EgyptAir flight data show smoke alerts before crash: Source
New clues emerged Friday about EgyptAir Flight 804, but there were no answers as to what caused the plane to go down in the Mediterranean Sea.
Suspect shot near White House, in custody
A Secret Service agent on Friday shot a man near a security checkpoint close to the White House after he brandished a gun and refused orders to stop.
Poll: Both Clinton, Trump unpopular
Despite being the front-runner candidates of their respective parties, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are extraordinarily unpopular heading into their party's conventions this summer.
Vietnam: From enemy to partner
Traveling to Vietnam with Sen. John McCain a few years ago, it was clear to me just how far the relationship between two former enemies had come.
Mercury rising: India records its highest temperature ever
India recorded its highest-ever temperature on Thursday when the heat in the town of Phalodi, in the western state of Rajasthan, shot up to a burning 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 degrees Fahrenheit).
EgyptAir Flight 804: Airline official says debris not from plane
The search for EgyptAir Flight 804 is continuing after reports that the plane's wreckage had been found turned out to be false.
Taiwan's first female president walks tightrope as she takes office
When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female president, takes office Friday, she will have to balance two very different sets of expectations -- from those who voted for her and a Chinese leadership that wants the island on a tight leash.
Embattled San Francisco police chief resigns after shooting
The chief of the beleaguered San Francisco Police Department abruptly resigned Thursday hours after the fatal police shooting of an African-American woman in the city's Bayview District.
'It's unbelievable': Turning point for slavery's last stronghold
It's a development so encouraging one activist called it "unbelievable." For only the second time in the country's history, a judge in Mauritania this week convicted two people on charges of slavery, according to anti-slavery activists and U.S. officials.
Pentagon: 'Unsafe' intercept over South China Sea
At least two Chinese J-11 tactical aircraft carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a United States EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft that was conducting a routine mission in international airspace over the South China Sea, a U.S. defense official told CNN Wednesday.
