Vladimir Putin, and Muscovites, hope Donald Trump will be a friend to Russia

Nine days before the US presidential election, Russian TV anchor Dmitry Kiselev ranted about America's "democracy:" Millions of "dead souls" voting! Voters bused around a city, casting ballots eight to ten times! Biggest scandal in history!

Trump and China on collision course

In speaking on the telephone with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and lashing out at China on Twitter over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump did more than bewilder leaders in Beijing and the White House.

Donald Trump meets with Al Gore on climate change

President-elect Donald Trump met on Monday with Al Gore -- one of the most vocal advocates of fighting climate change.

'They want us to be silent': Hong Kong lawmaker under threat vows to fight

One of the leaders of the 2014 Umbrella Movement has vowed to take to the streets again if the Hong Kong government succeeds in unseating him and three other pro-democracy lawmakers.

The photo that captures 2016's political tsunamis

he five world leaders stand close together, all firmly at the helm of their respective nations, which together could lay claim to leading the free world.

Italy's PM Matteo Renzi to resign after constitutional referendum defeat

Italian center-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he will resign on Monday, after conceding an "extraordinary clear" defeat in an Italian constitutional referendum.

'Ten years at the top is a long time': New Zealand PM John Key resigns

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has resigned, in a move that shocked many observers.

Fidel Castro laid to rest in private funeral

Fidel Castro's ashes were placed in a granite mausoleum Sunday morning during a private ceremony attended by Castro's little-seen family and a handful of Latin American and African leaders, Cuban state media reported.

Syrian war: CNN goes inside Aleppo under airstrikes

Syrian regime forces have shelled rebel-held Aleppo for the past 24 hours straight, gaining more ground in a bloody bid to seize control of the whole city.

Finland shooting: 2 journalists, councilwoman killed

The leader of a town council and two journalists have been shot dead in an attack outside a restaurant in southeastern Finland, police said.