It's a political jou ey decades in the making -- the transformation of a young student firebrand into an icon of democracy and eventually the leader of his country, via two stints in jail.

A Canadian airport "will be closed to commercial traffic the rest of today" after a Flair Airlines plane "exited the runway" Friday mo ing during its landing, the airport and the airline said in statements.

An Iranian-Kurdish footballer has been arrested on charges of "incitement against the regime" as Tehran cracks down on anti-gove ment protesters, according to state-aligned news agency Tasim.

America's top diplomat for Iran has highlighted CNN's investigation into sexual violence that revealed sexual assaults on male and female activists, describing the reports as "unspeakable."

Kendall Jenner's latest street style snap is a masterclass in minimalism, with one notable element missing: trousers.

The US Coast Guard rescued a man after he was reported missing from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. US Coast Guard search and rescue coordinator Lt. Seth Gross joins CNN This Mo ing to discuss the rescue.

What could be better than one wide-ranging high-speed rail network? Three or four competing ones, which look set to not only improve travelers' options but also (hopefully) drive prices down.

A resurfaced photograph from 1957 pictures Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones standing with a crowd of White students blocking six Black students from entering North Little Rock High School in Arkansas. CNN spoke with E est Green, a member of nine African-American students -- known as 'Little Rock Nin...

K-pop superstar Jin will begin his mandatory military service next month, a source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed Friday, after the BTS singer appealed to the supergroup's devoted fans to stay away from his South Korean army training center.

An inte ational team of scientists say they have new insight into how the very earliest animals survived after traces of what they described as the world's oldest meal were found in a 550 million-year-old fossil.

Melanie Martin celebrated her son Prince's first birthday, while also honoring her child's late father, singer Aaron Carter.

It had been seven days since she landed in New York City, and Hana Sofia Lopes' luggage was still lost.

Winston beat hundreds of other dogs to take home "Best in Show" at the 2022 National Dog Show, becoming the first French Bulldog to win the event's top prize.

Chasten Buttigieg joins CNN This Mo ing and responds to Fox News' Tucker Carlson's attack on his husband, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the past week launched a series of airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northe Syria, and is wa ing that a ground operation will soon follow.

Sebastian Junger is used to dodging bullets in war zones, so he didn't expect to almost die in his own driveway.

Retired Maj. General James "Spider" Marks and former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor join CNN's Alex Marquardt to discuss how Russia's war will change in the winter months, and Vladimir Putin's recent meeting with mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine.

This holiday season looks very different from the last for many Americans, when Covid-19 test shortages and an Omicron variant surge disrupted numerous family celebrations.

Despite volunteering and working out at the gym several days each week, socializing frequently with friends and family, reading all manner of books and doing daily crossword puzzles, 85-year-old Carol Siegler is restless.

We're more than halfway through the US Thanksgiving weekend, but the most expensive holiday travel season yet is just getting started. If you're planning a trip in the coming months, get prepped by reading air travel secrets as revealed by flight attendants.