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The US airstrike that killed Iran Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani generated starkly different reactions along party lines, with Republicans heaping praise on President Donald Trump and Democrats expressing concerns about the legality and consequences of the attack. CNN's Alex Marquardt reports.

New evidence showing Donald Trump's direct role in pressuring Ukraine for political favors is dialing up the heat as Republicans launch their New Year push to shield the President in a swift Senate impeachment trial.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted that the US airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Quds Forces, is a "dangerous and foolish escalation."

A number of people were wounded early Friday in Baghdad when three Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military said in a statement.

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The children of the most seriously injured victim of the mass stabbing at an upstate New York Hanukkah celebration made an emotional appeal Thursday for an end to anti-Semitic attacks as their father underwent surgery.

Japanese authorities have raided the house where fugitive auto executive Carlos Ghosn was staying before he escaped to Lebanon earlier this week.

Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, has died three years after he was found liable for her death.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison was heckled by residents living in the bushfire danger zone who were angry with the government's response to the fires.

Amid escalating foreign policy crises and a looming Senate impeachment trial, President Donald Trump is entering 2020 with a sizable campaign war chest ahead of the presidential election.

Smoke and ash drifting from the Australian bushfires have caused New Zealand's glaciers to turn caramel brown, with one expert fearing this could increase the risk of them melting faster this year.

President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani told reporters he is willing to testify in the impeachment trial of the President.

More than 100 Uyghur gravesites and tombs in China appear to have been destroyed. CNN's Matt Rivers reports.

Uyghur poet Aziz Isa Elkun fled China's far western Xinjiang region nearly 30 years ago.

New images have emerged after protesters and Iranian-backed militia stormed the US embassy in Baghdad in response to a US airstrike last week. Tensions on the ground have calmed but the proxy battle between Washington and Tehran is far from over. CNN's Arwa Damon reports from Baghdad.

Paul Pogba has been conspicuous in his absence from Manchester United's starting line-up this season and now the World Cup winner faces more time on the sidelines as he is set to undergo an operation on an ankle injury.

Australian tennis stars are supporting victims of Australia's bushfires by donating money for every ace they hit at upcoming tournaments.

Austria's Conservative People's Party leader Sebastian Kurz will resume the chancellorship as one of the world's youngest leaders in a new coalition government with the Green Party.

Taiwan's top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in mountains in the north of the island.

Australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades, with large swathes of the country devastated since the fire season began in September.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a crash involving a Tesla in California that left two people dead.

Airline safety is one of those things you hope you'll never have to worry about when you travel.

India has announced it will make another attempt to land on the moon, following a mission that ended in failure last year.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday that there "will never" be denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula if the US "persists in its hostile policy towards" the hermit nation, according to the country's state news agency.

Jazz great Jack Sheldon, known for his work on "The Merv Griffin Show" and "Schoolhouse Rock!," has died. He was 88.

Mysterious drones have been flying over Colorado and Nebraska in recent weeks and authorities can't figure out who's behind the aircraft.

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"My love for you is as eternal as the sun" might be a heartfelt line in a love letter written by a young man to his beloved. As poetic as the sentiment might be, it doesn't mean quite what the young swain intended, for the sun, like all stars, was born and now lives in vibrant middle age, but it is destined to die one day. While that inevitable moment is billions of years in the sun's future, a nearby star may be facing a more imminent demise.

Pope Francis has apologized for slapping a woman's hand to free himself from her grip while greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on New Year's Eve.

Markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong rose Thursday after China announced that it will take more action to bolster its slowing economy.

Whether you're a student of architecture or a casual admirer of interesting buildings, Singapore is an observational hothouse (to go along with its tropical climate).

This is probably not the way motorists in Washington state wanted to spend their New Year's Eve.

It's never a bad idea to start the New Year on a generous note.

Real estate tycoon Robert Durst is indeed the author of the anonymous note that alerted police to the location of the body of a close friend he is accused of killing almost 20 years ago, according to his attorney.

Arsenal and Manchester United, two teams that dominated the English Premier League at the start of the century, began its third decade with a 2-0 victory for the Gunners to give Mikel Arteta his first win in charge.

Coming soon to a theater near you -- a transgender Marvel character.

Kathy Griffin announced her engagement on New Year's Eve -- and then she got married.

Whether you want to relax on a remote island off the coast of Africa, ride Germany's coolest trains or spot howling monkeys in South America, there is much to explore heading into a new decade in 2020.

Scores of animals were killed when a fire tore through a monkey enclosure at Krefeld Zoo in northwestern Germany in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Security personnel at the US Embassy in Baghdad fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters on Wednesday, as demonstrations at the compound entered a second day.

Iranian international Alireza Jahanbkhsh scored a wonder goal for Brighton in the first English Premier League match of the new decade to secure his team a precious point in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested immunity from prosecution in three corruption cases in which he faces indictment on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

'Saturday Night Live' alum Cheri Oteri joins Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen for New Year's Eve and revived her iconic Barbara Walters impression to ring in 2020.

Early Tuesday, pro-Iranian Iraqi militia members and demonstrators stormed the US Embassy compound in Baghdad after the Trump administration's airstrikes on a Iranian-backed militia on Sunday. The embassy attack, perhaps the worst crisis between Iraq and the US since 2003, reveals the inconsistency and vulnerability of the Trump administration's policies toward both Iran and Iraq.