Rishi Sunak to become UK's next prime minister

Rishi Sunak was runner-up to Liz Truss, who resigned unexpectedly last week. At 45, he's the youngest prime minister in more than 200 years, the first leader of color, and the first Hindu to take the job.

Boris Johnson out of race to be next UK prime minister

Boris Johnson, who was ousted in July amid ethics scandals, was widely expected to run to replace Liz Truss, who quit last week.

Boris Johnson returns to UK amid rumors he will run for leader

Boris Johnson, who was ousted by a series of ethics scandals just three months ago, needs the backing of 100 lawmakers before 2 p.m. Monday to be on the ballot paper.

Iran's Elnaz Rekabi, female climber who competed without hijab, arrives in Tehran

An Instagram post on an account attributed to Iran's Elnaz Rekabi called her not wearing the hijab “unintentional," but fears for her safety have grown.

BTS members to do mandatory military service in South Korea, agency says

BTS members are “looking forward to reconvening as a group again around 2025 following their service commitment,” the K-pop group’s management company said.

At least 40 miners killed in Turkey coal mine explosion

There were 110 miners working several hundred feet below ground when the explosion happened Friday evening.

Tourist kidnapped in Mexico had foot hacked with machete before being left for dead

Dustan Jackson said he was kidnapped by a cab driver in Mexico while he was waiting for a flight home. After being attacked by a group of men with a machete, he miraculously made his way home.

477 whales die in 'heartbreaking' mass strandings on New Zealand islands

The pilot whale deaths come two weeks after about 200 pilot whales also died in Australia after stranding themselves on a remote Tasmanian beach.

King Charles III to be crowned May 6, 2023, Buckingham Palace says

King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 6 in a ceremony that will embrace the past but look to the modern world after the 70-year reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

North Korea confirms simulated use of nukes to 'wipe out' enemies

North Korea says its recent missile launches were the simulated use of its weapons to “hit and wipe out” potential South Korean and U.S. targets.

Nobel economics prize awarded to former Fed chair Ben Bernanke, 2 other Americans

The Nobel Prize winners’ research took on great real-world significance when investors sent the financial system into a panic during the fall of 2008.

CNN crew fined after Thailand day care massacre coverage

As Thailand's worst such massacre ever, the attack drew widespread international media attention to the small town in the country's rural northeast.

BTS members face possible military service in South Korea

Whether the band’s seven members must serve in the army is one of the hottest issues in South Korea.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to human rights activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

The Nobel Peace Prize went to “three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy, and peaceful coexistence in the neighbor countries Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.”