ISIS video purportedly shows beheadings of Kurdish fighters in Iraq
A video purportedly from ISIS surfaced online Friday and shows the terrorists beheading four Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in retaliation for the daring raid by U.S.-led coalition forces last week in northern Iraq.
Romanian nightclub fire leaves 27 dead, scores injured
Hundreds of young people were packed into a music club in central Bucharest, Romania, jamming to the head-pounding heavy metal music filling their ears.
Jeb Bush's existential crisis
Jeb Bush's presidential campaign is facing a full-blown existential crisis.The former Florida governor's attempt to revive his White House hopes during Wednesday's Republican debate by taking on his former protege, Sen. Marco Rubio, backfired badly.
Calmness and patience are needed between China, U.S. in South China Sea
The competition for influence between the United States and China in the South China Sea entered a new stage when the warship U.S.S. Lassen sailed near China's two man-made islands, aiming to demonstrate that the U.S. will go anywhere international laws allow.
Dems, GOP knock Obama plan for troops in Syria
Both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill took issue with President Barack Obama's decision Friday to deploy U.S. troops to Syria -- for different reasons.
China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule's impact
Growing up in Shanghai in the 1980s, I never thought much of the fact that most of my classmates were only children.
First on CNN: German rapper who joined ISIS killed in U.S. strike, official says
A prominent German ISIS propagandist was killed by a U.S. strike while he was traveling in a vehicle in Syria earlier this month, a U.S. official told CNN.
Knives, guns, blood and fear: Inside the Texas biker shootout
After the guns fell silent on May 17 -- one of the bloodiest afternoons in the history of American motorcycle clubs -- nine bikers lay dead in a strip mall parking lot littered with weapons.
James Clapper: Vladimir Putin in Syria is 'winging this'
Moscow's escalating militancy in Syria comes not because of careful strategic decisions but rather because Russian President Vladimir Putin is "winging this," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told CNN Thursday in an exclusive interview.
Pentagon: 'We're in combat' in Iraq
The Pentagon conceded Wednesday that U.S. troops are in combat in Iraq after days of dancing around the characterization following the first death of U.S. service member in the campaign against ISIS.
