China celebrates Meng Wanzhou's return as a victory — even at the cost of its global image

For Beijing, the return of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to China after a prolonged extradition fight with the United States has been celebrated as a resounding victory.


South Korea's President Moon says it's time to consider a ban on eating dog meat

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Monday there might be a need to prohibit dog meat consumption amid debate over the controversial practice and growing awareness of animal rights.


She took part in one of the most secretive missions of the Afghan evacuation

CNN's Alex Marquardt explores the escape of Shaqaiq Birashk, an Afghan-American who worked for the Afghan government and on a US-funded project. She left Afghanistan in one of the most secretive operations in the US evacuation of the country.


North Korea launches unidentified projectile, says South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff

North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, according to a statement from South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.


1 dead, buildings damaged as 5.8 magnitude quake hits Crete, Greece

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck the island of Crete, Greece on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.


Here comes $90 oil

The V-shaped recovery in the oil patch continues to take even the biggest bulls on Wall Street by surprise.


Five key takeaways from Germany's historic election

Germany's left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the largest share of the vote in Sunday's federal election, putting them in pole position to form the country's next coalition government -- but they could be in for some tricky negotiations.


Afghanistan will not address UN General Assembly after credentials dispute

Afghanistan will no longer address the United Nations General Assembly, in the wake of a credentials dispute between the Taliban and the country's current representative to the UN.


This hamster's cryptocurrency portfolio is beating the market

A German hamster is beating investors at their own game.


Freed from Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou hailed as hero upon return to China

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who spent nearly three years in house arrest in Canada, returned home late Saturday, ending a prolonged extradition fight with the United States and sparking an outburst of national pride in China, where her release has been portrayed as a diplomatic victory for Beijing.