Refugees die in Indonesia boat capsize
Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from a boat that sank off the coast of Indonesia on Friday.
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Miss Philippines crowned Miss World
A new Miss World was crowned Saturday, and though she competed as Miss Philippines, she hails from the United States.
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Pilot suffers heart attack in mid-air
A passenger airline pilot had a heart attack in midair late Thursday, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing, an airport spokeswoman said.
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Alicia Keys: Let's fight HIV together
Bernadette's father died from AIDS complications when she was a child. Her mother never even knew he had HIV until she and her daughter tested positive years later.
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Jury deliberating Jackson death verdict
Jurors began deliberations Thursday afternoon in the Michael Jackson wrongful-death trial, potentially bringing the contentious case to a close after five months of testimony and three days of closing arguments.
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