U.S. launches airstrikes against ISIS forces in Tikrit

Significant expansion of U.S. military role in Iraq was requested by Iraq after its efforts to retake the city, with help from Iran, stalled

• Mar 26, 2015

​Iran nuclear deal in sight, State Dept. official says

With less than a week before a March 31 deadline, senior State Department official tells CBS News, "We very much believe that we can get this done"

• Mar 26, 2015

Saudis launch airstrikes against rebels in Yemen

Saudi Arabia vows to to "anything necessary" to restore neighbor's embattled president to power

• Mar 25, 2015

Report: Germanwings pilot was locked out of cockpit

The accounts quote unnamed sources as saying one of the two pilots left the cockpit and could not get back in

• Mar 26, 2015

Germanwings Flight 9525: "Everybody is in disbelief"

"I still feel like they are going to come here again and just tell us what the trip was like," friend says of teens killed in plane crash

• Mar 25, 2015

How instability in Yemen affects the U.S.

The president fled the country in a boat Wednesday amid rebel advances

• Mar 26, 2015

Boko Haram kidnappings becoming more extreme, official says

Hundreds were taken captive by the militants while trying to escape the violence in the northeastern areas of Nigeria

• Mar 25, 2015

Yemen president flees country as country's turmoil worsens

Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, left Aden as rebels advanced on the city, essentially collapsing his rule

• Mar 25, 2015

U.S. to launch airstrikes to help Iraq against ISIS

American military action comes as Pentagon says Iraqi ground operation to retake ISIS-held town has "stalled"

• Mar 25, 2015

Chinese government cracks down on "dancing grannies"

The tradition of Chinese women gathering in public to dance and exercise will now get a "nationally unified, scientifically arranged" makoever

• Mar 25, 2015

Audio recovered from Germanwings Flight 9525 black box

Cause still unclear in plane crash that killed 150 passengers and crew members in French Alps

• Mar 25, 2015

Afghan president: My country owes a "profound debt" to U.S. troops

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani thanked the U.S. for "advancing the cause of freedom" during a speech before Congress

• Mar 25, 2015

Broke Russian alcoholics turn to risky alternatives

As economic crisis puts booze out of reach for many, doctors notice a "wave" of negative effects among people consuming some unlikely cheaper options

• Mar 25, 2015

U.S.: Americans on board plane that crashed into Alps

Government contractor, daughter among Americans presumed dead in France plane crash

• Mar 25, 2015

Yemen's U.S.-backed leader flees palace

President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has seemingly lost any control he still clung to, and a dangerous chaos has engulfed his nation

• Mar 25, 2015

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