International

(CNN) -- Six people died after an argument between two vendors led to a stabbing spree at a market in Hunan province in central China on Friday morning, local police told CNN. The incident took place in Changsha city, the capital of the…

Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Gruesome images shown at his murder trial Thursday were too much for Oscar Pistorius to take. He vomited. He had covered his face before, when bloody photos flashed across court monitors of his own bathroom,…

Gaza City (CNN) -- After two days of rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel and attacks by Israel on Gaza, a cease-fire has been declared, an Islamic Jihad leader told CNN on Thursday. "We have agreed on an Egyptian-brokered truce --…

(BBC) -- Chinese satellite images that were said to show debris from a missing Malaysian airliner were released by mistake, Malaysia's transport minister says. Hishammuddin Hussein also denied a US report that the Boeing 777 might have…

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Gunmen shot dead a Swedish journalist in broad daylight in the Afghan capital Tuesday, underscoring a growing insecurity threatening the country's elections next month. The Swedish embassy identified the victim…

Istanbul (CNN) -- Thousands of angry mourners gathered in a working-class Istanbul neighborhood Wednesday before the funeral of a 15-year-old boy whose death Tuesday triggered the worst street violence Turkey has seen in months. Berkin…

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's parliament voted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan out of office on Tuesday after months of political infighting that has crippled the North African country. The vote of no-confidence came after rebels in eastern…

NEW DELHI (AP) - Maoist rebels ambushed paramilitary soldiers in a brazen daytime attack on their camp in central India on Tuesday, killing 20 troops in their largest attack in almost a year, police said. Paramilitary soldiers have been…

(CNN) -- A foreign national was shot in the head with a pistol in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, police said. The hospital said the man was already dead when he was brought to the hospital. Two suspects have been arrested,…

--A multinational team is searching the sea off South Vietnam, in the hope of finding a Malaysia Airlines flight that has been missing for 24 hours. A Vietnamese search plane saw two possible oil slicks in the area, although there was no…

A US Army captain who accuses a general of sexually assaulting her has wept as she told a court he threatened to kill her family. The unidentified accuser spoke after opening arguments in a military trial at Fort Bragg, North Carolina,…

(CNN) -- Two members of the dissident Russian punk band Pussy Riot were attacked by a group of men while eating breakfast at a McDonald's restaurant in a Russian city on Thursday. The unidentified men threw trash and squirted paint at the…

(CNN) -- The United States on Thursday expanded a visa ban and set the groundwork for sanctions against Russians and others over the crisis in Ukraine, while Europe also threatened similar action if the matter cannot be resolved…

Hong Kong (CNN) -- Carson Yeung Ka-sing, a Hong Kong tycoon and owner of British soccer club Birmingham City, was jailed for six years Friday for laundering HK$721 million (US$93 million). The 54-year-old businessman was convicted by a…

Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius's defense team poked holes Wednesday in the testimony of yet another witness who said he heard shouts and shooting from the Olympian's home the night his girlfriend was killed. Prosecutors…