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Police have arrested 10 suspects who were planning terrorism acts during the Olympics, Brazil's Justice Ministry said Thursday. The group was "baptized" by ISIS and only had contact with the group via the Internet, according to the Justice Minister.

Hundreds of Southwest flights were delayed Wednesday after the airline was hit with technical issues.

Last Friday, a military faction in Turkey tried to topple President Recep Tayip Erdogan. The effort failed, but since then Erdogan has been leading his own coup, crushing the foundations of democracy and attempting to establish himself as the country's authoritative ruler.

Anticipating possible unrest outside the Republican and Democratic party conventions, a human rights organization has taken the unprecedented step of sending trained observers to protests in both cities to monitor police tactics and protestor actions in case of rights abuses.

You could be hurt by the many colorful insults Donald Trump likes to toss around about women, Mexicans, Muslims, and African Americans. Or you could embrace them proudly with colorful photo filters that overlay them on top of your face.

HBO now has one less Emmy nomination to its name.

In 1987, a photograph of Princess Diana shaking the hand of a man with AIDS helped to break down stigma around the illness. Nearly 30 years later, Prince Harry is highlighting the need to continue fighting the stigma persisting around today's AIDS epidemic, particularly among teenagers.

Just how important is Roger Ailes to 21st Century Fox? Well, let's just say that you could call him "The $2.3 Billion Man."

Turks woke up on Thursday to find their country locked in a three-month state of emergency, declared by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a deadly failed coup over the weekend.

One Direction seems to be heading in several directions. British boy band member Liam Payne announced in a tweet Thursday that he signed a solo deal with Capitol Records.

Mexico is more than happy to find new trade deals around the world if a would-be President Donald Trump decides to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, former Mexican President Vicente Fox told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Thursday.

Passengers from an American Airlines flight were forced to evacuate while on the taxiway at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday afternoon.

In a massive lawsuit that reads like an international thriller, the U.S. government claims that well-connected fraudsters stole $3.5 billion from the Malaysian people and used it to buy New York condos, hotels, yachts and a jet.

CNNMoney's Brian Stelter breaks down what you need to know about the Roger Ailes sexual harassment scandal.

Syrian refugees just arriving in the United States will likely not be watching the Republican or Democratic conventions or the political ups and downs of the campaign.

Amid the drama unfolding at the Republican convention on Wednesday night, Donald Trump's campaign faced a new controversy when the New York Times published an interview with Trump in which he outlined a foreign policy vision that broke sharply with U.S. tradition.

As Pokemon Go sweeps the Middle East, Saudi religious authorities are renewing a ban on the game. CNN's Jon Jensen reports.

Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson said Thursday that Ted Cruz's call to "vote your conscience" essentially encouraged people to support the former New Mexico governor.

Forty years ago, the Republican Party's presidential nomination was still up in the air when the convention began in Kansas City, Missouri. David Hume Kennerly, chief White House photographer for Gerald R. Ford, shares his memories from that event. Some of these photos have never been published.