First on CNN: U.S. bombs 'millions' in ISIS currency holdings
In an extremely unusual airstrike, the U.S. dropped bombs Sunday in central Mosul, Iraq, destroying a building containing huge amounts of cash ISIS was using to pay its troops and for ongoing operations, two U.S. defense officials told CNN.
Florence prosecutor: 'No one has been excluded' in death of American
Italian prosecutors investigating the death of a 35-year-old American woman in Florence have yet to exclude anyone from the suspect list, the city's chief prosecutor told CNN on Monday.
Canadian Colin Rutherford freed after 5 years as Taliban captive in Afghanistan
Colin Rutherford, a Canadian, has been freed after being held for nearly five years in Afghanistan, according to Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion.
Gunfire and grenades: New video of violent raid on 'El Chapo' hideout
A battering ram breaks the silence, giving way to the sounds of gunfire as a commando screams. The target: Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the man considered to be the most wanted drug lord in the world.
The sad truth highlighted by Germany assaults
When the Arab Spring erupted in 2011, Western states optimistically assumed that protests against authoritarian regimes across Northern Africa would result in a democratic "fourth wave."
First aid shipment in months reaches besieged Madaya; starving Syrians weep
The first shipment of foreign aid since October reached the besieged Syrian city of Madaya on Monday, bringing starving residents to tears at the sight, a United Nations source told CNN.
A Mexican actress's tweet kick-started talks with 'El Chapo'
Without her help, Sean Penn says he never could have arranged a secret meeting with cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Jailed in North Korea, pastor Hyeon Soo Lim hopes to go home to Canada
The doors open and a prisoner is marched in by two stern-faced North Korean guards, their demeanor expressing authority and righteous disdain for the inmate.
Playground gang rape has NYPD asking public for help
New York police are looking for five men who forced a father at gunpoint to leave his daughter behind so they could take turns raping her, according to a press release.
U.S. B-52 bomber flies over S. Korea in solidarity after N. Korean nuclear claim
Days after North Korea claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb, the United States responded with a display of military might on the Korean Peninsula.
