An Italian court has jailed the captain of a migrant boat that sank in 2015, killing some 900 people in the Mediterranean's worst disaster since World War II.
Wonder Woman has been stripped of her role as a United Nations honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls, less than two months after the controversial appointment was made.
The final days of the years-long battle for Aleppo are here. One by one, neighborhoods are falling to the Syrian regime, and those left behind face a variety of gruesome fates: Will they be trapped? Bombed? Or executed by government forces, as reports are suggesting?
He was an old man who spent his days alone in the mountains of southern Oregon looking for a bee. He hadn't seen the bee -- no one had seen this particular bee species -- in 10 years when he asked me to join him.
This is not your typical 9-to-5 job. A global translation firm based in London is hiring what it says will be the world's first official "emoji translator."
Scientists in South Africa have found a link between a particular type of malaria resistance and the likelihood of cancer spread in some patients of African descent.
The Syrian regime's capture of eastern Aleppo changes the face of the country's horrendous civil war; the fortunes of the many rebel groups arrayed against it have rarely seemed so bleak. But few observers expect them to sue for peace or lay down their arms.
China has warned that it's "seriously concerned" after President-elect Donald Trump questioned whether the United States should keep its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of "one China."
Cristiano Ronaldo secured his fourth Ballon d'Or title Monday, beating old rival Lionel Messi to the title of world's best footballer over the past 12 months.
On trial for blasphemy, Jakarta's embattled governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly called Ahok, gave emotional testimony to a packed courtroom on Tuesday.
Tens of thousands of hellos and goodbyes echo through the arrival and departure halls at Heathrow Airport every day, as planes take off and land every 45 seconds.
Just in case Donald Trump missed the signals from Beijing about how significant it views any tilt toward Taiwan, China flew a nuclear-capable Xian H-6 bomber into the South China Sea this weekend, then had one of its trusted newspapers point out that ditching the 40-year-old "one China" policy would touch off "a real crisis."
There have been 5,927 deaths linked to the "war on drugs" in the Philippines since July 1 according to statistics released by the national police on Monday.
Waging a constant battle with cerebral palsy, the world seemed against Jeison Aristizábal. Now, he's CNN's Hero of the Year for his work helping disabled children.