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By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman and Eugenia Yosef (CNN) — Winter cold and rains as well as malnutrition are still killing people in Gaza, despite the ceasefire being in its fourth month. Ten children in Gaza have died from hypothermia since the beginning of the winter, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. A three-month

By Karen Esquivel. Graphics by Jhasua Razo (CNN) — Years of economic and social crisis, political repression, insecurity, and collapsing institutions forced millions of Venezuelans to leave their country and rebuild their lives abroad during Nicolás Maduro’s rule. “I left Venezuela in 2017 due to political persecution of my family. I was afraid and desperate

The Associated Press Beijing (AP) — The Chinese military’s top general is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law the Defense Ministry said Saturday. Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice chairs of the powerful Central Military Commission, is the latest figure to fall in a long-running purge of military officials.

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — “It’s very disrespectful.” That’s how Danish veteran Gerth Sloth Berthelsen, who grew up in Greenland, said he feels about the United States’ recent behavior. Berthelsen served alongside American forces in a peacekeeping mission to North Macedonia in 1996 and 1997. Now, he is one of several veterans saying they

By Jessie Yeung, Kosta Gak, Victoria Butenko, Sophie Tanno, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The first trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States concluded in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, as all sides struck an optimistic tone following two days of discussions. US officials described the talks — which saw officials from all three

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The sun was still low on the horizon when 19-year-old Piper James walked toward the Pacific Ocean for a morning swim on an island whose name in the local language means “paradise.” Within two hours, she was found dead, her body surrounded by dingoes, wild Australian native

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Avery Schmitz, Michael Rios, Mauricio Torres, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — A US-Mexican influencer who disappeared in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa on Tuesday has been found alive and in good health, the Sinaloa Attorney General’s office said Saturday. In a post on social media, the prosecutor’s office thanked the public

By Kara Fox, CNN London (CNN) — A British man pleaded guilty in a UK court on Friday to drugging and raping his now former wife over a 13-year period. Philip Young admitted 48 of the 56 charges against him, pleading guilty to 14 counts of voyeurism, 11 of rape, and 11 of administering a

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The United States, Russia and Ukraine rarely agree on anything. But as their delegations meet in Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the three parties seem to have come to the same conclusion: Only one issue remains to be resolved.

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would “be there” if the United States “ever needed them,” baselessly claiming that the alliance’s troops “stayed a little back” from the front lines in Afghanistan. “I’ve always said, ‘Will they be there, if we ever needed them?’

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — Usama Ghanem learned the stifling censorship that shrouded public spaces in Egypt early in life, and still recalls criticizing the “stupid” regime under former President Hosni Mubarak in elementary school. Immediately, his teacher hushed him. “Nobody was allowed to say anything,” Ghanem, now a 22-year-old student in

By Helen Regan, Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian, United States and Russian negotiators began talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, marking the first known meeting to be attended by all three countries since Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed Russia would join representatives from Ukraine and the US

By Sol Amaya, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan lawmakers on Thursday backed a plan that would make it easier for foreign companies to participate in the country’s oil industry, in the latest move by Caracas to meet the demands of US President Donald Trump. For almost two decades, much of the country’s oil industry

By Issy Ronald, Nick Paton Walsh, Clare Sebastian, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s posturing over Greenland has irrevocably changed the transatlantic relationship, even after he backed away Wednesday from his threats of a US takeover of the Danish autonomous territory, European officials told CNN. One European diplomat, speaking anonymously, described the last

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Barron Trump, son of the US president, contacted police in London last year after witnessing an alleged assault on a female friend while he and the woman were on a video call, a British court has been told. A transcript of Trump’s emergency call was shown during the

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Just a few days ago, European leaders were scrambling to respond to US President Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric about taking control of Greenland, and bracing for an avalanche of insults as he arrived to speak on their home turf. As expected, Trump slammed European officials on a variety

CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Just a few days ago, European leaders were scrambling to respond to US President Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric about taking control of Greenland, and bracing for an avalanche of insults as he arrived to speak on their home turf. As expected, Trump slammed European officials on a

By Helen Regan, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump is struggling to attract Western allies to his “Board of Peace,” but so far he has garnered the support of Middle Eastern monarchs, the man known as Europe’s last dictator and at least one leader wanted for alleged war crimes. Trump has invited

CNN By Helen Regan, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump is struggling to attract Western allies to his “Board of Peace,” but so far he has garnered the support of Middle Eastern monarchs, the man known as Europe’s last dictator and at least one leader wanted for alleged war crimes. Trump has

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The man who killed Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK reported. The ruling concludes a trial over an assassination that shocked Japan – where gun violence is rare – and put the spotlight on an

