{Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has been elected as the country's next President, the electoral commission announced Monday.}

{WhatsApp announced several new privacy updates on Tuesday, including the ability for users to check their messages without other people knowing.}

{Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday following his conviction last year on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges stemming from his efforts over years to use his fame to ensnare victims he sexually abused.}

{James Michael Tyler, best known as the coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit show "Friends," died peacefully at his home on Sunday, according to his representative Toni Benson. He was 59.}

{Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison on medical parole due to ill health, the government's correctional services department said on Sunday.}

{A French court on Monday sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, but suspended two years of the sentence.}

Madrid, Spain (CNN)Every fifteen minutes or so, a dark hearse pulls up in front of the crematorium of Madrid's sprawling La Almudena cemetery.

President Donald Trump finally leveled with America about the desperate reality of the coronavirus pandemic, warning of cruel weeks to come in one of the most chilling White House moments in modern history.

{(CNN)Egypt has brought into effect an amended law that toughens penalties on those who perform female genital mutilation, a practice that reportedly affects over 90% of Egyptian women, the health ministry announced.} The government this week told both state and privately-run health facilities that medics who carry out the procedure could now face up to […]

{(CNN)Members of the UN Security Council are slated to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday amid mounting international concern about increased violence and political unrest in the troubled Central African nation.} President Joseph Kabila's two terms in office are due to end December 19. But it remains unclear whether he will step down […]