Assad may win Syria's war, but he will preside over a broken country
(CNN)In the summer of 2015, President Bashar al-Assad was in trouble. His army -- fighting on multiple fronts amid desertion and exhaustion -- was losing ground. Islamist rebel groups were threatening to cut key routes connecting regime strongholds. And then an Iranian general went to Moscow
Dog bound for Kansas mistakenly shipped to Japan via United Airlines
(CNN)United Airlines wrongly shipped a Kansas-bound pet dog to Japan, the second embarrassment this week for the airline and a "nightmare" for the Swindle family -- who are moving from Oregon to Wichita with their beloved pet, a 10-year-old German shepherd named Irgo.
Haley slams Russia over spy poisoning in Britain
(CNN)US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Wednesday the Trump administration "stands in absolute solidarity with Great Britain" following a nerve agent attack against a Russian double agent and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury last week.
Another Trump attorney involved in Stormy Daniels case
(CNN)New documents obtained by CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Wednesday suggest a deeper link than previously known between the Trump Organization and the company that Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, established in 2016 to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for silence about her alleged affair with Trump.
Rot lurks in golden city as Putin’s election looms
Sergiev Posad, Russia — Under the shadow of a towering, red, high-rise block of apartments, Andrei Trofimov removes a black plastic covering from his car.
Stephen Hawking, renowned scientist, dies at 76
(CNN)Stephen Hawking, the brilliant British theoretical physicist who overcame a debilitating disease to publish wildly popular books probing the mysteries of the universe, has died, according to a family spokesman. He was 76.
New boss at State Department, but same Russia problem for Trump
Washington (CNN)Outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made a point to specifically call out Russia in his farewell statement on Tuesday -- highlighting an urgent challenge that is now the responsibility of his replacement Mike Pompeo along with Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Tillerson ouster shows Trump is unleashed
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is the latest move in an audacious power play designed to build a governing team in his own image and to purge restraints that have tempered his brazen, impulsive instincts
Pennsylvania election results: Highlights
Here's what you need to know CNN is concluding our live coverage of the special election in Pennsylvania.
Russian exile Nikolai Glushkov found dead in his London home
London (CNN)Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian exile who had links to compatriots who died in mysterious circumstances in the UK, has been found dead in his London home, his lawyer confirmed.
