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An 18-story building partially collapsed after an explosion in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro Wednesday night, state media reported.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected Wednesday to give a stark warning to economic policymakers that Greece may yet face meltdown amid a crisis that has brought the European single currency to the brink of collapse.

U.S. special forces swooped into Somalia in a pair of helicopters under the cover of darkness Wednesday to rescue two kidnapped aid workers — an American and a Dane — in a daring raid that also killed several gunmen , an American official said Wednes…

The mother of an Ohio-born man is "hanging on by a thread" after her son disappeared earlier this month in violence-wracked Syria, according to family members.

Protests started in Egypt a year ago, but the country still has a long way to go. CNN’s Ben Wedeman spoke to prominent Egyptians about the “unfinished revolution.”

Iraqis reacted with outrage Wednesday to news of a plea deal for a U.S. Marine squad leader charged in connection with the deaths of 24 people, in which he received a rank reduction and pay cut but avoided jail time.

In his answers to prosecutors, defense attorneys and a judge, the captain of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia admitted he made a "mistake" in colliding with rocks off the Italian island of Giglio.

In his answers to prosecutors, defense attorneys and a judge, the captain of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia admitted he made a "mistake" in colliding with rocks off the Italian island of Giglio.

In his answers to prosecutors, defense attorneys and a judge, the captain of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia admitted he made a "mistake" in colliding with rocks off the Italian island of Giglio.

Although it was one year ago January 25 that protesters began gathering in Tahrir Square in Egypt for protests, the movement began many years before, says one author.