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Gehad al-Rawy beamed with joy as she emerged from an Egyptian courtroom last September. She had just won a sexual harassment case, with the judge sentencing her harasser to two years in prison.

A Russian man has been arrested in a US territory in the Pacific Ocean and transferred to the US state of Florida, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

It's too early to discuss a possible "prisoner swap" involving detained American Paul Whelan, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Saturday, according to a Russian state news agency.

A shooting at a bowling alley left three men dead and four people injured in Southern California late Friday, authorities said.

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An estimated 50,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday, January 5, In the first major gilet jaunes, or "yellow vest," protests of the new year. Saturday marked the eighth consecutive week of protests throughout France.

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The Amazon rainforest is critical in the regulation of global warming. But Brazil's new president has many worried about the forest's future.

The scene that played out in the cramped meeting room at the Israeli parliament building on Tuesday could have been scripted by Hollywood.

He should be playing for his New York Knicks in London this month but center Enes Kanter says he will not travel for fear of assassination.

Tropical Storm Pabuk has been downgraded to a depression and has left Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department announced in a news conference Saturday.

It was the prefect preparation for the Australian Open as Roger Federer teamed up with Belinda Bencic to help Switzerland defend its Hopman Cup title in Perth.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has left plenty of questions hanging with no answers for almost 20 months.

Five teenage girls celebrating their friend's birthday Friday afternoon at an escape room in Poland died in a fire, officials said.

The number of people illegally crossing into Europe dropped last year to its lowest level in five years -- but there's been a spike in the number reaching Spain, figures show.

You know you're a skier when winter daydreams involve swooping down sparkling slopes on far off majestic mountains.

As the first major awards ceremony of the year, the Golden Globes offers a hint of what to expect at next month's Oscars. And, just as importantly perhaps, its attendees give the fashion world their first taste of red carpet style for the year.

A former North Korean diplomat who defected in 2016 published an open letter Saturday to Pyongyang's "missing" chargé d'affaires to Italy, Jo Song Gil, suggesting he move to Seoul.

The two most powerful people in Washington -- Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi -- met for the first time as President and speaker Friday morning at the White House in a futile attempt to end a government shutdown as it hit the two-week mark.

A man tries to kidnap a woman by forcing her into his car, in north Charlotte. She breaks free, and runs into a nearby karate studio pleading for help.

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome is looking to cement his legacy by winning a record-equaling fifth title in 2019.

Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary was impersonated in fraudulent text messages sent to some Republican members of Congress seeking their whereabouts, a source familiar confirms to CNN.

Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is clapping back at the people who criticized an old video of her dancing -- by posting a new video of her dancing.

A person in Sweden is being treated for suspected Ebola contamination at Uppsala University Hospital, the regional authority said on Friday.

During his freewheeling, 90-minute cabinet meeting Wednesday, President Donald Trump briefly argued that the Soviet Union "was right" to invade Afghanistan in 1979 because "terrorists were going into Russia," a head-scratching aside that was widely criticized as historically inaccurate.

Three former Credit Suisse bankers have been charged by the United States over their role in a fraudulent loan scheme that prosecutors allege included at least $200 million in bribes and kickbacks.

China is taking new steps to encourage bank lending and stimulate the country's flagging economy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Israeli media, and what he characterized as "left-wing demonstrators," of applying "brutal and inhuman pressure" on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to issue an indictment against him "at any price."

To call it big would be an understatement. On Tuesday, a human chain stretching for more than 600 kilometers (372 miles) was formed by millions of women in the southern Indian state of Kerala to demand entry to a major Hindu temple that traditionally barred women of child-bearing age.

In a mirror image of last season's fixture, Manchester City ended Liverpool's winning streak to throw the English Premier League title race wide open.

The arrest of US citizen Paul Whelan in Moscow last week prompted intense speculation in national security circles: It came just 15 days after alleged Russian agent Maria Butina pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the United States.

House Democrats voted on Thursday to reject President Donald Trump's demand for additional funding for a border wall, approving a stop-gap spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security that would not allocate any new wall funding.

When the British defense minister revealed this week that new military bases were being considered in Asia, critics questioned whether London has the money -- or strategic vision -- to carry out such a plan.

American citizen Paul Whelan has been formally charged in Russia with espionage, his lawyer said Thursday, almost a week after he was detained in Moscow while on what his family says was only a vacation trip.

It was a quiet afternoon at the White House toward the end of a four-day week. Network correspondents were preparing for their evening newscasts, cameramen were scattered throughout the briefing room and outside, some reporters had stepped out for coffee.

Jim Webb, a former Democratic presidential hopeful, has been floated as a potential permanent replacement for Defense Secretary James Mattis by the Trump administration, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing three officials.