Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to turn out in towns and cities across Spain on Saturday to voice their anger over harsh austerity and the way the country's being run in the wake of its financial crisis.

Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei urges voters to boycott the country's parliamentary elections, describing them as "an act of deception."

Pakistani authorities arrested the leader of an outlawed Sunni militant group believed to be behind a suicide bombing at a marketplace that left dozens dead, a senior police official said.

At 17 years old, Jessica Perez is an honor student who aspires to be the first member of her family to graduate from college.

The notion of self-healing materials might seem beamed in straight from the plot of one of the "Terminator" movies -- but the first versions of this technology are destined to hit the market this year.

Is this a new dawn for women in film? And if so, who are the women leading the charge?

South African attorney Llewelyn Curlewis talks with CNN's Nic Robertson about why Oscar Pistorius was granted bail.

A magistrate granted bail Friday to Oscar Pistorius, citing a number of problems with the police investigation into the death of the Olympic sprinter's girlfriend.

Police officers in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen are suspects in the alleged rape of an Italian citizen earlier this month, according to the local state's attorney's office.

Turkish police have identified the man suspected of killing American tourist Sarai Sierra, whose body was found earlier this month, CNN affiliate CNN Turk reported Thursday.

Two bomb blasts killed at least 16 people and wounded 117 others, the nation's home minister said Friday, raising the toll from the explosion at a busy marketplace a day earlier.

Twenty-five people were discharged from hospital Friday, state media reported, a week after a meteor exploded in spectacular fashion in the skies above Russia's Urals region, shattering glass in thousands of buildings.

The highest unemployment since the 1930s is forcing many Spaniards out of their homes and out of options as the country's recession enters its 2nd year. "Even people with degrees are living on the street," says one man.

Filmmaker and artist Tina Gharavi grew up idolizing Muhammad Ali, the trailblazing American boxing great who was a hero to her Iranian father and millions of others around the world.

M13 was the only bear known to have been living wild in Switzerland, according to the Swiss national broadcaster.

Three men were found guilty of plotting a terror attack they hoped would be bigger than the July 7, 2005, bombings that rocked London, UK prosecutors said Thursday.

Members of Mexico's security forces were involved in the forced disappearances of more than 140 people during the country's offensive against drug cartels, a human rights group says.

A year ago, Ibrahim Qobani was an idealistic 19-year-old revolutionary who sang about freedom.

Two bomb blasts killed at least 12 people and wounded 57 others on Thursday in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, Home Secretary R.K. Singh said.