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In Russia and neighboring Belarus, the Zapad military exercise begins today.

The international community is in an understandable frenzy over the growing Rohingya refugee crisis, which is driving the Muslim minority out of Myanmar in droves. Much of their anger is directed at Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who they accuse of passivity at a time of heightened violence.

The British government has confirmed that it is ordering an extensive review of Rupert Murdoch's $15 billion planned takeover of Sky TV.

At least 21 students have been killed after a fire broke out at a school in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur early Thursday morning.

Australian actress Rebel Wilson has been awarded $3.6 million ($4.5 million Australian) by an Australian court after it found a popular magazine guilty of defamation.

Read CNN's Fast Facts about Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Residents of far-flung Caribbean territories and former colonies devastated by Hurricane Irma last week have a message for their longtime rulers: Don't forget us.

A 40-year-old woman is under arrest after allegedly trying to break in to the school in south London where Prince George is a student, the Metropolitan Police said Wednesday.

Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has canceled a trip this month to the UN General Assembly as the crisis involving minority Rohingya Muslims escalates in her country's Rakhine state.

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They have been raped, tortured and killed. They have been crowded on boats and ping-ponged between nations that don't want them. They have been forced into labor and have no rights to their land.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sought to present a bright future for the European Union after the United Kingdom leaves in 2019, but warned that Britain "will regret" the move as much as the EU will.

Country singer Kenny Chesney said Tuesday that he was heartbroken after seeing the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma.

French President Emmanuel Macron has troubles at home this week. France's second biggest union, the CGT, is leading public sector, rail and energy workers in local strikes in protest at Macron's proposed deregulation of the labor market.

An 11-year-old boy died after he fell into a volcanic crater in Italy and his parents also died when they tried to help him, police said.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the Caribbean on Tuesday pledging to rebuild the French territories ravaged by Hurricane Irma, amid mounting criticism that European nations and the US had neglected their responsibilities in the region.

A doctor and his wife who were rescued from a St. Martin resort after surviving Hurricane Irma speak to CNN's Erin Burnett about the chaos that ensued following the devastation from the storm.

The mayor of a city in Belgium was found dead with his throat slashed in a graveyard near his home.