John Kerry breaks leg in bike accident

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had a bicycle accident in France on Sunday and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in nearby Geneva, Switzerland, for examination, said State Department spokesman John Kirby.

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Police shoot man outside summit U.S. Defense Secretary attended

Police shot a man dead and detained two other people outside a Singapore hotel Sunday where a high-level security summit was being held, according to a statement from Singapore police. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter had been attending the summit on Saturday.

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Iran hosts anti-ISIS cartoon competition

Political cartoonists from around the world are flying into Iran, not exactly a bastion of free speech, to take part in a competition featuring anti-ISIS cartoons.

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Activists accuse Syria of indiscriminate barrel bombing

At least 70 people were killed in a string of barrel bomb attacks Saturday on the Syrian city of Aleppo, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the opposition-run Aleppo Media Center.

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Israel's Knesset includes more women

Israel's newly elected Knesset is barely two months old, and for all the challenges it has faced -- including international pressure for a two-state solution, a struggle to form a coalition, and a plan to segregate buses that brought widespread criticism -- the legislative body is already enjoying one major success: There are more women in Knesset now than there have ever been before.

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U.S. student killed in mosque attack called a 'hero'

He was a Kansas college student who had returned home in order to get married.

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Sweden may extend paternity leave for dads

The Swedish government is about to take another step towards equalizing parental leave.

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This probably won't make Russia happy

He'd been a thorn in Vladimir Putin's side as president of Georgia, then became an even more vocal and damning critic after leaving office. Now Mikheil Saakashvili is back -- in a new country, with a new role unlikely to please the Russian leader.

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U.S. defense chief to China: Stop building islands

As China rapidly builds new artificial islands in the South China Sea to expand its territory claim there, Washington is adamantly refusing to recognize those claims.

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Solar Impulse begins marathon flight

Five days, five nights, one pilot -- and no fuel; Solar Impulse, the plane aiming to fly around the world powered only by the sun, looks set to take off later on the toughest leg of its round-the-world voyage.

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Egypt releases U.S. citizen

A U.S. citizen sentenced to life in an Egyptian prison for his role in demonstrations in support of ousted former President Mohamed Morsy has been released to go back to the United States, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo said Saturday.

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Boko Haram launches grenade attack in Nigeria

Boko Haram launched a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Borno state capital of Maiduguri early Saturday, killing at least 13, source said.

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Blatter smells a rat



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Shelling, bullets and explosions: This is Ukraine's ceasefire

When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? That remains the question Ukraine has been asking itself since February, when an agreement calling for a truce was signed by Ukraine, Russia, pro-Russian separatists, France and Germany in Minsk, Belarus. That seemed to calm tensions but it certainly did not stop violence along Ukraine's front lines with the breakaway separatists in the east.

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Refugee crisis around the world



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Cuba officially off U.S. terror blacklist

The United States officially removed Cuba from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism on Friday, setting the two nations up for a full renewal of diplomatic ties.

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Compassion flows freely in refugee camp

Some of the kids peer out shyly from behind the canvas of their tents. A little girl carries a plastic tub as big as she is, her face set in determination, as she walks toward the women washing clothes under the beating sun.

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Cuba officially off U.S. terror blacklist

The United States officially removes Cuba from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism on Friday, setting the two nations up for a full renewal of diplomatic ties.

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New clues in 10-year-old missing persons case



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The women of ISIS: Who are they?

Schoolgirl, doctor, blogger: The women of #ISIS aren't all stereotypical 'jihadi brides.'

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Photos: Behind the burqa

Dozens of women have left their homes in the West to join ISIS. So what do their social media posts reveal about who they are and why they made the move?

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ISIS twins: From schoolgirls to jihadi widows

Twins Salma and Zahra Halane were popular, high-achieving teens, but they ran away from home to join ISIS in Syria. Atika Shubert has the story.

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UK schoolgirl's interests went from sneakers to ISIS

How did a schoolgirl in the United Kingdom who loved Vans sneakers and Chelsea FC become radicalized enough to join ISIS? CNN's Atika Shubert reports.

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New clues, questions in Natalee Holloway case

Ten years after Natalee Holloway went missing, a Dutch citizen says he knows where to find her. Prosecutors, however, aren't buying it.

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Confused by FIFA scandal? This will help

The football world has been rocked this week by the FIFA corruption scandal.

