International

(CNN) Stranded in the unforgiving expanses of Niger's Sahara desert after their vehicles broke down, dozens of people, almost all of them women and children, slowly died of thirst. The migrants had been trying to reach Algeria, Azaoua…

(CNN) A video that appears to show a Saudi man beating a migrant worker is causing growing outrage in Saudi Arabia. In the amateur video, which went viral after it was posted on YouTube, a male worker in an orange jumpsuit is first seen…

(CNN) Investigators have shut down a newly-completed, "highly sophisticated" drug tunnel running under the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. It hasn't been utilized," ICE…

(UTAH) -- A man wrote goodbye letters to his family as he lay dying in the wreckage of his van after crashing into a remote ravine in Utah. David Welch, 54, disappeared after leaving home in Manhattan, Kansas, on September 3. His body was…

Beijing (CNN) -- Five suspects have been detained in Monday's deadly crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, which has been identified as a terrorist attack, Beijing police said Wednesday. The attack -- in which five people died and dozens…

(BBC) They are known as the mule women of Melilla. Every day they carry heavy loads across the border between the Spanish enclave and Morocco. Melilla is an important entry point for goods in to North Africa - and if the women can carry…

(CNN) Authorities struggled to explain how a small plane crashed at an international airport, erupted in fire, but evidently went unnoticed for hours. The incident occurred early Tuesday in Nashville. But exactly what time remains a…

Winter Garden, Florida (AP) — The life of a central Florida gas station clerk has been saved by his cellphone. Police say a Hess clerk sustained only minor injuries after a robber fired a bullet at the man's abdomen that was stopped by his…

(BBC) The UN body says a further 12 cases are still being investigated. Most of the 22 people who have been tested are babies and toddlers. Before Syria's civil war began in 2011, some 95% of children were vaccinated against the disease.…

(BBC) The committee's chair, Diane Feinstein, said eavesdropping on leaders of friendly nations was wrong. She said the White House had told her such surveillance would stop, but a senior administration official told the BBC there was no…

(BBC) A murder victim who was beaten and set on fire following rumours he was a paedophile was "failed" by officers, Bristol's police chief has admitted. Bijan Ebrahimi's body was found in July in Brislington after he was reportedly…

TAPIE, TAIWAN, (CUOPM) -- The Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas wants the Republic of China (Taiwan) to be a key partner in the new phase of development in the Eastern Caribbean…

(BBC) Three people have died after a storm battered southern Britain, leading to 580,000 homes losing power, and rail and flight cancellations. A teenager in Kent and a man in Watford were killed by falling trees. And a man was found dead…

(BBC) Tiananmen Square was the scene of the 1989 pro-democracy protests which were ended by a military crackdown. The site is generally kept under very tight security both because of its proximity to key political institutions and so that…

Los Angeles (AP) — The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson was released from jail Monday after serving nearly two years of a four-year sentence. Conrad Murray was released from a downtown Los Angeles jail at 12:01 am, according to…