China's leader Xi Jinping hit out at the United States with unusually direct comments as he called on the country's private companies to "fight" alongside the Communist Party at a time of mounting challenges at home and abroad.

Parts of Asia's largest cities could be under water by 2100 thanks to rising sea levels, according to a new study that combines both the impact of climate change with natural oceanic fluctuations.

New video purportedly shows a Russian soldier saying he is refusing to obey orders after his unit suffered heavy casualties on the front lines in Ukraine.

The two Americans who authorities say were kidnapped in Mexico and found dead have been identified as Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown, a US official familiar with the ongoing investigation tells CNN. The two survivors have been identified as Latavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams, according to ...

CNN's Selina Wang discusses the restrictions that journalists face at China's annual parliamentary meeting.

Two of the four Americans who authorities say were kidnapped in Mexico have been found dead, according to Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal Anaya. One of the two survivors has injuries, he said.

CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on the standoff between Yevgeny Prigozhin of Wagner and the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Young Afghan women gathered outside Kabul University on Monday to protest the ruling Taliban's ban on female education as their male peers returned to school for a new academic year and the United Nations heard the restriction may amount to a crime against humanity.

Horrific video appears to show a Ukrainian soldier, allegedly a prisoner of war, executed seemingly by Russian soldiers after he says: "Glory to Ukraine." CNN's Erin Burnett reports.

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The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who did not show up to court in Washington, DC, on Monday, when she was set to go to trial on federal charges related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot.

New video from the scene where four US citizens were kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico shows people being loaded into the back of a pickup truck. CNN's Kylie Atwood reports.

The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey on February 6 killed at least 45,000 people, rendered millions homeless across almost a dozen cities and caused immediate damage estimated at $34 billion -- or roughly 4% of the country's annual economic output, according to the World Bank.

At least nine police officers were killed and 11 others injured in a suspected suicide blast in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Monday, authorities said, the latest in a string of recent attacks against security personnel in the South Asian nation.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from this week's BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, the tournament announced on Sunday, suggesting that his visa application to enter the United States had been unsuccessful.

Wayne Couzens, the former London police officer who abducted, raped and murdered 33-year-old Sarah Everard in 2021, has been sentenced to 19 further months in prison for indecent exposure incidents that took place while he was serving in the force.

Toblerone bars, sold in over 100 countries, can no longer be called Swiss chocolate because the brand's US owner is moving some production out of Switzerland.

Alex Murdaugh will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife and son, but his days in court are far from over.

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen tells CNN's Jim Acosta why he doesn't think Trump will win the GOP nomination in 2024.