Angela Merkel's deputy accuses Saudi Arabia of sponsoring extremism

Saudi Arabia has been accused of funding radical extremism across the globe by one of Germany's top politicians.

The key to Trump's success

It seems almost quaint, really, to go back to the start of this presidential campaign when the question du jour was whether Chris "just-sit-down-and-shut-up" Christie was too much of a bully to become president. Temperament, it seems, was a requirement.

First on CNN: San Bernardino shooter may have planned a 2012 attack, officials say

Investigators believe San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook may have been plotting an earlier attack in California with someone else, two U.S. officials said.

Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called Monday for barring all Muslims from entering the United States.

Beijing issues first red alert as air pollution hits hazardous levels

Beijing's city government issued its first red alert for pollution on Monday, ordering schools to close, halting outdoor construction and restricting car use due to hazardous air quality.

Oil tumbles to lowest level in 7 years

Good news drivers: oil prices have tumbled to the cheapest levels since the Great Recession. Oil tumbled another 6% on Monday to as low as $37.50 a barrel, its weakest level in almost seven years. A massive supply glut has wiped out two-thirds of oil's value after it peaked at nearly $108 a barrel in June 2014.

Soup kitchen refugees dream of Europe

A barbed wire fence runs through the fields and hills that mark the border between Greece and Macedonia. Just outside the Greek village of Idomeni is a metal gate -- the designated entry point for refugees who want to cross into Macedonia.

U.S. strikes kill leaders of Al-Shabaab and ISIS in Libya

A senior leader of the al Qaeda-affiliated group Al-Shabaab in Somalia and the senior ISIS leader in Libya were each killed in recent U.S. military airstrikes, the Pentagon said Monday.

Obama: 'This was an act of terrorism'

President Barack Obama on Sunday issued his most passionate denunciation yet of ISIS, vowing to "destroy" the group in a relentless, strong and smart campaign that is consistent with the nation's values.

Father of San Bernardino shooter says son supported ISIS, newspaper reports

The father of Syed Rizwan Farook told an Italian newspaper that his son, one of two shooters in last week's San Bernardino massacre, supported ISIS ideology and was "fixated on Israel."