International

(CNN) -- Strict building codes and the preparedness of millions of Chileans who live along an arc of volcanoes and fault lines likely kept the death toll -- only six by Wednesday afternoon -- low after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled…

Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- The killings of protesters in the Ukrainian capital during anti-government demonstrations in February took place under the order of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, a report said Thursday. The preliminary report…

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) -- With no obvious explanation for what may have happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the inspector general of Malaysian police said Wednesday that authorities were redoubling their efforts, but pleaded for…

(CNN) -- An Egyptian police brigadier general was killed and five other people were injured Wednesday in what the Interior Ministry said was a twin bomb attack outside Cairo University. A third bomb later exploded in front of the…

The Italian navy rescued 730 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily, it said Wednesday. The migrants are from North Africa and have been taken to the Sicilian port in Agrigento. Italy is a major gateway…

Off Garden Island, Australia (CNN) -- Docked at the largest naval base in Western Australia Monday is a ship with a bright red hull and the weight of the world resting on the shoulders of its 30-member crew. To some, the ship represents…

(CNN) -- A former mining tycoon accused of running a "mafia-style" gang to amass billions of dollars in personal wealth has gone on trial in China, facing charges including murder, state media reports. Liu Han was former board chairman of…

PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Despite what Australia called an "intensifying search effort," an international hunt Sunday by aircraft and ships in the southern Indian Ocean found no debris linked to the Malaysian jet that vanished more than…

(CNN) -- The International Court of Justice ruled Monday that Japan can no longer continue its annual whale hunt, rejecting the country's argument that it was for scientific purposes. "Japan shall revoke any extant authorization, permit or…

(CNN) -- They've been spotted and spotted again, those objects in the southern Indian Ocean. Every time a report comes out that something has been seen that may be related to missing Malaysia Flight 370, hopes have risen. And then, they…

Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- The trial of Oscar Pistorius, accused of killing his former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, was postponed until April 7 because one of two assessors was hospitalized. The assessors will help the judge decide the…

(CNN) -- Two gunmen opened fire Thursday on a team carrying out polio vaccinations in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, killing the police officer guarding them. "The assailants sped away on their motorcycle after the attack,"…

(CNN) -- Virtual "killing sprees" in Iran and Iraq led to a spike in the number of executions globally last year, according to Amnesty International, at odds with a steady decline in the use of the death penalty around the world over the…

(CNN) -- A Danish zoo that made international headlines last month when it killed a healthy giraffe is once again in the news after it killed four lions to make way for a new male. The lions were killed Monday, said Tobias Stenbaek Bro, a…

(CNN) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a German bishop who was under investigation for spending $42 million on the renovation of his residence. Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is known as the "Bling Bishop" because of…