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The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are assisting a hostage situation at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, according to Colleyville Police Sgt. Dara Nelson.

The hostage-taker at the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, is believed by US law enforcement to be motivated by the imprisonment of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani who is serving an 86-year sentence at a prison in Fort Worth. She was arrested by US forces in Afghanistan almost a decade and half ago, yet her arrest continues to reverberate today.

The Chinese government's unwavering insistence on stamping out any trace of the coronavirus is facing its biggest test yet as authorities grapple with Omicron's quickening spread. And it could cost the world's second largest economy dearly this year.

The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are assisting a hostage situation at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, according to Colleyville Police Sgt. Dara Nelson.

Infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm discusses the declining Covid-19 case numbers in the Northeast and what to expect with the Omicron variant over the next few weeks.

The British government had been directing investors towards the law firm run by a woman accused by the country's own intelligence service of political interference on behalf of China for years, documents from its trade department show.

CNN's Michael Smerconish and historian Julian Zelizer discuss President Biden's tough week and what history can tell us about his chances for re-election.

Staff at 10 Downing Street held gatherings dubbed "wine-time Fridays" during England's coronavirus lockdowns, British tabloid newspaper The Mirror reported on Friday.

With the year's first tennis grand slam fast approaching, the saga surrounding Novak Djokovic's visa looks set to continue right up to the moment play is scheduled to start on Monday.

A tsunami has hit Tonga's largest island, Tongatapu, after an underwater volcano in the South Pacific erupted.

• Hopes of competing in Australian Open hanging by a thread

• Hopes of competing in Australian Open hanging by a thread

There is never a good time for a sitting government to become consumed by a political scandal so severe that its leader faces daily calls to resign.

Europe has a long and bloody history of wars, of borders brutally contested, of nations and empires carving destructive furrows far from home. But a sad harvest of sorrow and loss after the Second World War was followed by decades of relative peace and prosperity, even during a Cold War that did not become hot.

Tennis legend Chris Evert, who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles in her career, said Friday she has been diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer.

At a conference in India last month, a Hindu extremist dressed head-to-toe in the religion's holy color, saffron, called on her supporters to kill Muslims and "protect" the country.

As pressure mounts on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, CNN's Bianca Nobilo ranks scandals he has previously faced as Prime Minister.

• Hopes of competing in Australian Open hanging by a thread

• Hopes of competing in Australian Open hanging by a thread

The broadcaster and former tennis pro says Novak Djokovic is in "a lot of trouble" as he fights to compete in the Australian Open.

A number of Ukrainian government websites were targeted in "a massive cyberattack" with threatening text warning Ukrainians to "be afraid and wait for the worst" and alleging their personal information has been hacked.

People trying to fly from the United States to China may soon be confronted with an unthinkable scenario: Starting next week, there are likely to be no commercial flights bound for the country as Beijing tries to keep coronavirus infections out ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The US has information that indicates Russia has prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine, a US official told CNN on Friday, in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion.

Novak Djokovic will be placed back in detention by Australian authorities on Saturday after his visa was revoked for a second time.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said publicly and privately in the days following the deadly riots at the US Capitol that President Donald Trump admitted personally bearing some responsibility for the attack -- one of several reasons why the select committee on January 6 wants to hear from the House's top Republican.

A French mechanic died in an accident on Friday during the Dakar Rally held in Saudi Arabia, according to a statement by Dakar Rally organizers.

Nicole Kidman has shared why she's returned down under.

Analyst Dmitri Trenin says Vladimir Putin is using the Russian military as leverage to halt NATO expansion towards Russia's own borders

JPMorgan Chase posted strong results for the fourth quarter Friday, including a $10.4 billion profit that topped forecasts. Still, its earnings were down 14% from the same quarter the previous year as trading revenue fell.

You're ready to swap your old cloth masks for N95s as some experts recommend, but the higher price tag and two little words -- "single use" -- are giving you pause. How long can you really wear an N95 and still protect yourself and others from Covid-19 risk?

The Justice Department on Thursday announced the first sedition charges related to the January 6 insurrection, a watershed moment in the year-long investigation.

Of all the recent revelations of lockdown-busting parties held by Britain's top officials, the latest report may be the most damaging yet.

CNN's Frederik Pleitgen takes us inside the mayor's office in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which was damaged during violent protests on January 5. At least 164 people were killed during the unrest and more than 10,000 have been detained, according to the country's Internal Affairs Ministry.

Novak Djokovic's Australian visa has been revoked for a second time, putting in serious doubt the world's No.1 men's tennis player's chances of contesting the Australian Open and winning a record 21st Grand Slam. Justin Quill, a partner with an Australian law firm in Melbourne breaks down the legal actions Djokovic's team could do next.

• Analysis: Prince Andrew still has options in his sex abuse civil case. None look good

An Indian court on Friday acquitted a Catholic bishop of rape charges, a prosecution lawyer said -- in a case that attracted international attention and shocked the country's Christian community.

In Serbia, no one is revered quite like Novak Djokovic, who is deemed a national hero. The world's No.1 tennis player is struggling to stay in Australia for the Australian Open, largely due to his unvaccinated status. CNN's Scott McLean travels to Belgrade, Serbia, and talks to his Serbian fans.

North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile toward the country's east, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

At least nine people were killed and 36 others injured after a passenger train derailed in India's West Bengal state late Thursday, according to the railway operator.

Democrats control Washington but President Joe Biden is staring at a wall of conservative power, accrued over years and wielded with a ruthlessness and zeal for rule-breaking that his own party has rarely matched.