Imran Khan: Pakistan's Trump?
(CNN)Imran Khan is following in some familiar footsteps.He won't thank anyone for pointing it out, but his brand of hard-nosed nationalist populism smacks of President Trump, notwithstanding the fact that Khan's been at politics way longer, a couple of decades at least.
Malaysian PM Mahathir: 'Most of the top echelons in the government are corrupt'
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN)Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who staged a stunning election upset earlier this year to return to power aged 92, said he inherited a government lousy with corruption and with few trustworthy officials
Remaining members of Japan's doomsday cult executed
Tokyo (CNN)Six members of a Japanese doomsday cult held responsible for the deaths of dozens of people have been executed, according to Japan's justice minister.
New Zealand tells Australia: Stop 'copying' our flag
(CNN)New Zealand's acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has accused Australia of copying his country's flag, telling its neighbor to get its own design."We had a flag that we've had for a long time, copied by Australia," Peters told local network TVNZ on Tuesday.
Early results show Khan leads Pakistan election marred by rigging claims
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)Early results in Pakistan's violence-marred election show former cricketer Imran Khan with a clear lead amid claims by rival parties the poll had been "blatantly" rigged.
Evidence detected of lake beneath the surface of Mars
(CNN)A lake of liquid water has been detected by radar beneath the southern polar ice cap of Mars, according to a new study by Italian researchers from the Italian Space Agency, published Wednesday in the journal Science.
Exclusive: CNN obtains secret Trump-Cohen tape
(CNN)Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story about an alleged affair Trump had with her years earlier, according to the audio recording of the conversation aired exclusively on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time."
Thai soccer team rescued from cave to become novice Buddhist monks
(CNN)The young Thai soccer team whose dramatic evacuation from a cave captured the world's attention took their first steps in becoming novice Buddhist monks on Tuesday, in a ceremony intended to honor their rescuers.
Voting begins in Pakistan's most consequential election in years
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)Pakistanis have started voting in polls amid heavy security with the party of former cricket star Imran Khan pitted in a hotly contested election against that of jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif.
Investigation looks at whether Novichok left in multiple places, sources say
London (CNN)Investigators are looking into whether the poison used on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia could have been left in multiple receptacles in and around the Salisbury area, in the west of England, sources say.
