Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao tours the area at the epicenter of Monday's magnitude 7.9 earthquake, offering encouragement to rescuers and survivors. (May 16)
A third audio message has been released by Osama bin Laden.
In China the number of deaths has reached 21,500 and might hit 50,000.
President Bush is now in Saudi Arabia, the second stop in his trip to the Middle East. Its expected the President will push Saudi leaders to do something to ease gas prices. (May 16)
The European Union's aid chief leaves Myanmar on Friday after saying he has failed to persuade the ruling generals to open up to foreign assistance, two weeks after the cyclone tragedy. The Irrawaddy Delta region in the southwest, which bore the brunt of the massive storm that hit on May 3, is largely off limits to foreigners including international relief workers.
Computer files seized by the Colombian military in a raid on a FARC rebel camp are genuine, Interpol has said.
Italian police arrested hundreds of people in a nationwide crackdown on street crime and illegal immigration.
Rescue workers continue digging for survivors Friday in towns devastated by this week's earthquake, still finding live victims buried in rubble for 96 hours. (May 16)
Food prices may have peaked as the UN's Food index survey of ingredients showed its first drop in a year.
Time is running out for thousands of people still thought to be trapped five days after China's earthquake.
The sixth-ever International Day Against Homophobia is held on May 17 -- but not many people in Poland will take notice. Here, homosexuality is often still seen as a disease for which one needs treatment. The Catholic Church has set up psychological support groups for gay people who want to "get back on the right track"
The deaths of thousands of students in China's earthquake has sparked outrage among parents over the alleged shoddy construction of the country's schools.
He's not a household name, but Joel Milburn is the future of Australian athletics.
Films are not the only thing premiering at Cannes with this million-dollar diamond-encrusted dress by Italian designer Alberta Ferretti, making its first outing.
The price of rice in our supermarkets is set to double after Australia's worst harvest in 80 years.
Rescuers in China are making what could be their final push to find earthquake survivors, with pressure also on to quickly find and bury the dead.
Swimmer Nick D'Arcy has returned to the pool for what could be his final training session before he learns if he'll compete in Beijing.
The U.N. says only a small fraction of the supplies needed by hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims in Myanmar have arrived in the country. The official death toll rose by 5,000 during the past day to 43,000. (May 15)
Several students in China were rescued some 80 hours after Monday's massive earthquake. The earthquake registered 7.9 magnitude, and killed at least 19,000 people. (May 16)
Australian actress Cate Blanchett has shown off her post-baby figure at the Cannes Film Festival whilst Anglina Jolie has shown off her double baby bump.
Police in the UK have released a disturbing video of football fans going on a rampage after the UEFA Cup final.
Tony Mokbel has begun his journey from Athens to Australia to face drug and murder charges.
China has started accepting international offers of help as they struggle to cope with the massive rescue effort following Monday's earthquake.
China's government gives rare transparent look at disaster. CNN's Jaime FlorCruz reports.
A Red Cross official says a road-grader accidentally tore open a fuel pipeline and sent an inferno raging over houses and a school, setting off a stampede of terrified children and killing about 100 people and injuring 20. (May 15)
CNN's Jonathan Mann speaks with author Carol Lancaster about disaster response in China and Myanmar.
CNN's Phil Black talks to Paris Hilton about her new fragrance, her business empire and life one year after jail.
ABC's David Puente asks Johns Hopkins Dr. Alfredo Quinones.
Days after being extradited from Colombian prisons, 8 accused warlords pleaded not guilty to cocaine trafficking charges in U.S. court. The men were all ordered held without bail until a hearing next week. (May 15)
CNN's John Vause reports that some of the areas hardest hit by the earthquake are also hard to reach.
America's not the only country that can lay claim to a secret collection of "X-Files".
A group of Australian firefighters running through Europe to highlight the sacrifices made by Anzac diggers has reached Villers-Bretonneux on the Western Front.
Dumped Olympic swimmer Nick D'Arcy is waiting to hear whether he'll be reinstated to the team for Beijing.
It's still not clear when Australia's most wanted man, Tony Mokbel, will arrive back in Victoria.
International aid agencies are worried the blanket coverage of the Chinese earthquake will take the spotlight off Burma and the victims of Cyclone Nargis.