International

Washington (CNN) -- Ashton Carter, the former second-in-command at the Pentagon, appears to be the top choice to replace outgoing Secretary Chuck Hagel. Barring any last minute complications, Ash Carter will be President Barack Obama's…

(CNN) -- Authorities are formally investigating whether Michael Brown's stepfather intended to incite a riot last week when he urged a crowd in Ferguson, Missouri, to "Burn this bitch down" after the grand jury's decision was announced, the…

Ferguson, Missouri (AFP) -- The white policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson has resigned, but it failed to deter angry protesters demanding justice and reform. Darren Wilson left the force…

Sydney, Australia (AFP) -- An Australian family Friday spoke of their shock after a man jumped out of bushes and drove off in a hearse carrying the body of a relative just before his funeral. Hayley West and husband Tobias Richardson were…

Leesburg, United States (AFP) -- The traditionalists don't like it, but the "Black Friday" shopping frenzy is as much a part of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States as turkey and pumpkin pie. And it's only Thursday. Americans…

Kampala, Ouganda (AFP) -- A court in Uganda on Friday upheld the conviction for criminal negligence of a HIV-infected nurse who inserted a needle into a two-year-old child after pricking herself, but ordered she be given early release from…

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Protests spread across the United States late Monday over the explosive grand jury decision in Missouri against indicting a white cop who shot dead an unarmed black teen. Angry people took to the streets…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri grand jury's decision to spare police officer Darren Wilson from criminal charges makes his case the latest in a long line of police shootings that show the latitude that the law and the courts give law…

Rome, Italy (AFP) -- An Italian doctor has contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and is being flown back to Rome for specialist treatment, the health ministry said Monday. The ministry said the doctor, the first Italian to contract the disease,…

Toronto, Canada -- Royal Bank of Canada plans to close its wealth management operations in the Caribbean, as the bank continues a retreat in its international wealth business that began last year in Latin America, Bloomberg News reported.…

Geneva, Switzerland (ACN) -- Cuban doctor Felix Baez Sarrias, who contracted the Ebola virus during his work as part of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade in Sierra Leone, is in stable condition, though he feels very tired, said…

Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli military said Friday it arrested three Palestinians from the West Bank and charged them in an alleged plot to assassinate Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Court documents say the scheme involved a…

MIAMI (Reuters) -- A member of the financial watchdog committee at soccer's ruling body FIFA has been charged with fraud, money-laundering and breach of trust by police in the Cayman Islands. Canover Watson, a vice-president of the…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A top police official says what appear to be the bodies of Miss Honduras 2014 and her sister have been found buried near the spa where they disappeared six days ago. National Police director, General Ramon…

(CNN) -- Enough already. Shivering under up to 6 feet of snow in its hardest-hit sections, Buffalo, New York, could see another 3 feet Thursday. If the forecast holds, that's more than a year's worth of snow in just three days. In a…