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Blatter to FIFA: Your fault, too



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Video of mob burning teen alive spurs outrage

A video of a 16-year-old being beaten and burned to death in the Guatemalan village of Rio Bravo goes viral online and spurs debate over vigilante justice. CNN's Jessica King reports.

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Chuck Blazer: The man who turned on FIFA

Charles Blazer's deep ties in the soccer world and his undercover work lead the DOJ to charge 14 FIFA members with corruption. CNN's Richard Roth explains.

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4 dead in explosion outside mosque in Saudi Arabia

An explosion outside a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia on Friday killed at least four people, the Arab nation's official Saudi Press Agency reports.

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Mohammed cartoon contest held outside mosque

Jon Ritzheimer is a former Marine and he has no middle ground when it comes to Islam.

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Residents flee as volcano erupts on Japanese island

Residents of the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu have been urged to evacuate to get out of the path of an erupting volcano.

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Putin makes Russia's peacetime military deaths a state secret

For years, the tally of Russian troops who died at war has been a state secret. Now, President Vladimir Putin says his government won't reveal the number of military deaths during peacetime either.

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Transplant recipient meets sister of man who gave him a new face



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Muhammadu Buhari's swearing-in a first for Nigeria

Nigeria's new President was sworn in Friday in a boisterous ceremony that marked the first peaceful transfer of power between rival parties in the nation.

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Astronaut asks U.S. to open space station

China wants greater cooperation with other nations in space, particularly the United States, the country's most experienced astronaut has told CNN.

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China's space race

We have lift off! Space walks, lunar rovers and docking missions are all part of China's rise into outer orbit.

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Shenzhou-10: China's longest crewed space mission

In 2013, China launched three astronauts into orbit for the country's fifth and longest crewed mission in its burgeoning space exploration program.

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China to explore 'dark side' of the moon

China is considering landing a spacecraft on the moon's "dark side" in 2020 -- a mission, which, if successful, would make it the first country to do so, state media reports.

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How China's astronauts prepare for space

CNN's David McKenzie takes a look at the Chinese space program and the simulators used in their training for space missions.

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Why world is wary of China's 'great wall of sand' in sea

The leaders of Southeast Asian nations recently took the extraordinary step of warning China that its island-building activities in the contested South China Sea "may undermine peace, security and stability" in the region.

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Schoolgirl's tweet offers clue about life with ISIS

How were three British schoolgirls lured to Syria by ISIS? CNN's Atika Shubert takes a look at what made the terror group so appealing.

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What's behind the heat wave and when will it end?

It's often hot in India. But the past 10 days have been exceptional, even for one of the hottest places on the planet. The highest temperature recorded on Wednesday reached 116.6 degrees Fahrenheit in the eastern states of Jharkhand and Odisha.

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U.S. military wants China to know they are losing patience

CNN's Jim Sciutto recently got exclusive access to a U.S. Navy surveillance plane on a secret mission near China, where they flew over a string of man-made islands. China's Navy issued eight warnings to the plane and told it to leave the area. On Tuesday, Jim answered questions from the Reddit community during an "Ask me anything" session. Below are highlights from the conversation.

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Putin accuses U.S. of 'illegally persecuting people'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out swinging in defense of FIFA's embattled president and against U.S. authorities who've gone after soccer's powerful, polarizing governing body.

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Nearly 500 bodies exhumed from graves in Iraq

An Iraqi forensic team has exhumed 499 bodies from a series of graves in the presidential complex in the city of Tikrit, a Baghdad morgue official says.

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Iraqi oil refinery the site of 'apocalyptic' battle

Iraqi troops did battle with ISIS at an oil refinery in an attempt to drive them out of the area. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.

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Iraqi forces, ISIS militants clash in Anbar operation

ISIS militants killed 30 Iraqi soldiers in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq's key Anbar province, security officials told CNN on Wednesday, a day after the launch of a major operation to liberate Anbar and Salaheddin provinces from ISIS.

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Iran holds cartoon contest to make fun of ISIS

A country not exactly known for freedom of speech has created a contest triumphing freedom of expression. CNN's Fred Pleitgen has the story.

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Hurricane outlook 2015: El Niño could hinder Atlantic storms

The coming Atlantic hurricane season probably will have fewer storms than normal for the third year running -- thanks in part to El Niño, forecasters say.

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Report: Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinians

Abductions. Beatings. Torture. Summary executions of political opponents.

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