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A series of storms fueled by El Nino slams the west coast.

The U.N. Security Council will meet Wednesday morning in New York for a closed door session to discuss North Korea's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb, two diplomats told CNN. North Korea appears to have tested sub-la...

A 5.1 magnitude seismic event has been detected in North Korea. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.

Tension heightened across the Middle East Tuesday, with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declaring that Saudi Arabia could not hide its "crime" of executing a prominent Shiite cleric. Kuwait followed the lead of other Sa...

President Obama's executive action to expand gun sale background checks has opened up a legal can of worms, specifically the president's bid to broaden the definition of who's a dealer -- and therefore must get a license...

The council expressed deep concern at Yemen's "dire humanitarian situation"

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The opposition won a two-thirds majority in a landslide election victory last month

SAN ANTONIO -- National leaders of the Bandidos biker gang were arrested Wednesday on charges accusing them of racketeering and waging a deadly “war” on the rival Cossacks gang, federal authorities said. An indictmen...

Iran accuses the Saudis of looking for confrontation as tensions continue following the execution of a prominent Shia cleric.

The Latest: Italy decries North Korea's 'provocation' if nuclear test is confirmed

Voice analysis of the Islamic State video reveals "distinctive features" showing the masked killer could be Abu Rumaysah.

El Nino enhances winter rains to bring much-needed downpours to the US state.

Let's give these two hounds some enthused howls and a hearty tail wag. The American hairless terrier and sloughi are the two newest members of the American Kennel Club, the largest purebred dog registry in the world and...

Pictures of ice and snow sculptures at the Harbin Festival in China.

Thai police, acting on a U.S. tip about child pornography uploads, arrested a British man Wednesday in a northern province where another Westerner was arrested weeks earlier in a similar case. …

The lion has no name, but images of his painful plight have ricocheted across social media.

Officials in Beijing were furious as the North said it had completed a test of the weapon about 50 miles from the Chinese border, the fourth nuclear weapon test in a decade.

North Korea state media confirmed that a seismic event of magnitude 5.1 was an underground hydrogen bomb test. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.

The disappearances, since last October, have alarmed rights groups and the Chinese publishing community

The Latest: UN agency says a nuclear test by North Korea grave threat to international peace

Leading US Republicans denounce President Barack Obama's move to tighten gun controls in the wake of mass shootings.