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Janis Shinwari fought alongside CNN Hero Matt Zeller as a translator in Afghanistan. Here, he recounts the danger they survived and how they're paying it forward.

Facebook is taking steps to address criticism that its platform has been hijacked by bad actors, but investors are bailing.

Neither the stock market nor President Donald Trump are pleased with the Federal Reserve right now.

A Soyuz rocket carrying a NASA astronaut and Russian cosmonaut made an emergency landing Thursday back on Earth after an issue with a booster, NASA said.

A group of Bloomberg employees have expressed outrage over the news organization's invitation to an onstage interview with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Saudi Arabia is attracting big names from around the world to advise on one of its most ambitious projects — building a futuristic mega city — even as questions mount about its role in the disappearance of a prominent journalist.

Gunmen have kidnapped an African billionaire from a luxury hotel in Dar res Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, police told CNN.

BMW is the first international carmaker to announce a deal to take a majority stake in its China joint venture.

Tennis great Rafa Nadal has joined in with clean-up efforts following devastating flash floods in his native Majorca which have left at least 10 people dead and others missing.

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is keeping a close eye on China's currency as the trade war between the two countries escalates.

China finally admitted this week what had been widely reported: that it is interning thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people in "re-education camps" in the far-western region of Xinjiang.

Authorities in China's far-western Xinjiang region appear to have officially legalized so-called re-education camps for people accused of religious extremism a little more than a month after denying such centers exist.

A burden has been lifted from the shoulders of Greece's working donkey population.

With a coast extending more than 50,000 kilometers, Australia offers beach-hoppers a staggering 12,000 stretches of sand to choose from.

One of China's biggest smartphone makers has never sold a handset in the country. Yet thousands of miles away, it dominates markets across Africa. Unknown in the West, Transsion has left global players like Samsung and Apple trailing in its wake in a continent that's home to more than a billion people.

The World Endurance Championship heads to Japan for the 6 Hours of Fuji

A little over a week ago, a prominent Saudi journalist walked into the consulate general in Istanbul, intending to get paperwork that would allow him to marry his Turkish fiancée. She hasn't seen him since.

Investors can't afford to ignore China.

The number of civilians -- mostly women and children -- killed or injured by airstrikes in Afghanistan has risen a startling 39% year on year, according to UN figures released Wednesday, casting fresh scrutiny on the use of air power by the United States and its Afghan partners at a time of near-record bombing and increasing violence.