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By Sugam Pokharel, CNN London (CNN) — A man has been arrested after a car was driven at the gates of Downing Street in London, the official residence of the UK prime minister, police said Thursday. In video broadcast by the BBC, a small silver car can be seen driving at slow speed across Whitehall,

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Concerns have been raised over the safety of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, who has not been heard from in over a month, according to a friend. Bialiatski is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus, where he was jailed in 2021 amid mass protests against

By Emi Jozuka, Junko Ogura and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in a shooting and stabbing incident that left four people dead in central Japan is now in police custody, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK, citing local police early Friday. Police in Nakano City received a call on Thursday with reports that

By Caolán Magee, CNN Dublin, Republic of Ireland (CNN) — Ahmed said that when he first arrived in Ireland after fleeing violence in his home country of Sudan, he was told by officials there was no place for him to stay. So, like many other refugees, he pitched a tent near Dublin’s International Protection Office.

By David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg (CNN) — The most wanted fugitive in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been arrested in Paarl, South Africa after decades on the run. Fulgence Kayishema is accused of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 Tutsi refugees – women, men, children and the elderly – at Nyange Catholic Church

By Rob Picheta, Luke McGee and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Net migration to Britain reached record levels last year, official figures showed Thursday, putting pressure on the UK government that has made the issue a political touchstone. Britain saw net migration of 606,000 people in 2022, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said,

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than two years after the rotting foot of an alleged swindler washed ashore on an Australian beach, a coroner has delivered her findings in a case that has long captivated the country. New South Wales deputy state coroner Elizabeth Ryan found Thursday that despite fanciful theories

By Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Russia has denied reports of a fire at its Ministry of Defense building in central Moscow, according to state news agency TASS, after the agency cited emergency services saying that a blaze had broken out on the balcony. “A fire broke-out on a balcony at the Ministry of Defense

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the life of Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine. Personal: Birth date: January 25, 1978 Birth place: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine Birth name: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky Father: Oleksandr Zelensky, computer science professor Mother: Rimma Zelenska, engineer Marriage: Olena (Kiyashko) Zelenska (2003-present) Children: Oleksandra and Kyrylo Education:

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, who is serving a life sentence in prison without parole for his part in plotting the 9/11 attacks. Personal Birth date: May 30, 1968 Birth place: St. Jean-de-Luz, France Birth name: Zacarias Moussaoui Father: Omar Moussaoui Mother: Aicha el-Wafi

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Two boats carrying around 1,000 people on board are reportedly in distress in the Mediterranean sea, but Italian and Maltese authorities have not responded to calls for help, according to rescue groups. The boats are taking on water, said Maurice Striel, founder of Alarm Phone

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some information about the events in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989. Facts Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing, the capital of China. Tiananmen means “gate of heavenly peace.” In 1989, after several weeks of demonstrations, Chinese troops entered Tiananmen Square on June 4

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations. Personal Birth date: June 13,1944 Birth place: Chunchongbuk-do Umsong, Republic of Korea Birth name: Ban Ki-moon Parents: Names unavailable publicly Marriage: Yoo Soon-taek (1971-present) Children: Hyun-hee, Woo-hyun and Seon-yong Education: Seoul National University, B.A., 1970;

By Rob Picheta and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — A new “revolution” could rock Russia if its stuttering war effort in Ukraine continues, the chief of private military group Wagner has said, in a scathing assessment of Moscow’s military readiness that could further expose divisions in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military hierarchy. Yevgeny Prigozhin said

By James Frater and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — People should “avoid contact” with a famous beluga whale to avoid accidentally injuring or killing it, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has said. The whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, shot to international fame in 2019 after it was spotted wearing a specially made harness with mounts for a

By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to power was ushered in by the contentious political aftermath of the 1999 Izmit earthquake. So when another devastating quake laid waste to large swathes of southeast Turkey earlier this year, many observers expected the president’s two-decade rule to end with a full

By Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Greeks will head to the polls for a second time after the three main party leaders rejected a mandate by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou to form a coalition government, following Sunday’s inconclusive vote. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis turned down the mandate on Monday after his ruling New Democracy party

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A 95-year-old woman who was tasered by police in her Australian nursing home last week has died, police in New South Wales said Wednesday. Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother, had been in critical condition in hospital with serious head injuries sustained when she fell to the floor after

By Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Germany’s intelligence services already have the right to monitor the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), the first time the authorities have taken such a step against a political party since the Nazi era. Now, they have taken aim at the AfD’s youth faction, whose members

By Chris Stern and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — German investigators have launched a nationwide raid against members of the Last Generation climate activist group, the Munich State Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday. A total of 15 properties in seven German states have been searched as part of the raids conducted on behalf of the Bavarian

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heaped praise on Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, likening him to American rock star Bruce Springsteen in a gushing introductory speech at a stadium on Tuesday. Modi is making his first visit to Sydney in nine years as he gears up to contest national elections

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — When Nasreen Sheikh walks down a busy street, she doesn’t see the faces of the people walking by – she sees the clothes they wear and the suffering of those who made them. As a child, Sheikh worked up to 20 hours a day in a sweatshop

By Florencia Trucco and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano is emitting less ash after weeks of increased activity, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in what could be a welcome sign for the millions of people living in its environs. “Its intensity has decreased. The ash it emits is also less.