By Pau Mosquera and Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Córdoba, Spain (CNN) — A commuter passenger train derailed in Gelida, near the Spanish city of Barcelona on Tuesday, killing the driver and injuring 37 people, a spokesperson for the regional government of Catalonia told CNN. The incident occurred just two ⁠days after another deadly rail crash in

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israel began demolishing the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem Tuesday, following passage of a law that banned the activities of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. Police forces, alongside enforcement officers from the Israel Land Authority, arrived at the compound with bulldozers and engineering equipment and began demolishing

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Questions have emerged over the fate of thousands of Islamic State prisoners in northeastern Syria after government forces seized swaths of territory long controlled by Kurdish forces who had been guarding the prisons. The territory was held by the mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), once a

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has accused the United Kingdom of “stupidity” over its plan to hand over ownership of the Chagos Islands, including the US air base on Diego Garcia, to Mauritius. “Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s government has green-lit plans for China to build a “mega” embassy close to London’s financial district, despite warnings from lawmakers, residents and Chinese dissidents-in-exile that the sprawling complex could pose security risks. China bought the site at Royal Mint Court, where Britain used to strike coins, for

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia’s long summer school holidays usually draws crowds to the beach but a spate of shark attacks in the country’s most populous state has triggered warnings to stay out of the water. Around 40 beaches along the coast of New South Wales (NSW) remain closed after four

By Ben Wedeman, CNN Northeastern Iraq (CNN) — Piece by piece, the young man in a black and white scarf – a keffiyeh – takes apart his AK-47 assault rifle, placing them side-by-side on the rocky ground. His brow furrows. He can’t push one of the pieces back into place as he tries to reassemble

By Ivana Kottasová, Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump told Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that he no longer feels bound “to think purely of Peace” because the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize. In an extraordinary text message to Støre, first reported by PBS and

By Georgiana Ralphs, CNN (CNN) — Police in Queensland, Australia are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman after her body was found surrounded by wild dogs on a beach at K’Gari, formerly known as Fraser Island. The island, a UNESCO world heritage site, lies off Australia’s eastern coast and attracts hundreds of thousands of

By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, his spokesman said Monday. Speaking to reporters during a regular media briefing, Dmitry Peskov said: “President Putin also received through diplomatic channels

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry arrived at London’s High Court on Monday as he takes on the publisher of the Daily Mail over phone hacking, tapping and a slew of alleged unlawful information gathering practices dating back years. The Duke of Sussex and six other household names in Britain

CNN By Pau Mosquera, Tim Lister, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Adamuz, Spain — Survivors recalled haunting cries and blood-smeared passenger cars after two high-speed trains collided near Cordoba, southern Spain late Sunday – in one of the nation’s deadliest railway disasters in more than a decade. At least 41 people were killed and dozens more

By Lex Harvey and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 12-year-old boy is “fighting for his life,” a man in his 20s was left in critical condition and an 11-year-old boy escaped with only damage to his surfboard in a spate of shark attacks at beaches in Sydney, Australia. The first attack took place at

By Simone McCarthy, John Liu, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for decades to come. The rate fell to 5.63 births per 1,000 people

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Aqeel Najim, Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where US troops remain. Iraq’s Defense Ministry said the final contingent of US advisers has left al-Asad Air Base

By Pau Mosquera, Tim Lister, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Adamuz, Spain — Survivors recalled haunting cries and blood-smeared passenger cars after two high-speed trains collided near Cordoba, southern Spain late Sunday – in one of the nation’s deadliest railway disasters in more than a decade. At least 41 people were killed and dozens more injured

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani, whose execution did not take place on Wednesday as some had feared, is in good physical health and has been able to meet with his family, according to a family member and a human rights group. Somayeh, a relative of 26-year-old Soltani who declined

By Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swaths of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade. Among the towns and cities that the Syrian army has taken is Raqqa, once

By Andrew Carey, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — When Rumiana Bachvarova was just a short period into her new position as Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Israel, she went to see her compatriot Nickolay Mladenov in Jerusalem. He took her to the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City. “This small place is the cornerstone of all

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, acknowledged Saturday that thousands of Iranians were killed during more than two weeks of unrest in the country — deaths he blamed on US President Donald Trump, who he said “openly encouraged” the protesters by promising them US “military support.” In a speech

CNN By Issy Ronald, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Since the beginning of January, Greenland – the vast, autonomous Arctic territory ruled by Denmark – has catapulted from the sidelines of international affairs to the very center. As President Donald Trump escalated his calls for the United States to take over the remote island, the

