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Afghan interpreter escapes Taliban to U.S.

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 06:57 PM PST

Anderson interviews Afghan interpreter Janis Shinwari after US Army Captain Matt Zeller returns the favor of saving his life.

China looms over U.S. war games

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 06:37 AM PST

CNN goes inside the massive annual U.S.-Japan naval exercise off Okinawa, where tensions are now rising after China's controversial move.

The big deal behind this baby's birth

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 04:57 AM PST

In a country as small as a newborn baby is tiny, the birth of Ghadi has been a very big deal for Lebanon.

Celebrity chef's court battle

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 10:14 AM PST

Two former personal assistants to celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi splashed out on luxury goods on company credit cards, a court heard Thursday.

The big deal behind this baby's birth

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 04:57 AM PST

In a country as small as a newborn baby is tiny, the birth of Ghadi has been a very big deal for Lebanon.

World Cup stadium crane collapses

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:11 AM PST

CNN's Shasta Darlington reports on the collapse of a crane at World Cup stadium Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Pope's face on a coin?

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 10:11 AM PST

Just a few days after Pope Francis decried capitalism, Argentine lawmakers are weighing a new way to honor him: putting his face on a coin.

Prison sentences for women as Egypt clamps down on protest

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 10:10 AM PST

Lengthy sentences handed down to 21 women and girls who were arrested at a pro-Morsy demonstration have highlighted growing unease over the Egyptian authorities' treatment of dissent.

5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Iran

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 10:11 AM PST

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook southern Iran Thursday evening, centered about 39 miles northeast of the Persian Gulf city of Bandar Bushehr, the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday.

World Cup stadium crane collapses

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:11 AM PST

CNN's Shasta Darlington reports on the collapse of a crane at World Cup stadium Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Man wants Nazi-stolen painting returned

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:08 AM PST

An heir to a painting seized by Nazis is trying to have it returned to him and his family. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports

CIA official outed in drone investigation

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 04:53 AM PST

A Pakistani political party official has publicly named two U.S. CIA officials in connection with a police murder investigation into a drone strike.

Syrian official on opposition: 'They are living in a different era'

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:02 AM PST

The opposition is against democracy and afraid of what the nation's people want, Syria's deputy foreign minister told CNN on Wednesday.

Mexico: 54 bodies found in mass graves

Posted: 27 Nov 2013 10:16 PM PST

Police digging up mass graves in western Mexico have now found human remains from at least 54 victims there.

Protests swell in Thailand

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:23 AM PST

She managed to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament, but that didn't sway the throngs of protesters denouncing Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Pope's face on a coin?

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 10:11 AM PST

Just a few days after Pope Francis decried capitalism, Argentine lawmakers are weighing a new way to honor him: putting his face on a coin.

Honduras' new president

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 10:12 AM PST

It's official: According to the Honduran elections authority, Juan Orlando Hernandez won the Central American country's presidential vote.

IAEA: Iran invites inspectors

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:06 AM PST

Iran has invited inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit its Arak heavy-water reactor on December 8, the nuclear watchdog said in a statement Thursday.

More polio cases confirmed in Syria

Posted: 28 Nov 2013 05:05 AM PST

Additional polio cases have been confirmed in two new areas in Syria: near the capital of Damascus and in northern Aleppo, near Turkey, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.