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Korean Air employees will now be able to use Tasers to stop unruly passengers. CNN's Saima Mohsin reports.

Gunmen have kidnapped an outspoken Iraqi journalist, Afrah Shawqi al-Qaisi, after storming her home in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security officials and the journalist's sister told CNN on Tuesday.

Stranded in a secluded road with heavy snow falling, one Pennsylvania mom knew she had to do something. So, she walked for 30 hours in the wilderness, through 26 freezing miles, subsisting on twigs and her urine, to get help.

January in Iowa can be cold and dreary, but employees at a cabinet company are about to get a sunny reprieve from the winter doldrums, all thanks to the boss.

The holidays are about giving and receiving. And returning.

One of the two black boxes on a Russian military jet that crashed into the Black Sea with 92 people on board has been found, the country's Defense Ministry said Tuesday, according to the state-run Sputnik news agency.

CNN's Matt Rivers received permission from Chinese authorities to tour the restricted Tibetan autonomous region.

Donald Trump doesn't need to be briefed every day by his top intelligence professionals. Most of the other leading heads of state in the Western alliance do not receive daily briefs directly from their espionage and intelligence agencies. But there is a critical caveat.

Donald Trump's team plans to hear out the women demonstrators who are heading to Washington to bring attention to their issues, one of the President-elect's spokesmen said Tuesday.

Steven Howard gave his young daughters "prettily wrapped packages" that included "the distinctive pointed hoods of the Ku Klux Klan."

Six inmates in Tennessee escaped from prison on Christmas day by removing a leaky toilet from the wall, according to the Cocke County Sheriff's Office.

Rubi Ibarra Garcia's 15th birthday party garnered 1.3 million RSVPs online after her family's Facebook invite went viral.

Take a look at 32 amazing sports photos from December 20 through December 26.

It's been a tumultuous year on many fronts. In the business world, some big names have gone through particularly grueling times in 2016.

Three years ago, Niloofar Rahmani became the first woman to earn her wings in Afghanistan's air force. But her place in history as an international symbol of female empowerment and courage has effectively cost her the ability to live in her homeland.

This year was full of headline-making health topics that left many people scratching their heads -- so they turned to Dr. Google for answers.

Four years before President Barack Obama grew to national prominence as the keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he was broke after running a losing campaign, his credit card was declined and he was quickly losing hope on pursuing a career in politics.

The stock market has enjoyed a great run since the election of Donald Trump. But experts are wondering if the Trump bump may have eaten into some of Wall Street's potential gains for 2017.

India successfully tested its most powerful nuclear-capable missile on Monday, according to the country's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Defense Ministry.

Obamacare is not in a death spiral. In fact, insurers' prospects in the individual market are looking brighter, according to a new S&P Global Ratings analysis.