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Lee Myung-bak looks likely to be South Korea's next president after exit polls show he has won a landslide victory, as voters overlook fraud allegations hoping he can revive the economy.

For a preview of Trump's speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Mary Louise Kelly talks to National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton. Trump once derided the body as an "elitist club."

President Obama will announce his choice of a successor to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at 11 a.m. ET.

President Trump said Germany is "totally controlled by Russia," because it gets, in his words, "60 to 70 percent of their energy from Russia." Does that square with the facts?

Opposition parties have filed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol and plans for rallies in major cities are underway.

Sahle-Work Zewde, an experienced diplomat, is the first female head of state in Ethiopia's modern history. Women also now constitute half of the country's Cabinet ministers.

The executive caused a stir earlier this year for suggesting women needed to "step up" to be recognized in the music business.

The International Criminal Court formally authorized an investigation into the anti-drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte. Human rights defenders and families of victims claim it as a victory.

House Democrats defy a certain presidential veto and approve an Iraqi troop-withdrawal measure. The move comes hours after President Bush asked for more time in Iraq, as the White House released a report finding the Iraqi government has failed to meet several key benchmarks.

The trial of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi got off to a raucous start in Cairo on Monday. The country's first democratically-elected president is charged with inciting violence and murder. The judge adjourned the case until January.