International

(CNN) -- Russia still has about 1,000 troops inside eastern Ukraine, a NATO military officer said Thursday, a week after Ukraine's government and pro-Russian rebels agreed to a ceasefire aimed at ending months of conflict. NATO also sees…

THE HAGUE,Netherlands (AP) -- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft," causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster…

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A man was killed Tuesday in a suspected shark attack at a popular Australian beach after being bitten on the leg while swimming, officials said. The man, in his 40s, was in the water at Byron Bay on the New South…

New York (AP) -- Howard Stern delivered the eulogy, Broadway singer-actress Audra McDonald sang ‘Smile’ and bagpipers played ‘New York, New York’ at Joan Rivers' funeral Sunday, a star-studded send-off that -- like late comedian herself --…

(CNN) -- At least 355 people have been killed in flooding caused by intense monsoon-season rains across northern India and Pakistan over the past few days. The death toll in Pakistan is 205 as of Monday, according to Pakistan's National…

(CNN) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has undergone prostate surgery, Iranian news media reported Monday. The surgery at a Tehran hospital was successful, but previously undisclosed until it was completed, the Mehr news…

MARIETTA, Georgia (AP) — A Georgia man whose toddler son died after he was left in a hot car for seven hours has been charged with murder in a case that has drawn widespread attention amid prosecutors' claims that he intentionally left the…

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- Two men are planning to ask for pardons after they were freed this week from a North Carolina prison following the discovery of evidence that they didn't kill a young girl 30 years ago. Vernetta Alston, an…

ROCHESTER, New York (AP) — A police officer died in a shooting in Rochester and a suspect has been apprehended, officials in the upstate New York city said. Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli said the officer was shot just before…

(CNN) -- More than 3,500 people have been infected by the Ebola virus in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since the first documented cases in December, according to new figures released Wednesday by the World Health Organization.…

New York, United States (AFP) -- Joan Rivers, the acerbic US stand-up comic and television presenter rushed to a New York hospital last week, has been moved out of intensive care, her daughter said Wednesday. Brooklyn-born Rivers, 81,…

Pasadena, Texas (AP) -- Police say a 5-year-old Texas girl has been hospitalized after she was trapped inside a running washing machine. Pasadena police say the child "was tumbling pretty fast" for several minutes Tuesday before a customer…

Tallinn, Estonia (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of a second American journalist and will build a coalition to "degrade and destroy"…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Dolly headed Tuesday for a soggy collision with Mexico's Gulf coast. The storm's maximum sustained winds early Tuesday were near 50 mph (85 kph) and it was forecast to strengthen as it approaches the coast…

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Singer Chris Brown is expected to appear in a District of Columbia court for what would be a third attempt at a plea deal to resolve an assault case. According to court filings, Brown is scheduled to appear…