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Report: Openly gay Olympian turns down Pence meeting

US Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon reportedly turned down a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence after criticizing him for his stance on gay rights. Full ar...

US troops face NATO ally's wrath in Syria

It's a war America has tried to stay out of for years. And the United States certainly doesn't want to get embroiled in a standoff with a NATO ally. Full articl...

North Korea's pre-Olympics missile parade sending a clear message

North Korea is expected to put on a show to rival South Korea's Olympic spectacle when it parades hundreds of missiles through the streets of Pyongyang Thursday...

Deadly airstrikes pummel Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta

Editor's Note: This story contains graphic images of injured children. Full article -> http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/middleeast/syria-eastern-ghouta-airstrikes-...

Kim Jong Un sending sister to Olympics

Kim Jong Un is sending his younger sister to South Korea for the Olympics, the first time any member of the Kim dynasty has visited the country. Full article ->...

Dozens feared trapped in Taiwan after earthquake topples buildings

Dozens of people are missing following a deadly earthquake in Taiwan, with more than 40 feared trapped in a multi-story building in the north-eastern city of Hu...

See the moment SpaceX's rocket blasts off

The SpaceX founder Elon Musk has launched his biggest and most powerful rocket yet from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Full article -> http://www.cnn...

2 dead, 198 injured after 6.4-magnitude quake off Taiwan

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan just before midnight Monday local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. Full ar...

What happened on the Dow's worst single-day point fall

Stocks went into free fall on Monday, and the Dow plunged almost 1,600 points -- easily the biggest point decline in history during a trading day. CNNMoney's Ri...

Hong Kong court strikes down top activists' prison sentences

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong scored a major legal victory Tuesday, as the city's top court threw out the prison sentences handed to him and two ...

100 years ago (some) British women got the vote

Tuesday marks 100 years since some British women were first guaranteed the right to vote. The Representation of the People Act was adopted in February 1918, eve...

Trump's embarrassing split-screen moment as stocks tanked

For a connoisseur of cable news like Donald Trump, it was not a pretty picture. Full article -> http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/donald-trump-stocks-ohio-...

IOC refuses Russian athletes' request to join Winter Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refused a request for 15 Russian athletes and coaches to attend the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Full article...

Tit-for-tat moves by US and North Korea dull hopes for easing of tensions

South Korea may be touting the Winter Games, which begin on Friday, as the "Peace Olympics," but that hasn't stopped the US and North Korea seeking to score pol...

Father of Warmbier will attend Olympics with Pence

The father of the late Otto Warmbier, an American student who was jailed in North Korea, will attend the Olympic opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea. F...

Unified Korean ice hockey team plays first friendly match

The joint North and South Korean women's ice hockey team competed together for the first time Sunday in a friendly match against Sweden, under a controversial O...

Russian pilot shot down, killed by fighters in Syria

A Russian warplane was shot down Saturday in Syria, according to Russian state-run news agencies. Full article -> http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/middleeast/russi...

North Korea: Trump hails amputee defector

Ji Seong-ho, a North Korean man who made it out of the rogue nation and now resides in South Korea, attended President Donald Trump's first State of the Union a...

N Korea to parade dozens of long-range missiles next week

North Korea is planning to show off dozens of long-range missiles at a February 8 parade, the day before the Winter Olympics is set to begin in South Korea, two...

Militants attack military base in Kabul

Militants have targeted a military base in Kabul Monday, just two days after an attacker driving an ambulance packed with explosives killed more than 100 in the...