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Taiwan has strongly protested the deportation of five of its nationals from Kenya to mainland China, the second such incident in recent months.

The execution of an Iranian nuclear scientist accused of spying for the US is reverberating from Tehran to the presidential campaign trail.

CNN's Drew Griffin investigates the growing questions about whether or not Donald Trump's own businesses hire Americans first.

It is a moment that will live in political infamy. As he announced his candidacy for president of the United States, Donald Trump assailed Mexican immigrants as "people that have lots of problems." He accused them of bringing drugs and crime with them across the border and derided them as "rapists." Doubling down in the face of controversy, Trump added that they are "killers" as well. As with so much that Trump says, his comments were at once inaccurate and obscene. Recent studies show that immigration is associated with lower crime rates, and that immigrants are less likely to be criminals than are native-born Americans.

In a rare televised address, Japan's Emperor Akihito said if his health worsens he fears he will not be able to fulfill his duties.

Investigators in Afghanistan are searching for an American and an Australian who were kidnapped in western Kabul, the city's police chief told CNN.

An Iranian nuclear scientist who once claimed he was kidnapped by the CIA has been executed after being accused of spying for the United States.

Several items of US military equipment displayed by ISIS in photos published over the weekend likely was either found or captured after recent battles in eastern Afghanistan, according to a senior defense official.

Syrian rebels are vowing to retake the entire city of Aleppo after claiming to have broken a crippling government siege, in a victory that an opposition leader has hailed as "almost a miracle."

She was already the golden girl of judo -- now she has the medal to go with it.

A couple of gymnasts at Rio 2016 have taken to heart one of the founding principles of Olympism -- "placing sport at the service of the harmonious development of humankind" -- in a very modern way.

A man in his 20s has died from a blow to the head while leaning out of a train window in London, transport police said.

Steinhoff International is buying Mattress Firm for $2.4 billion in the biggest ever African buyout of an American company.

It was a tale of contrasting fortunes for two Dutch cyclists.

More than a million Turks united in Istanbul on Sunday night as part of a pro-democracy rally following last month's failed coup.

Japanese Emperor Akihito is worried that his advanced age may begin to affect his ability to serve as emperor.

Almost 50 Filipino officials, including mayors and police officers, have surrendered in response to being called out by the country's president as being connected to illegal drug trade Sunday.

The manufacturer of the A320 and A380 said the probe by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office is connected to the use of third-party consultants by its passenger aircraft business.

Brazil's Olympic team gave about a third as many samples as normally expected in the crucial month before the games began, CNN can reveal -- an "unacceptable practice" according to the world anti-doping watchdog.