By Hande Atay Alam (CNN) — A female student is suspected of starting a deadly school dormitory fire that killed 19 children in Guyana, after her cell phone was taken away by a dormitory teacher, according to local police. The fire that engulfed Mahdia Secondary School’s female dormitory over the weekend killed 18 girls and

By Xiaofei Xu and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Boris Johnson, Britain’s former prime minister, has been referred to the police for new possible violation of Covid lockdown rules, the British government told CNN on Tuesday. Documents dealing with the potential breach have been passed on to the London Metropolitan Police and Thames Valley Police,

By Ivana Kottasová, Josh Pennington and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A Russian politician died of – as of yet – unknown causes after falling ill on a plane on Saturday, the latest in a string of mysterious deaths among Russian elites. Russia’s Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, Pyotr Kucherenko, 46, died while

By Jorge Engels and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — South Wales Police have referred themselves to a police watchdog in the wake of a road incident on Monday that killed two teenage boys and sparked violent protests in the Welsh capital of Cardiff. Riots erupted in the Ely area of the Welsh capital, with protesters

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry has lost a legal challenge seeking the right to pay for his police protection while in the UK, London’s High Court ruled on Tuesday, in a series of lawsuits the Duke of Sussex is pursuing in the country. The duke was challenging the decision to withdraw

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India has defended its decision to host a Group of 20 (G20) meeting in the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir, despite criticism from rights groups and expected boycotts from a handful of countries. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, is scheduled to host a tourism meeting

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 400 species only just discovered in Asia’s Greater Mekong region could soon become extinct due to loss of habitat caused by human activity, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a report published Monday. The discoveries – including an orchid that looks like a “Muppet Show” character –

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The global loss of wildlife is “significantly more alarming” than previously thought, according to a new study that found almost half the planet’s species are experiencing rapid population declines. Humans have already wiped out huge numbers of species and pushed many more to the brink – with some scientists

By Sugam Pokharel, Karol Suarez, Fidel Gutierrez and Tara John, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Millions of people in Mexico have been warned to prepare for a possible evacuation after increased activity from the country’s most dangerous active volcano, which has been spewing ash into several nearby towns since last week, according to authorities. Ash

By Victoria Butenko, Anna Chernova and Sam Kiley, CNN (CNN) — A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals – who are aligned with the Ukrainian army – has claimed responsibility for an attack in Russian’s southwestern region of Belgorod, as Moscow said it was fighting a group of saboteurs there. Shelling damaged an administrative building, several

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX capsule carrying a decorated former NASA astronaut and three paying customers linked up with the International Space Station on Monday, kicking off a historic weeklong mission for the crew. After launching from Florida on Sunday afternoon, the crew spent about 16 hours aboard their Crew Dragon spacecraft

By Sandi Sidhu, Xiaofei Xu, Tara John, Hande Atay Alam, Sahar Akbarzai and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — At least 19 children died in a “horrific” school dormitory fire in Guyana, which has shocked the nation and led to its president to declare three days of national mourning. The fire that engulfed Mahdia Secondary School’s

By Elinda Labropoulou, CNN Athens (CNN) — Greece’s ruling New Democracy party scored a crushing victory in parliamentary elections Sunday but fell short of winning an outright majority in a vote dominated by the cost-of-living crisis, a wiretapping scandal and anger over the country’s deadliest-ever train crash. The result could ultimately lead to a new

By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Papua New Guinea have signed a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement – a move that has sparked controversy in the Pacific Island nation and comes as Washington and China jostle for influence in the region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Papua New Guinea

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Malaysian comedian has been banned from China’s Twitter-like social media platform, days after he published clips from a live show predicting his skits about Beijing’s heavily censored politics and Chinese leader Xi Jinping would land him in trouble. Nigel Ng, who performs under the persona “Uncle

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A massive fire broke out at the historic Manila Central Post Office in the Philippine capital late Sunday, with teams of firefighters battling for more than seven hours through the night before it was finally brought under control. The fire started around 11:45 p.m. local time and

