International

(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…

(CNN) -- Three Secret Service agents were sent home after one of them was found passed out after a night of drinking in Amsterdam, an official familiar with the incident told CNN. The agents were in the Netherlands as part of a contingent…

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — More than 100 people remained unaccounted for Monday after a devastating landslide in the US state of Washington killed at least eight and sounded "like a small earthquake," witnesses said. The number rose…

(CNN) -- A commuter train derailed and hit a platform at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Monday, leaving 30 people with non-life-threatening injuries, Chicago police said. The front of the Chicago Transit Authority train moved…

(CNN) -- Riot police evicted scores of protesters from Taiwan's executive building early Monday morning as rallies over a controversial trade deal between Taiwan and mainland China entered their seventh day. Hundreds of protesters stormed…

(CNN) -- An Egyptian court sentenced at least 528 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death Monday on charges related to violent riots in the southern Egyptian city of Minya last August, including the murder of a police officer, the…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduran police say they are looking for three men who opened fire at a foorball game in a village near the capital city of Tegucigalpa, killing five people. Police said in a statement Thursday that the masked…

(CNN) -- Another day. Still nothing. Australian authorities said Friday they had called off their search for the day for two mystery objects that may or may not be parts of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Military surveillance…

(CNN) -- First lady Michelle Obama is in China for an official visit to expand Sino-American relations, but she will refrain from talking about political differences. Mrs. Obama, who flew Wednesday from Washington, D.C., is making a…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Agents of Venezuela's domestic intelligence service on Wednesday arrested the opposition mayor of San Cristobal, a western city that has seen some of the fiercest anti-government protests. Mayor Daniel Ceballos…