A man accused of a fatal stabbing in Hamburg, Germany, was known to investigators as an Islamist and was "psychologically unstable" but so far does not appear to have any terror links, authorities said Saturday.
With his wire-rimmed glasses and mild manner, Siew Te Wong could be described as a Malaysian Clark Kent. His superpower is rescuing the world's smallest species of bear from poachers and captivity, and restoring their natural habitat at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Malaysia.
Malaysia has a problem: misogyny. The country's Parliament set yet another sordid example last week when Member of Parliament Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh, during a debate on amending domestic violence laws, said husbands were 'abused' when wives threw insults, withheld sex and denied consent for Muslim men to take another wife.
British baby Charlie Gard, who was at the center of a legal battle that captured the world's attention, died Friday, one week before his first birthday.
Opponents of Venezuela's President blocked more than a dozen intersections in the capital but appeared to refrain from massive demonstrations Friday, the first day of the government's ban on protests ahead of a controversial weekend election.
The United States detected an intercontinental ballistic missile launch out of North Korea at approximately 10:45 am ET on Friday, the Pentagon confirmed to CNN -- Pyongyang's second such test this month.
Meet Mary, a sun bear rescued as a cub from illegal captivity. Today, she's in the care of CNN Hero Siew Te Wong and his conservation center in Malaysia.
Google boss Sundar Pichai joined members of his executive team on his first visit to Nigeria as the company announced a series of products for the country, including YouTube Go, a platform where users with slow Internet can preview and save videos.
Friday prayers at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque passed peacefully, defying expectations of widespread demonstrations and potentially violent clashes around the Old City.
Our boatman gets a radio call that a jaguar mother and two cubs have been spotted moving along a riverbank in the Pantanal wetlands of southern Brazil about 20 minutes from our present location.
