Demonstration in pictures

Protestors demonstrate against plans to change the constitution to allow President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year rule.



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F1: Alonso - I'm running out of time

Fernando Alonso declared he has reached the "Last Chance Saloon" as Formula One rolls into the Wild West of Texas for Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix.



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British royal targets Rio Olympics

Less than nine months after giving birth to the latest member of Britain's royal family, Zara Phillips was back in the saddle -- and her performances at the World Equestrian Games have boosted her hopes of another Olympic appearance at Rio 2016.



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FIFA president told to 'shut up'

Real Madrid boss Carlos Ancelotti says it appears FIFA president Sepp Blatter is "unable to keep his mouth shut" in the debate about who should be named Ballon d'Or world footballer of the year.



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Shock career change for U.S. ski star

He's won six Olympic medals on two legs, but Bode Miller's future will ride on four -- can he replicate his skiing success by bringing his brand of "voodoo" to the "Sport of Kings"?



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Boko Haram: The essence of terror

There are many groups listed by the U.S. State Department as terrorists. But few fit the classic definition -- threatening and inflicting terror on a civilian population -- better than Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. What's more difficult to work out, beyond Boko Haram's hatred for everything modern and secular, is its ideology, structure and affiliations.



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Growing danger of militant group

Boko Haram's escalating danger is indisputable.



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Group accused of more abductions

Boko Haram has been accused of abducting more children. CNN's Isha Sesay reports.



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Boko Haram leader denies deal

Boko Haram laughed off Nigeria's announcement of a ceasefire agreement, saying there is no such deal and the abducted schoolgirls have been converted to Islam and married off.



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Quarantine lifted for Ebola nurse

A Maine judge has ordered a quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox, who defied her Ebola quarantine in a tense standoff with state authorities.



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Al-Aqsa Mosque access partially open

Israel partially reopens access to the Temple Mount, a day after closing it amid Israeli-Palestinian tensions following shootings.



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'Magic' behind new LA soccer team

Derbies often provide the highlight of any football season -- whether that be Boca Juniors vs. River Plate, AC Milan vs. Inter or Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspurs -- and Major League Soccer (MLS) is now hoping that Los Angeles can join that illustrious list.



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Why space is still the future

The Virgin crash is a reminder that rocket science is difficult.



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Two claim to be leading Burkina Faso

Two military leaders make competing claims that they're in charge of Burkina Faso after unrest that led to the resignation of the West African nation's longtime president.



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What next for Burkina Faso?

After years of relative peace, Burkina Faso has become engulfed in chaos. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.



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Too many phones from Samsung?

Samsung's many smartphone models was once considered its strength. Andrew Stevens explains how it's now become a weakness.



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Ebola: Liberia cases may be 'tapering'

The United Nations said it's unnecessary to quarantine people just because they came from Ebola-afflicted countries. Yet parts of the United States and Canada are tightening their Ebola policies.



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Who is French al-Qaeda bomb-maker?

When the United States unleashed 47 U.S. Navy Tomahawk missiles on September 22 on suspected Khorasan Group sites to the west of Aleppo, Syria, one of their top targets was an unlikely figure: David Drugeon, a 24-year-old French convert from Brittany who had become a key bomb-maker for the group.



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U.S.-Israel quarrel: Is it serious?

Here we go again. Yet another supposed crisis in the ongoing soap opera between the Obama administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.



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Jerusalem tense after clashes

Jerusalem tense after clashes over holy site. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.



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