Ex-Tory minister John Maples dies

Sunni mosque in Baghdad bombed

At least five people were killed and 30 others wounded Friday after a bombing outside a Sunni mosque in northeastern Baghdad, police said.

Obama: ‘A new Mexico is emerging’

President Barack Obama said Friday he came to Mexico to break down stereotypes between the United States and its neighbor to the south.

Americans detained abroad

Women punished for blogging

CNN’s Atika Shubert reports on a documentary about three female bloggers who have suffered harassment and persecution.

Opposition contests Venezuela vote

Venezuela’s opposition filed a lawsuit with the country’s Supreme Court Thursday, contesting last month’s presidential vote.

Chinese police seize bogus meat

Police in China have spent three months seizing bogus meat, some of it fake beef or mutton made out of fox, mink and rat.

Opinion: The cost of cheap clothes

As the death toll in Bangladesh mounts, former factory child laborer Kalpona Akter says corporations must insist on safe factories and a living wage for workers.