Typhoon Lan reaches Japan, bringing ferocious winds
Tokyo (CNN)At least two people were killed and many injured as a mammoth typhoon struck Japan, hurling dangerous winds and threatening to cause major flooding and mudslides.
Catalonia's leaders slam Spanish government plans for direct rule
Barcelona, Spain (CNN)Catalan leaders have insisted they will reject any attempt by Madrid to impose direct rule on their autonomous region, as a political crisis escalates over Catalonia's threats to declare independence from Spain.
Party of billionaire Andrej Babis wins Czech election
(CNN)Billionaire tycoon Andrej Babis was set to become the Czech Republic's next prime minister after his ANO party won with a significant margin in the country's general election on Saturday.His ANO movement received more 30% of the vote -- almost three times more than the conservative party ODS, which came in second.
Trump plans to release classified JFK documents
(CNN)President Donald Trump said Saturday he intends to allow the release of classified government documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy "subject to the receipt of further information."
Long-forgotten Rodin sculpture discovered in New Jersey town hall
(CNN)In the corner of the council room of the town hall in Madison, New Jersey, sits a sculpture by Auguste Rodin that had been overlooked for years.
Bigger battles are rising from the ashes of the war on ISIS
(CNN)The last ISIS fighters in Raqqa have been killed or surrendered, and the terror group that once held territory the size of the United Kingdom and ruled over 10 million people has been pushed back to a few dusty towns straddling the Syrian border with Iraq.
Catalonia crisis: Spanish prime minister wants region's leaders removed
Barcelona, Spain (CNN)The Spanish government aggressively moved to squash Catalonia's growing independence movement Saturday when Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced plans to dissolve the regional government, remove elected leaders as soon as possible and hold new elections.
Trump, Dem congresswoman feud over his remarks to widow of fallen soldier
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump engaged in a public feud Wednesday with a Democratic congresswoman over her claim that he told the widow of a US serviceman killed in an ambush in Niger that "he knew what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurt."
South Korean opposition leader: Nukes are the only way to guarantee peace
Seoul (CNN)Seoul needs nuclear weapons of its own if it is to negotiate with North Korea on an equal footing, a leading South Korean opposition figure says.
New study suggests insect populations have declined by 75% over 3 decades
(CNN)A new scientific study has found "dramatic" and "alarming" declines in insect populations in areas in Germany, which researchers say could have far-reaching consequences for the world's crop production and natural ecosystems