By Ben Wedeman, CNN Sulaimaniya, Iraq (CNN) — Farzat never meant to be a taxi driver. While he was studying law in Tehran, he dabbled in politics. That’s when his troubles began, he told CNN. He was arrested and jailed four times over the last nine years, he said, and most recently was facing a

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Nic Robertson, Sophie Tanno, Michael Rios, CNN Washington, DC, and Nuuk, Greenland (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States will impose new tariffs on several European countries unless a deal is reached for the purchase of Greenland, escalating his long-running push for US control of the Arctic territory ruled

By Eyad Kourdi, Tim Lister (CNN) — Syrian government forces have taken control of the northern city of Tabqa and the country’s largest dam, wresting them from Kurdish-led fighters, according to Syrian state media citing the country’s information minister. The Syrian troops advanced through Kurdish-held areas despite US calls Saturday for restraint. The Kurdish-dominated Syrian

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Svitlana Vlasova, Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Kateryna Skurydina goes to bed wearing thermal underwear, two jumpers and a scarf. She covers herself with a down duvet and two blankets. But her secret weapon is her cat, Pushok. “He has a high body temperature. So he’s like a hot water bottle,”

By Kevin Liptak, Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Former British prime minister Tony Blair, Canada’s leader Mark Carney and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among the members of the “Board of Peace” that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza. The establishment of the board, chaired by US President Donald Trump, is a key

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Some people watch Netflix in their spare time. Remy Osman tracks rusty tankers transporting illicit oil through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. From the roof of his Singapore apartment building, the British expat, who works as a food and beverage salesman, documents the passage of these shadow

By Julian Zamora, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US-based rescue team Grey Bull has released a short video showing how they helped Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado escape the country last month. Machado left Venezuela in early December after almost a year in hiding so she could accept her Nobel Peace Prize in

By Nadeen Ebrahim and CNN Staff (CNN) — After a week of the largest nationwide demonstrations in years, the streets of Iran have once again fallen silent, subdued by force. One resident of Tehran compared the mood in the capital to the days around Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, when many leave the city and

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Hard-right and populist leaders from across the globe have appeared in an online video endorsing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of an election that polls suggest could end his long premiership. The campaign video, published by Orbán this week, shows 11 national leaders and hard-right figureheads – including

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a new “strategic partnership” with China during a meeting with leader Xi Jinping Friday, as the US ally took steps to reset ties with Beijing in the face of historic friction with Donald Trump. Canada would ease tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado walked into the White House on Thursday, she came bearing the gift US President Donald Trump has long coveted: a Nobel Peace Prize. Machado, a fierce critic of Venezuela’s former strongman Nicolás Maduro, won the award last year for her campaign for

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one. “As of today, the world has gone eight years, four months, and 11 days without a nuclear test …

By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Two pro-Palestinian activists ended their hunger strikes Wednesday, marking the conclusion of an action believed to be among the longest in UK history. Heba Muraisi refused food for 73 days and Kamran Ahmed for 66. Muraisi, 31 and Ahmed, 28, began their hunger strike late last year, as part

By Jessie Yeung, Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — As millions of Venezuelans wait to see what will become of their economically and politically ravaged country, a battle has emerged between two female leaders for control over the nation’s future – and for the American president’s favor. On one side is opposition leader and Nobel Prize

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Several European NATO countries are deploying small numbers of military personnel to Greenland to participate in joint exercises with Denmark as US President Donald Trump ramps up his threats to forcibly annex the Arctic island. Trump’s declarations have thrown Europe’s decades-old, US-led security alliance into crisis, raising the prospect

CNN By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump indicated Wednesday that Iran had backed away from executing a detained Iranian protester for joining anti-government demonstrations after his case drew the attention of human rights activists and the US State Department. “We were told that

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Italy’s most famous influencer, Chiara Ferragni, has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing in a 2-million-euro ($2.33 million) fraud case involving Christmas cakes, Easter eggs and children with cancer. A judge in Milan ruled Wednesday that aggravated fraud charges against Ferragni relating to her alleged promise to donate proceeds

By Isobel Yeung, Adam Cancryn, Aida Karimi, Catherine Nicholls, Augusta Anthony, CNN (CNN) — The family of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani have said his execution was postponed, as US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that the “killing has stopped.” “We were told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and there’s

By Mostafa Salem, Jeremy Diamond, Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Some personnel at the United States’ largest military base in the Middle East have been urged to leave, a US official told CNN on Wednesday, as regional nations press the Trump administration to reconsider taking military action against Iran. The US official described the directive

