Bangladesh protests: How students brought Dhaka to a standstill

Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN)A tragic traffic accident over a week ago has triggered mass protests by students who have taken to the streets of Bangladesh's capital to demand that authorities improve road safety.

At least 91 dead after powerful earthquake strikes Indonesian resort islands of Bali, Lombok

(CNN)At least 91 people were killed when a 6.9-magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks rocked Indonesia's resort islands of Bali and Lombok on Sunday, causing people to rush out of homes, hotels and restaurants.

Donald Trump is twisting himself in knots trying to explain the Trump Tower meeting

(CNN)On Sunday morning, amid his latest tweetstorm about the ongoing special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, President Donald Trump turned his focus to the now-infamous June 2016 meeting between his top advisers and several Russians.

Venezuela makes six arrests in alleged Maduro assassination attempt

(CNN)Six people have been arrested after Saturday's apparent assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, the nation's interior minister said on national TV.

In 14 hours on Sunday in Chicago, 44 people were shot, including 5 who died, police say

Officers investigate a shooting in Chicago on Sunday. In three hours beginning at 1:30 a.m., records show, 30 were shot and two killed in 10 incidents. "The city of Chicago experienced a violent night,"

Vintage plane crash in Swiss Alps kills all 20 people on board

(CNN)A vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps on Saturday, killing all 20 people on board, police said. The mid-century plane, a Junkers JU-52, crashed in the Piz Segnas mountain range, near the Austrian border.

Our climate plans are in pieces as killer summer shreds records

(CNN)Deadly fires have scorched swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from California to Arctic Sweden and down to Greece on the sunny Mediterranean

Trump escalates old fights this week, starts new ones

Berkeley Heights, New Jersey (CNN)At the end of a week in which President Donald Trump appeared more ready than ever to pick fights with his adversaries — both real and perceived

Actor Steven Seagal appointed Russian ministry's 'special representative'

Washington (CNN)Russia appointed actor Steven Seagal as a "special representative" on US-Russian humanitarian ties, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in statement on its official Facebook page Saturday.

Venezuela's Maduro after alleged assassination attempt: 'I'm alive and victorious'

(CNN)Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro emerged on his country's national TV hours after what he called an "attempt against his life" on Saturday and pointed blame at far-right elements and Colombia's outgoing president, Juan Manuel Santos.