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"I'll go get some breakfast now," quipped Garbine Muguruza after she'd won her Australian Open encounter against Johanna Konta -- at the ungodly hour of 3:12 a.m.

When Hong Kong police fired tear gas at peaceful pro-democracy protesters in 2014, the news moved swiftly through social media. Photos and videos of mostly student demonstrators being gassed helped fuel the outrage that ultimately drove hundreds of thousands of people into the streets.

An extreme heat wave that is breaking records across Australia is expected to peak in many parts of the country Friday, with temperatures forecast to stay above 40 C degrees Celsius (104 F) for the sixth day in a row.

He's a US citizen who was born and raised in Michigan.

A mom from Sydney won Australia's biggest individual prize in history on Thursday, cashing out with more than $107 million.

Nearly 400 migrants burrowed under a fence on the US-Mexico border earlier this week and crossed into the United States, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

The White House has canceled the planned delegation's trip to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, press secretary Sarah Sanders announced Thursday, the 27th day of the government shutdown.

Most of what we know about nicotine addiction in teens, we know from cigarettes. But experts say the technology and chemistry of vaping might pose an entirely different threat.

On Wednesday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced President Donald Trump, and her expanded Democratic caucus, to the big leagues.

The self-described "sex coach" who claimed to have insider knowledge of Moscow's attempts to meddle in the US elections was deported from Thailand Thursday, an immigration official said.

A woman in southern India has become the first to climb a sacred mountain after a court lifted a local custom that prohibited females from scaling the peak.

How would you feel if you spotted a horned figure perching near a bridge, cell phone in hand, snapping a selfie?

Less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told President Donald Trump that he should reconsider delivering his State of the Union on January 29, the famed counter-puncher struck back. Bigly.

President Donald Trump responded Thursday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's letter suggesting they reschedule his State of the Union address by informing Pelosi that an apparent trip she had planned to "Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan has been postponed" while the government shutdown continues.

The drive down to the frontlines with ISIS is long and dangerous. Our escorts from the Kurdish-led forces insisted on taking us in armored vehicles from their base in the al-Omar oilfield. There are ISIS sleeper cells all around, they explained. They come out at night to plant roadside bombs.

A white member of Congress said Wednesday that he regrets offending Asian people after he reportedly said he is an "Asian trapped in a white body."

A journalist who exposed corruption in soccer in Ghana was killed by two gunmen, an attorney for his employer told CNN.

President Donald Trump sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, informing her that an apparent trip she had planned to Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan "has been postponed" while the government shutdown continues. Pelosi a day earlier sent Trump a letter suggesting they reschedule his State of the Union address due to the shutdown.

Tens of thousands of government workers are returning to work. They're just not being paid.

The German government has announced that its arms exports fell by close to 23% in 2018 compared to the previous year.

The Asian Cup is no stranger to throwing up clashes between geopolitical adversaries but even to the most seasoned aficionado, Thursday's meeting between Saudi Arabia and Qatar brought with it more than an added hint of intrigue.

The Trump administration does not know how many children were separated from a parent or guardian last year, but it's "thousands" more than the the 2,737 it has previously acknowledged, according to a new inspector general report.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Thursday that she is "not denying" President Donald Trump a platform to address the American public with her request to postpone the State of the Union until after the shutdown is over or for the President to deliver it in writing.

Two years into his presidency, Donald Trump is fueling unprecedented uncertainty and anxiety inside the Pentagon. In private conversations over the past month, many of them unsolicited, more than a dozen key military officers, enlisted personnel and senior civilians have expressed worry and concern to CNN. None of the officials have spoken publicly about this, as military law prohibits active-duty personnel from criticizing a sitting president.

A "stealth condition" which is one of the western world's most common genetic disorders is causing far higher levels of cancer and chronic health conditions than previously thought, a UK study has revealed.

The United Kingdom is a notoriously boring and stable country. England hasn't had a civil war since 1651, and the last time the country was invaded, in 1688, the elite decided to pretend they'd backed the whole thing all along, dubbing it a "glorious revolution" (Scotland and Northern Ireland had far bloodier experiences).

For the second straight day at the Australian Open, a towering player hit 50 more aces than his shorter opponent .

Elite UK universities Oxford and Cambridge are renowned for stringent admissions policies and student populations weighted in favor of private schools, but one state school has had remarkable success in bucking that trend.

Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he never denied President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign, only that the President himself was not involved in collusion.

Two days after a Canadian citizen was kidnapped in Burkina Faso, the country's security ministry said the man has been found dead.

The terrorists used ammunition with such merciless abandon their automatic gunfire tore through the Nairobi dawn like a chainsaw in long screaming bursts. Grenade after grenade detonations thumped among the buildings.

They might have legions of adoring fans, but seven famous K-Pop stars have fallen foul of South Korea's Ministry of Education.

Facebook removed hundreds of pages on Thursday it said posed as independent news sites in eastern Europe and elsewhere but were actually run by employees at Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik.

Just because you're not a member of the 1% doesn't mean you can't travel like you are. Below, we've handpicked 10 hotels around the globe that boast five star-worthy amenities -- think infinity pools, Instagrammable views, plush beds and exceptional service -- and are surprisingly affordable.

Kenyans are standing together in the wake of a terrorist attack where at least 21 people were killed after armed men stormed a hotel complex in the Nairobi capital.

Another day of Brexit drama ends, and Theresa May is still more-or-less Prime Minister of the more-or-less United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. On Wednesday, she survived a vote of no confidence in her government by a narrow majority of 19.

The way she is playing, Serena Williams will take some stopping at the Australian Open.

A 21-year-old exchange student has been killed in a "horrific attack" in Melbourne, Australia, police said -- a city consistently ranked among the world's safest places to live.

It may look like the surface of the moon, but the phenomenon captured in the video above is a little closer to Earth.

US federal prosecutors are reportedly working on a criminal investigation into Chinese telecom giant Huawei.

Aiia Maasarwe, 21, was killed in Melbourne, Australia, police said -- a city consistently ranked among the world's safest places to live.

President Trump removed a tweet where he confused a speaking engagement in Louisiana with one in Tennessee, but he is not the first high-profile person to get their geography mixed up. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

Taiwan's military held large-scale drills on its west coast Thursday amid growing tensions between the self-governed island and an increasingly belligerent Beijing.

An American and a Briton were confirmed as among 14 people killed in a terrifying attack at a hotel complex in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, as it was brought to an end Wednesday.