By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine estimates that 200,000 of its soldiers are absent without official leave (AWOL), meaning they have left their positions without permission to do so, the country’s new Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed on Wednesday. Speaking in the Ukrainian Parliament ahead of the vote that confirmed him as

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Polling got underway Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election, but logistical delays hampered voting in some areas while restrictions on internet access drew criticism for potentially compromising electoral transparency. Millions of Ugandans are signed up to vote in a crucial presidential rematch between a former pop star and their long-time

By Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — The Red Arrows, the United Kingdom’s famous Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, has appointed its first ever female commander, less than three years after it was roiled by a sexual harassment scandal. Wing Commander Sasha Nash has replaced Wing Commander Adam Collins as the most senior officer in

By Kara Fox, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Heba Muraisi knows exactly what is happening to her body. “My organs are slowly but surely shutting down,” she said late Monday via phone call from HMP New Hall, a prison in northern England. The 31-year-old Londoner and pro-Palestinian activist is refusing food as part of a

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan officials, including acting President Delcy Rodriguez, returned to X late Tuesday in an apparent reversal of Nicolas Maduro’s 2024 decision to block the site in the country. “We will resume contact through this channel,” Rodriguez posted on her official account. “Venezuela remains standing, with strength and historical awareness.”

By Jessie Yeung, and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — In recent weeks, a morbid-sounding app has taken China by storm, tapping into widespread loneliness and youth disaffection in the world’s second most populous country. The app, named “Are You Dead” and aimed at those who live alone, has a simple premise: users must check in

By Chris Lau, Gawon Bae, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — The leaders of Japan and South Korea staged a surprise drum session on their first day of talks in Japan, smashing out K-pop hits in a loud and unconventional display of diplomacy between a self-confessed metalhead and an aspiring novice. Japanese Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — As waves of protests have tested the Iranian regime’s ability to manage dissent, the country with arguably the most to gain has been waiting in the wings, reluctant to intervene even when its regional adversary is at its most vulnerable point in years. After months of publicly threatening Iran,

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — An intense wave of Russian drone attacks has left hundreds of thousands of households in the Kyiv region without power, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday, as temperatures fall well below freezing. Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said about 500 high-rise buildings have no heating, and

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, has apologized for continuing his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of the latter’s conviction. Mandelson, who was fired from his ambassadorial role in September over his ties to the disgraced financier, had faced criticism for

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A much-loved annual literary festival has been canceled after more than 180 writers quit the program to protest the dumping of a Palestinian Australian author, whose invitation was withdrawn due to “cultural sensitivities” following the Bondi Beach terror attack. Adelaide Writers’ Week has been mired in controversy

Story by the Associated Press London (AP) — London’s murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday. Mayor Sadiq Khan said the figures disprove claims spread by US President Donald Trump and others on the political right that crime is out of control in Britain’s capital. Police recorded 97

By Michael Rios, Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela’s promise last week to release “a significant number” of political prisoners is progressing far slower than many had hoped, as hundreds of families continue to wait in agony for their loved ones to be freed. Of the more than 800 people considered arbitrarily detained for political

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Iranians screamed in anguish and cried in confusion as they gathered beside bodies shrouded in black bags in a makeshift morgue at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center and lying on the ground outside the facility south of Tehran. Videos making their way past Iran’s internet blackout circulated over the

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian civilians endured the deadliest year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of their country in 2022, with more than 2,500 people killed in 2025, the United Nations said in a new report Monday. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said it verified that 2,514 civilians were

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Anti-government protests have erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces in a wave of unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years. An ongoing communications shutdown, which experts say is unprecedented in its scale, was imposed by authorities on Thursday and has mostly isolated the country

By Laura Sharman, Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New Year tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health. The cold endurance event, known as “Kanchu Misogi,” drew around 100 participants –

By Laura Sharman, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Cuba’s leader has pushed back on Donald Trump’s demand that the Caribbean nation “make a deal” with Washington, as the US president warned that Havana would be cut off from the Venezuelan oil and money that it’s relied on for decades. “No one dictates what we do,”

CNN By Caitlin Danaher and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion. Her Instagram account showed her proudly displaying various traditional Kurdish outfits. On Thursday, she left the Tehran Shariati Technical University, where she was studying

By Caitlin Danaher and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old studying at university in Tehran, had dreams of moving to Milan to pursue a career in fashion. Her Instagram account showed her proudly displaying various traditional Kurdish outfits. On Thursday, she left the Tehran Shariati Technical University, where she was studying fashion

By Sophie Tanno, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s energy infrastructure to its knees. In Kyiv, heating was restored to about 85% of apartment buildings

