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France's first Republican presidential primary has ended in a surprising runoff between two former prime ministers and halted a political comeback by former President Nicolas Sarkozy.

One of the world's most powerful leaders has announced her decision to run for office again.

Pope Francis has extended the powers of Catholic priests to forgive abortions, making the announcement in an apostolic letter released Monday.

In every corridor, every corner of the Omar Hospital in Aleppo, there are scenes of horror.

A pet monkey pounced on a schoolgirl in southwestern Libya, an act that set off days of deadly clashes between rival tribes, residents told CNN.

This weekend we saw President-elect Donald Trump lash out twice at Americans who were exercising their constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression. His reaction should chill every American with its implication: A President Trump may well try to suppress speech.

It took almost 30 years, but the Taronga Zoo in Sydney has finally been graced with some baby puggles.

Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the French Republican primary Sunday night could mean a reshuffling of priorities on the center right of French politics.

Behnam Lalo crunches over jagged glass and tiptoes around a fallen altar, burned Bibles and a decapitated porcelain Virgin Mary. He picks up a cross from a heap of rubble and wipes away ashes with his priest's robes.

The Dead Sea is a popular tourist destination, but its days might be numbered. It's shrinking at an alarming rate -- about 3.3 feet per year.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an overhaul of the United Nations on Monday, saying its Security Council had failed to address the Syria conflict and other global challenges.

Iraqi paramilitary forces are in a raging battle to take a key ISIS stronghold west of Mosul, but their presence is prompting fears that the fighting could result in the escalation of sectarian violence in Iraq.

Three weeks ago, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced the beginning of the long-anticipated offensive to take over ISIS' de facto capital, Raqqa. Since then, the coalition of Kurdish and Arab militias -- spearheaded by the YPG Kurdish militant group -- has achieved a slow but steady advance, capturing villages as close as 19 miles from the city.

At least 50 people were killed early Sunday when a Patna-Indore Express train derailed near India's northern city of Kanpur, Additional Director General of Police DS Chaudhary told CNN-affiliate CNN 18.

Since 2003, the religious group has been heavily persecuted by ISIS. Several local leaders are trying to rebuild the community.

Three people with close ties to South Korean President Park Geun-hye have been indicted for their role in a political corruption scandal. on.

Poverty, crime and danger are common words used to describe Rio de Janeiro's hilltop slums, known as favelas. In a new project called Favelagrafia, nine photographers from Rio's favelas, were chosen to capture what everyday life really looks like.

Davao City, on the southern Philippines' island of Mindanao, is the stronghold of the country's outspoken, unrepentant President Rodrigo Duterte.

A renewed blitz on Syria's war-ravaged eastern Aleppo has killed almost 300 people in five days -- including children, rescuers and medical organizations say.