International

NEW YORK, (AFP) - Eileen Ford, whose Ford Models agency grew into an international powerhouse and fostered the careers of a plethora of super models including Naomi Campbell, has died. She was 92. She died Wednesday night, a spokeswoman…

(CNN) -- Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday where he plans to encourage a resolution to the presidential election that the United States insists must include a thorough review of "reasonable…

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Heavily armed Muslim fighters attacked a Catholic church compound sheltering thousands of civilians in a volatile town in Central African Republic, killing at least 17 people and leaving 10 others…

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- More than 50 unidentified bodies were found in the predominantly Shiite town of Alexandria on Wednesday, Iraqi security officials said. Two children were among the dozens of bodies found in different parts of the…

(CNN) -- The Australian government has admitted it has 153 people, including children, in custody at sea while it fights a High Court challenge to any plans to send them back to Sri Lanka. Until Tuesday's court hearing in Melbourne, the…

(CNN) -- Bahrain has ordered the expulsion of a U.S. diplomat for meddling in the country's internal matters, the kingdom's foreign affairs ministry said. Tom Malinowski, U.S. assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and…

London (CNN) -- The defense in the Oscar Pistorius murder case rested Tuesday, bringing to an end the latest phase of a trial which has lasted longer than the athlete's relationship with Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he killed. Closing…

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Ashraf Ghani might be on the verge of a comeback in his bid for the Afghan presidency, a preliminary count of last month's runoff election shows. The former Afghan finance minister leads former Foreign Minister…

(CNN) -- A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning in southern Mexico's Chiapas state near the border with Guatemala, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake happened at 6:23 a.m. (7:23 a.m. ET), about 1 mile from Puerto Madero,…

Kano, Nigeria (CNN) -- Sixty-three women and girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month in Nigeria escaped from their captors and have returned to their burnt village, a security source and a local vigilante fighting the militant group said.…

(CNN) -- German prosecutors ordered the arrest this week of a German citizen on suspicion of spying for foreign intelligence agencies. A day later, on Friday, the German foreign office called in the U.S. ambassador to discuss it. Foreign…

(CNN) -- More than 400 trucks carrying fuel and oil were burning on roads west of Kabul, Afghanistan, police spokesman Hashmatullah Stanekzai said Saturday. Emergency crews tried to contain the damage, he said. Residents and local news…

London (CNN) -- Children's entertainer Rolf Harris was sentenced Friday to five years and nine months in prison for a string of indecent assaults against women and girls. The 84-year-old was found guilty Monday in a London court of 12…

Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Did Oscar Pistorius have time to think before he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year? That's the question that state prosecutor Gerrie Nel dug into Thursday with a doctor who has spent…

(CNN) -- A Colorado woman was arrested at the Denver airport in April and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, according to court documents that were unsealed Wednesday. Shannon Maureen Conley, 19, allegedly…