Horrific tales of beatings and endurance emerged on Friday as more than 300 boys rescued from captivity in northwestern Nigeria were brought back to their waiting families in the state capital, ending a week-long ordeal.

In the name of "science and solidarity," the European Commission has secured over 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines for the bloc since June.

More than 1,000 people in Japan spent Thursday night stuck on a highway in their cars, waiting out a traffic jam with little food or water during a heavy snowstorm.

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19 after experiencing symptoms, his office said Thursday.

Hundreds of schoolboys who were abducted last week in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, according to a state official.

Over the past 30 years, Maral Boyadjian has built up a family real estate business consisting of eight homes in Southern California that she and her husband rent out.

During his annual press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to a recent investigation by the investigative group Bellingcat and CNN which uncovered evidence that Russia's Federal Security Service trailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny who was poisoned in August. CNN's Clarissa Ward reports.

It was a kidnapping as brazen as it was unexpected.

Chinese prosecutors have officially indicted 10 of the 12 Hong Kongers detained in mainland China, months after they were arrested for attempting to flee to Taiwan by boat.

Friday, September 4 was one of the happiest days in recent memory for Mayila Yakufu and her family.