Mars on Earth: Scientists look to the Danakil Depression for clues to alien life

(CNN)At the juncture of three tectonic plates in northeastern Ethiopia is an other-worldly and sunken plain. The heat quivers here. Rock formations are colored by minerals in oozing volcanic psychedelia. The Danakil Depression is one of the hottest and most hostile places on earth.

Unruly Delta passenger tried to open exit door in flight, complaint alleges

An unruly passenger who authorities say was trying to open an exit door on a Delta Air Lines flight to Beijing fought with the cabin crew and a passenger and was conked over the head by a flight attendant with two wine bottles, a criminal complaint alleges.

South Korea's Moon: I'll meet Kim 'at any time, at any place'

(CNN)South Korea's president has doubled down on diplomacy at a time when tensions all around him are rising.

US bombers fly over South China Sea ahead of Trump, Xi meet

Washington (CNN)Two US B-1 bombers flew over disputed waters in the East and South China Seas on Thursday, conducting a joint military operation with Japanese fighter jets amid escalating tensions with North Korea and souring relations with China.

Four ‘Neo-JMB men’ arrested in Rajshahi

Police arrested four suspected members of Neo-JMB, a faction of banned extremist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, in Durgapur and Puthia upazilas of Rajshahi early Friday.

FARHAD MAZHAR ABDUCTION Court record bus ticket seller’s statement

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate in Dhaka on Thursday recorded the statement of an executive of Hanif Paribahan in Khulna who reportedly issued to poet, writer and researcher Farhad Mazhar a ticket for a Dhaka-bound bus on Monday.

80kg venison, two deer heads, skin seized in Bagerhat

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized a trawler with 80 kilograms of venison, two deer heads and a skin from Sunderbans at Katlar Canel of Sarankhola upazila in Bagerhat on Thursday night.

Flood, landslides kill 7 in Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban

Flood and landslides amid incessant monsoon rains killed at least seven people in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban Wednesday night and Thursday. Five of the victims either drowned in, or were washed away by, flood waters while the rest two were found buried under their houses in landslides.

Protests kick off for second day ahead of G20 summit

Demonstrators are attempting to storm police barriers in the German city of Hamburg just hours before world leaders are set to gather for this year's G20 summit, protest leaders told CNN.

This STD is becoming 'smarter' and harder to treat

Gonorrhea is becoming harder and in some cases impossible to treat with antibiotics, the World Health Organization said.