By Allegra Goodwin, Darya Tarasova, Sugam Pokharel, Thom Poole and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky compared the damage in Bakhmut to the destruction wrought on Hiroshima after it was hit by an atomic bomb, as he denied Russia had captured the frontline city. Zelensky – who traveled to Japan for a

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX is set to launch four passengers — including three paying customers — toward a weeklong stay aboard the International Space Station. Their journey, put together by the Houston-based company Axiom, will be the second all-private mission to the orbiting outpost. The mission, called AX-2, will also make history as

By Simone McCarthy (CNN) — Moscow and Beijing lashed out against the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, where leaders of major democracies pledged new measures targeting Russia and spoke in one voice on their growing concerns over China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday slammed the G7 for indulging in their “own

By Nimi Princewill and Ella Nilsen, CNN Cotonou, Benin (CNN) — Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is haggling over the price of a dark red car. It is one of a couple hundred vehicles, parked in long lines stretching out across the vast lot – some

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — When the rain started falling in the north Italian region of Emilia Romagna last week – one of the premier gastronomic destinations in a country famous for its food – farmer Andrea Betti feared the worst. In early May, six months of rain fell over a

By Marlon Sorto, Heather Chen, Omar Fajado and Valentina González Galvis CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured Saturday in a crush at a soccer stadium in the capital of El Salvador, the National Civil Police said on Twitter. Salvadoran officials have linked the incident to the overselling of tickets

By Niamh Kennedy and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Police in Georgia removed protesters who targeted a hotel following reports relatives of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were staying there in defiance of sanctions, according to public broadcaster First Channel. The opposition United National Movement party staged a demonstration outside the Kvareli Lake Hotel in

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — The Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – the two warring factions in Sudan – have agreed to a ceasefire agreement for seven days, the first such agreement between the groups since fighting broke out last month, the US State Department announced Saturday. “It is past

By Helen Regan, Teele Rebane, Salai TZ and Paula Hancocks, CNN (CNN) — Abdul Hussein wipes away tears as he describes the day waves churned by Cyclone Mocha took his wife and three daughters from him. His family – all 11 of them – had huddled together in their house in Sittwe, on the coast

By Stefano Pozzebon and Caitlin Hu, CNN (CNN) — As the Colombian military frantically searches for four children missing after a jungle plane crash over two weeks ago, new details are emerging about the plane’s history – and local concerns over the safety of air travel in that part of the Amazon. The single engine

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Have you ever imagined what it might be like to live on Mars? Soon, four researchers will have the chance to live inside a Martian base, without enduring a long spaceflight or ever setting foot on the red planet. The simulated experience is the foundation of NASA’s latest experiment,

By Darya Tarasova, Sugam Pokharel, Thom Poole and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Bakhmut was not occupied by Russia as of Sunday and Ukrainian soldiers remain there, a day after Russia claimed the fiercely contested city’s complete capture. “We are keeping on, we are fighting,” Zelensky said at a news

By Simone McCarthy (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Japan Saturday, the first in-person meeting between the two since Russia’s invasion began. Modi – who has so far refused to condemn the invasion – said India would

Opinion by Jill Dougherty, CNN Tallinn, Estonia (CNN) — In 2014, when Russia illegally annexed Crimea and began fomenting conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas region, there was a short phrase that captured the fear that Moscow would try to grab still more territory, this time in Estonia: “Is Narva next?” Narva, Estonia, a city of 60,000

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima have been treated to a belt-expanding tour of local gastronomical delights with a host of menus showcasing the best of Japanese fine dining. Among some of the more luxury ingredients the cohort has sampled so far were

By Eyad Kourdi, Kareem El Damanhoury and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A drone strike carried out by the US military this month in northwest Syria killed a 56-year-old father of ten out grazing his sheep, his relatives have told CNN, hours after US Central Command said a civilian may have been killed in the

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By Emiko Jozuka and Brad Lendon, CNN Hiroshima, Japan (CNN) — It began with a blinding flash and a deafening boom. Then the shockwave arrived, hurling the young boys into the air and sending shards of glass from exploding windows into their skin. Only later, as they made their way through the hellscape where their

By Jonny Hallam and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Former United States President Barack Obama, late night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN’s Erin Burnett are some of the “500 Americans” Russia has banned from entering the country. Russia on Friday announced it was banning “500 Americans,” many prominent figures of US executive power, from

By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Carrie Johnson, the wife of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, announced on Friday that she is “weeks away” from having their third baby. “New team member arriving in just a few weeks,” Carrie posted on Instagram, with a photo of herself and the couple’s two other children, Wilfred