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A 10-month-old boy died and three people remain missing after a raft overturned on the Rio Grande during an attempt by smugglers to get migrants from Mexico into the United States, according to officials.

Peter Mayhew, the original Chewbacca, has died, according to his agent.

The US is sanctioning friends and foes that import Iranian oil starting Thursday, but analysts say the White House might find it harder to eliminate Tehran's energy exports than it expects and Trump administration officials are bracing for Iran's response.

Taiwanese businessman and presidential hopeful Terry Gou has met with US businessman and current President Donald Trump, and received this advice: Being president is a tough job.

Thailand's first royal coronation in nearly seven decades is taking place in Bangkok May 4-6, when King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun will formally ascend the throne.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who had worked for Reuters and exposed the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys, recently received word that their final appeal had been denied by Myanmar's Supreme Court.

Here's a great headline for Donald Trump as he turns toward his 2020 re-election bid: "CNN Poll: Trump's approval rating on the economy hits a new high."

The first lawsuits against a company accused of trafficking in confiscated Cuban property were filed Thursday, both targeting Carnival Cruise Lines.

The pilot's strike at Scandinavian Air is over.

The Trump administration is looking for ways to financially bolster Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has been recognized by the US as the country's interim president, with an influx of cash, which could involve freeing up frozen assets or loans.

Volunteers have removed three tonnes from the world's highest mountain as part of a clean up operation to remove trash that has accumulated at altitude.

Seven weeks after the Christchurch terror attack in New Zealand, the death toll has risen again.

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, was introduced to the world, cradled in Princess Diana's arms, at a photo call on the steps of the Lindo Wing, the private maternity ward at London's St. Mary's Hospital, just days after his birth in September 1984.

Almost seven weeks after a terrorist attack on a New Zealand mosque was streamed live on Facebook, copies of the video are still circulating on Facebook and Instagram.

Facebook announced Thursday afternoon that it had designated some high-profile people, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who's notorious for using anti-Semitic language, and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as "dangerous" and said it will be purging them from its platforms.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Attorney General William Barr committed a crime when he testified before Congress.

Julian Assange appeared in a London court by videolink from a high-security prison on Thursday as his battle against extradition to the United States on a computer hacking conspiracy charge gets underway.

Fani is a powerful tropical cyclone with winds comparable to a super typhoon. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers is tracking the path of this dangerous storm as it moves closer to the India coast.

The UK should aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, according to its chief advisory committee on climate change.

The family of a Chinese student admitted to Stanford University paid $6.5 million to the central figure in the US college admissions scandal, a source with knowledge of the investigation says.

Researchers in the UK have found traces of illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals and pesticides in samples of freshwater shrimp.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun revealed he has wed his royal consort General Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Aydhaya and declared her queen just days before his coronation.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido admitted Wednesday that this week's anti-government protests lacked the support of enough military defectors to topple the country's embattled President Nicolas Maduro.

Chinese authorities are using an app to collect vast amounts of data on Muslim Uyghurs, as part of a mass surveillance system in the far western region of Xinjiang, according to a report on Thursday.

Six Marxist university students who wanted to spend International Labor Day working alongside regular laborers have vanished in China, the latest in a series of disappearances and detentions of student activists.

Lionel Messi scored his 600th goal for Barcelona to leave his side firmly in control of its Champions League semifinal with a 3-0 first leg win over Liverpool.

Attorney General William Barr is no longer expected to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, according to a committee aide.

Asked about his claim that he didn't know what special counsel Robert Mueller -- supposedly a long-time friend -- thought of his handling of the Mueller report's key findings, Attorney General William Barr would not admit any wrongdoing and correct the record. Instead, he followed the President Donald Trump playbook, offering spin and evasion like a man desperate to avoid accountability.

• Assange given almost a year in prison

Two Swarthmore University fraternity chapters say they are closing their doors in response to allegations of racist, misogynistic and homophobic behavior against past members that emerged in recent weeks.

Police want to know who burned dozens of beehives in a town just south of Houston.

In the wake of a bombshell revelation that special counsel Robert Mueller took issue with the way William Barr described his Russia probe's findings, the attorney general came to Capitol Hill to testify about his handling of the 448-page Mueller report in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In light of the March 27 letter that special counsel Robert Mueller sent to Attorney General William Barr, questions are swirling as to whether Barr misled Congress in testimony last month.

Self-proclaimed hacker Lauri Love successfully fought extradition when American officials charged him with crimes that carried a sentence of up to 99 years in prison for stealing data from US agencies. Love claimed the punishment—and exposure to the American criminal justice system—would constitute a human rights violation. CNN's Isa Soares reports on how Love's case may be a roadmap for Julian Assange.

A 160,000-year-old Denisovan jawbone fossil has been found in a Chinese cave, according to a new study. This marks the first evidence of Denisovans found outside Denisova Cave in Siberia since the mysterious ancient human group was discovered in 2010.

After close to a year of bitter arguments around what equates to sporting fairness and potential human rights infringements, Caster Semenya is set to discover the result of her challenge against rules designed to regulate testosterone levels in female athletes.

India is preparing for the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in nearly five years, as Tropical Cyclone Fani moves up the east coast of the subcontinent.