For Samantha Sally, a vacation was all it took to flip her quiet middle-American world of muscle cars, cotton candy and an Indiana packing company, into the horror of the ritual beatings, serial rape, torture and forced child propaganda videos of ISI…

For Sam Sally, a vacation was all it took to flip her quiet middle-American world of muscle cars, cotton candy and an Indiana packing company, into the horror of the ritual beatings, serial rape, torture and forced child propaganda videos of ISIS's s…

Islam and Ahmed met online, looking for their "happily ever after" through a Muslim dating site.

Brisa de Angulo grew up in Bolivia and remembers having a wonderful childhood. That is, until she was 15.

Since 2004, Brisa de Angulo's nonprofit has been working to change the culture of sexual violence in Bolivia while helping hundreds of its young victims heal.

The Kenyan community campaigning to get rid of toxic lead pollution.

In April 2018 Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in will meet in Panmunjom, a town in the heart of the Demilitarized Zone, between North and South Korea.

The death of Russian investigative reporter Maxim Borodin has raised alarms about a worrying pattern of tragic and often deadly incidents involving people who go public on sensitive issues. CNN's Brian Todd reports.

A controversial arrest. An emergency landing. A surprise at 'Beychella.' What do you remember from the week that was?

Take a look at 26 photos of the week from April 13 through April 19.

CNN Hero Brisa De Angulo founded A Breeze of Hope Foundation in Bolivia -- the group provides free and comprehensive psychological, legal, medical and social services for child and adolescent survivors of sexual abuse.

The centre of Berlin has been evacuated after the discovery of a Second World War bomb dropped by Britain.

Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin had told him Russia had "some of the most beautiful hookers in the world", according to memos written by a former FBI chief.

Russia has revealed it warned the US about "red lines" it should not cross before it launched airstrikes on Syria.

Online activity by Russian bots, trolls and automated accounts has increased by 4,000% in the days and weeks following the Salisbury poisoning and suspected chemical attack in Syria.

Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III of Swaziland, has changed his country's name to eSwatini.

Six billion cockroaches are being bred each year through artificial intelligence at a Chinese farm making "healing potions".

A nanny has been convicted of murder after stabbing two children to death at their family's luxury apartment in Manhattan.

More details have been released about the death of a woman who was partially sucked out of a plane window in the US.

It had the air of a fait accompli.

Donald Trump has said he wants a successful meeting with Kim Jong Un, but warned he will call the talks off if he does not think they will produce results.

The King of Swaziland has given his country a new name: eSwatini.

Berlin is set to hold a large-scale evacuation Friday to allow experts to defuse a 1,100-pound World War II explosive.

The mayor of Naples said a U.S. submarine involved in attacks on Syrian targets last week should not have traveled through waters near the Italian city.

Time magazine released its list of the 100 most influential people of 2018, naming a variety of activists, leaders, actors and scientists.

Hans Asperger, a pioneer in autism research, was a Nazi collaborator who sent children to their deaths around World War II, new research said Thursday.

The British government on Thursday announced a ban on the sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton swabs.

Queen Elizabeth II told a government summit on Thursday she hopes her son, Prince Charles, will succeed her as Head of Commonwealth.

Syria's military on Thursday gave Islamic State fighters 48 hours to leave an area they control south of the capital of Damascus.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in says North Korea is on the same page on "full denuclearization" and isn't making unreasonable demands.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 shook the Iranian southern province of Bushehr on Thursday, officials said.

South Korea's liberal lawmaker Kim Kyoung-soo has decided to press head with his bid for the local election, despite online comment-rigging scandal.

Seoul police raided the offices of Korean Air heiress over claims she yelled and threw water or plum juice at an advertising firm employee.

For the first time in decades, someone outside the Castro family has assumed the presidency of Cuba, as Raúl Castro stepped down Thursday.

A British man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after a court found he deliberately infected five men with HIV and attempted to infect several others.

The North Korean regime appears to be shifting towards a model socialist government, by holding a key policy meeting on Friday.

Cuba's election commission nominated Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel to be the only candidate to succeed Raúl Castro as the island nation's next president.

Alibaba is throwing its hat into the self-driving car ring, an increasingly competitive field dominated in China by Internet giants.

A large-scale terrorist attack was averted after a truck with explosives was detained at a West Bank checkpoint, Israel's defense ministry said Wednesday.

Military forces from Egypt's Third Field Army said Wednesday they killed the leader of Sinai Province -- an Islamic State-affiliated group.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday early presidential and parliamentary elections have been moved to June 24 -- more than a year early.