Trapped whale freed from shark nets

The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City continued to show signs of seismic activity last week. Increased explosive activity could lead to increasingly powerful explosions of ash and lava.

A new racing fad in Saudi Arabia has drivers "sidewalk skiing" on two wheels while people cling to the outside of the moving vehicle.

To mark the final day of festivities for the re-opening of the Red Cross Museum in Geneva, Switzerland, pianist Alain Roche was lifted into the air by a crane and played to onlookers below.

Flash Points: CBS News national security correspondent Bob Orr discusses the war on terror with CBS senior national security analyst Juan Zarate, who explains why, after more than a decade of counterterrorism efforts by the American government, new threats are popping up in new places, making the environment "more complicated, perhaps in some ways more localized, but also more dangerous."

A plane carrying 140 people caught on fire when landing at an airport in Moscow, Russia. No one was injured. Video shows passengers fleeing the aircraft via emergency exits, then jumping from the wing, while firefighters attempt to extinguish the flames.

Flash Points: While much scrutiny has been paid to the talking points used to brief the public on the attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, CBS News National Security correspondent Bob Orr and senior national security analyst Juan Zarate discuss which questions remain unanswered about the government's response to the attack.