Officials: Al Qaeda fighters free 270 from Yemeni prison.
Al Qaeda fighters attacked a prison in the coastal Yemeni city of Al Mukallah early Thursday, freeing nearly at least 270 prisoners, a third of whom have al Qaeda links, a senior Defense Ministry official has told CNN.
Al-Shabaab storms Garissa University College in Kenya; 15 dead, hostages taken.
- 7:07 a.m. ET: Heavy gunfire and explosions continue at Garissa University College, more than nine hours after the attack began, CNN affiliate NTV says. Hundreds of students flee, some crawling.
Does Israel have a military option vs. Iran nuclear program?
The Iran nuclear negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland, reportedly have made substantive progress, inching closer toward a provisional agreement between the P5+1 and Iran.
Power outage hits much of Turkey; officials won't rule out terrorism.
A massive power outage spread across Turkey on Tuesday, blacking out a broad swath of the country and affecting some flights.Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said all possible causes were under investigation,
Germanwings co-pilot reported depression during training.
Years before he was at the controls of a Germanwings plane that plunged into the French Alps, Andreas Lubitz told the airline he worked for that he'd had a bout with depression.Lubitz,
If a deal is done, would Iran cheat?
Once again the global community waits to see if the United States and its partners can really halt Iran's quest for nuclear power through a verifiable accord or if Tehran is trying to buy more time for a clandestine nuclear weapons program it is suspected of having.
Who was Patrick Sondenheimer, the captain of Germanwings Flight 9525?
Patrick Sondenheimer loved his work as a pilot.But the 34-year-old captain of Germanwings Flight 9525 was also a loving father, his grandmother said."I am devastated,"
Australia triumphs in cricket World Cup.
Australia won the battle of the hosts to lift cricket's World Cup for the fifth time with a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in Melbourne Sunday.Chasing a modest 184 for victory in front of a world record crowd at the MCG,
Bodies found in rubble of New York building explosion.
Crews searching at the site where a building exploded in New York's East Village found two bodies in the rubble Sunday.The victims' remains have not yet been officially identified,
German newspaper releases timeline of Germanwings flight before crash.
The sounds recorded on one of the "black boxes" recovered from downed Germanwings Flight 9525 firms up investigators' theory that the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit and then crashed the plane."For God's sake, open the door!"
