Japan hit with deadly floods and landslides; 18 dead

Japan (CNN)At least 18 people were killed and hundreds are still stranded after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides this week in southwest Japan, according to Japanese state-run NHK news agency.

Donald Trump puts US in a club of one

(CNN)It wasn't quite the G19 summit, but President Donald Trump's approach to foreign affairs is severely straining global cohesion on key issues like climate change and free trade, exchanging an aggressive, traditional American leadership role for isolation in a club of one.

Trump, Putin meeting shifts from discourse to discord

(CNN)The challenge for President Donald Trump heading into his biggest diplomatic gut check yet was to hold his own with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mars on Earth: Scientists look to the Danakil Depression for clues to alien life

(CNN)At the juncture of three tectonic plates in northeastern Ethiopia is an other-worldly and sunken plain. The heat quivers here. Rock formations are colored by minerals in oozing volcanic psychedelia. The Danakil Depression is one of the hottest and most hostile places on earth.

Unruly Delta passenger tried to open exit door in flight, complaint alleges

An unruly passenger who authorities say was trying to open an exit door on a Delta Air Lines flight to Beijing fought with the cabin crew and a passenger and was conked over the head by a flight attendant with two wine bottles, a criminal complaint alleges.

South Korea's Moon: I'll meet Kim 'at any time, at any place'

(CNN)South Korea's president has doubled down on diplomacy at a time when tensions all around him are rising.

US bombers fly over South China Sea ahead of Trump, Xi meet

Washington (CNN)Two US B-1 bombers flew over disputed waters in the East and South China Seas on Thursday, conducting a joint military operation with Japanese fighter jets amid escalating tensions with North Korea and souring relations with China.

Protests kick off for second day ahead of G20 summit

Demonstrators are attempting to storm police barriers in the German city of Hamburg just hours before world leaders are set to gather for this year's G20 summit, protest leaders told CNN.

This STD is becoming 'smarter' and harder to treat

Gonorrhea is becoming harder and in some cases impossible to treat with antibiotics, the World Health Organization said.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Narendra Modi hit the beach to do business

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi brought a whole new definition to "chilling out" after wading in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday.