Brazil hostage situation ends with assailant's surrender
Television footage showed the assailant with what appeared to be a gun parading the hostage onto a 13th-floor room's balcony
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U.S.-led airstrikes against ISIS hit 4 Syrian provinces
Activists said the overnight strikes in northern and eastern Syria caused casualties, and question some of the targets hit
Belgium cracks down on alleged jihad recruiters
46 suspects of "Sharia4Belgium" group accused of brainwashing youngsters for the Syrian battlefield
Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution"
Honog Kong police removed the last of the protesters after more than ten weeks of street demonstrations that challenged China's communist-ruled government and captured the world's attention
Under pressure, Israeli leader to make his case
Netanyahu has been adamant that Iran is part of Middle East's problems, as more and more other nations say it should be part of the solution
Anger and tear gas fill Hong Kong streets
Protesters say China cheating them out of democratic reforms they were promised, and tension is mounting fast
The young women taking aim at ISIS
U.S. strikes haven't turned militants around in Syria, so the fight is in the hands of a Kurdish commander and his unusual army
War in the land of women
ISIS' worst nightmare? Islamic extremists' push into Kurdistan puts them up against some very determined female fighters
Rescuers forced to halt efforts on Japan volcano
With an unknown number of people still missing after a deadly surprise eruption on Japan's second-tallest volcano, nature deals another blow
On Syria's front line against ISIS
CBS News' Holly Williams and her team get into northern Syria to meet the small team of rag-tag Kurdish fighters trying to keep ISIS at bay
Afghanistan gets new president
Hotly contested, long election season culminates with swearing in of man who's replacing longtime leader Hamid Karzai, but day marred by violence
Pro-democracy protests expand in Hong Kong
Mass protest is the strongest challenge yet to Beijing's decision to limit democratic reforms for the semi-autonomous city
Fans in London dreaming of an NFL team of their own
With three regular-season NFL games in London this year, American football fever is cresting across the Atlanic
Monster truck slams into crowd in the Netherlands
Three reportedly killed, at least a dozen injured in accident; driver being questioned by police
Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria vows revenge for U.S.-led airstrikes
Nusra Front leader decries "Crusader Alliance" after several airstrikes by U.S.-led coalition kill its fighters
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