By Catherine Nicholls, Billy Stockwell, Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Several people who protested in Iran in recent days have told CNN of enormous crowds as well as brutal violence on the streets of Tehran, with one woman saying she saw “bodies piled up on each other” in a hospital. A woman in her mid-60s

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Anti-government protests in Iran erupted for a thirteenth consecutive day on Friday, in a wave of nationwide unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years. Authorities cut off internet access and telephone lines on Thursday – the biggest night of nationwide demonstrations so far – leaving

CNN By Kosta Gak, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Rhea Mogul, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia fired a hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in western Ukraine overnight Thursday, near the border with NATO member Poland, in what has been labeled a brazen “warning” to the wider continent and the United States. It marked the

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Russia launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine overnight into Friday for the second time since the full-scale war began 2022, in a strike that Kyiv and its allies say is meant as a warning for the West. While Russian defense officials did not say where the Oreshnik hit

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Russia launched an Oreshnik missile into Ukraine overnight into Friday for the second time since the full-scale war began 2022, in a strike that Kyiv and its allies say is meant as a warning for the West. While Russian defense officials did not say where the Oreshnik

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has said the prohibition on countries violating one another’s borders has been “completely undermined,” in an important speech to diplomats gathered in the Vatican. The first United States-born pope, giving his debut “state of the world” address, expressed his concern about “escalating tensions” in the “Caribbean

Story by the Associated Press Manila, Philippines (AP) — An avalanche of garbage buried workers at a waste segregation facility in a central Philippine city, killing one person, injuring seven and leaving at least 27 others missing, police said Friday. Rescuers retrieved eight people alive and were searching for the missing still trapped after a

By Kosta Gak, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Rhea Mogul, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russia fired a hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in western Ukraine overnight Thursday, near the border with NATO member Poland, in what has been labeled a brazen “warning” to the wider continent and the United States. It marked the first

By Uriel Blanco, Max Saltman, Mitchell McCluskey, Laura Sharman, Ivonne Valdes Garay, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela has begun releasing a number of high-profile prisoners, including opposition politicians, in what its government has called a gesture “to seek peace” less than a week after the US operation to snatch its President Nicolás Maduro. At least nine

By Tal Shalev, Eugenia Yosef, Charbel Mallo, CNN (CNN) — Lebanon on Thursday announced that it has completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah and other militant groups in the country’s south, but Israel said the progress was “far from sufficient” amid renewed concerns that the conflict could ramp back up. The

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Iran was plunged into a nationwide internet blackout Thursday evening as mass anti-government protests spread around the country, with Iranians shouting slogans against the ruling theocratic regime as anger mounts over economic turmoil and security crackdowns. Authorities cut internet access and telephone lines immediately after Thursday’s protests in the

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Saudi-backed forces moved to capture a key southern Yemeni city on Thursday after Riyadh accused the UAE of helping a separatist leader flee. Citing “reliable intelligence,” the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said the leader of Yemen’s UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous al-Zubaidi, left the country by boat “in

By Issy Ronald, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Russia doubled down on its longstanding position of declaring Western forces in Ukraine “legitimate targets” on Thursday, days after France and the UK pledged to send troops there in the event of a peace deal. “The Russian Foreign Ministry warns that the deployment of military units, military

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A prominent tycoon wanted by United States federal prosecutors for allegedly running one of Asia’s largest transnational criminal networks has been arrested and extradited to China, Cambodian authorities and Chinese state media said. Chen Zhi, 38, a national of China and Cambodia, was extradited on Tuesday after a months-long

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies. The birth of the two male gorillas to a mother named Mafuko was discovered on January 3 and the twins

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Lee nuestra cobertura en español. In the wee hours of Saturday, shortly after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, blindfolded and taken to the United States, video emerged of Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello surrounded by a group of armed men in Caracas. Maduro’s abduction “was a criminal, terrorist attack

By Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla and Inke Kappeler, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Amid heavy snow in the German capital and temperatures plummeting to below freezing, nearly 100,000 people were left without power for several days after an alleged left-wing arson attack on Berlin’s power supply on Saturday caused a major blackout. The activist group Vulkangruppe

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Pockets of protests erupting across Iran over the past week have intensified pressure on a dysfunctional government struggling to manage a spiraling economic crisis. But a dramatic US military operation more than 7,000 miles away looms even larger over the Islamic Republic. Iran woke up over the weekend to

By Michael Rios, Uriel Blanco, CNN (CNN) — As Venezuelans attempt to regain a semblance of normalcy after the US capture of President Nicolás Maduro, authorities in the country are cracking down on any show of support to the beleaguered leader’s removal. As Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s acting leader on Monday, rights