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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Four suspects in custody in relation to their alleged involvement in the spectacular heist at the Louvre museum last month are local petty criminals with no association with organized crime, according to investigators. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the quartet, comprising three men and one woman, were living in

By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she wants to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – something no Japanese leader has done in more than 20 years. “We have already conveyed to North Korea our desire to hold a summit meeting,”

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The Maldives has become the first country to impose a generational smoking ban – making smoking, buying and selling tobacco illegal for anyone born after January 1, 2007. The ban took effect on Saturday in the South Asian archipelago, “marking a historic milestone in the nation’s efforts to protect

By Masoud Popalzai, Catherine Nicholls and Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing at least 27 people and injuring 956 more, according to Dr. Sharafat Zaman Amar, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health. The tremor also damaged one of the country’s most beautiful mosques. Families were jolted

By Billy Stockwell, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Several drones spotted above a Belgian airbase over the weekend were there “to spy” on military fighter jets, the country’s defense minister said Sunday, at a time when European nations are on high alert for airspace intrusions. “They come to spy, to see where the F-16s are,

Reuters Mexico City (Reuters) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised on Sunday there would be justice for the brazen murder of a local mayor, Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organized crime who had called on the government to do more to protect him and others. Manzo, 40, was shot on Saturday while attending a

By Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel on Sunday received the bodies of three more deceased hostages held in Gaza. The remains were transferred to Israel via the Red Cross and taken to the country’s national forensics laboratory for identification. US President Donald Trump said the body of an Israeli-American dual national, Omer Neutra,

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A well-armed jihadist group affiliated with al Qaeda is closing in on Bamako, the capital of Mali. The country’s military junta and their Russian partners are struggling to counter the jihadis, who now hold sway in many parts of the huge Sahelian country. What’s happening now Fuel is running

By Sophie Tanno, Catherine Nicholls, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — A man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on a British train on Saturday evening that targeted passengers as they traveled through central England on their way to London. The attack left eleven people hospitalized with injuries,

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Motaz Azaiza has witnessed the horrors of war. Now he’s trying to restore his faith in humanity. For 107 days, he was a photojournalist on the front lines of a warzone in his own familiar neighborhoods, documenting the carnage wrought by relentless Israeli airstrikes in such raw and unedited

By Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — A fire at a general store in northern Mexico has killed at least 23 people, the state governor said Saturday. The blaze happened at an outlet of the Waldo’s chain in the city of Hermosillo, capital of Sonora state, Governor Alfonso Durazo said in an online video address. “So

By Jonny Hallam, Todd Symons, James Legge, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Nine people suffered life-threatening injuries on Saturday night after a stabbing attack on a train in central England that Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as “deeply concerning.” Two people were arrested after the attack, which British Transport Police (BTP) declared “a major incident,”

Associated Press Nairobi, Kenya (AP) — At least 21 people have died and 30 others are missing after a landslide on Saturday in Kenya’s western Rift Valley region, where heavy rains have battered the area for days during the country’s ongoing short rains season. More than 1,000 homes were destroyed by the mudslides in the

By Tim Lister, Kosta Gak and Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Fighting for control of the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is intensifying, with the Russian Defense Ministry claiming to have eliminated a group of Ukrainian special forces sent to help defend the area. In recent weeks, Russian units have begun

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — The rapid fall from grace of the now former Prince Andrew, culminating in his humiliating exile by King Charles III to the Sandringham estate, has been no less than stunning. His titles and honors are in the process of being formally stripped – he will henceforth be known

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — More than a month after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in Gaza, a key component of his plan has yet to materialize. The 20-point plan calls for a multinational force to stabilize the battered enclave, but potential participants say critical details about its mandate are still not

Associated Press Ankara, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced the owner of a ski resort hotel and 10 others to life in prison after convicting them of severe negligence in connection with a deadly fire that swept through the property, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The blaze hit the 12-story Grand Kartal

CNN By Max Foster, Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — The brother of Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, has called for a meeting with Britain’s King Charles to tell his sister’s story and ask the monarch to use his influence to bring to light more information about

By Max Foster, Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — The brother of Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, has called for a meeting with Britain’s King Charles to tell his sister’s story and ask the monarch to use his influence to bring to light more information about Epstein’s

By Christian Edwards, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — A fortnight ago, he was Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Now, he is simply Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. On Thursday night, Buckingham

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — The scandal surrounding King Charles’ brother Andrew took yet another dramatic turn after the British sovereign’s decision to essentially evict him from the monarchy as well as the 30-room mansion where he’s lived for more than 20 years. The monarchy has been under intense pressure to

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Leaders of Pacific countries and territories, including China’s Xi Jinping, adopted a joint declaration on trade and investment at a major summit in South Korea Saturday. But the leader of one global powerhouse is conspicuously absent: Donald Trump. The US president flew out of South Korea Thursday, moments after

CNN By James Frater, CNN (CNN) — While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still stand. Now, one local authority in southern England is campaigning to change that. Decades before Salem, hysteria

By James Frater, CNN (CNN) — While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still stand. Now, one local authority in southern England is campaigning to change that. Decades before Salem, hysteria over

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In land-starved Hong Kong a tiny, no-frills apartment far from the city center can eat up half of a monthly salary. But for bold renters there’s one sure way to get a discount: choose a property haunted by a murder or unnatural death. The houses, often apartments

By Derek Van Dam, Devon Sayers, Michael Rios, CNN Black River, Jamaica (CNN) — Once described as a tropical paradise, the coastal town of Black River, Jamaica, is now being compared to “hell on Earth” after being ravaged by Hurricane Melissa. Many of the town’s colorful homes, historical buildings and lush greenery have been reduced

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Trick-or-treaters made their rounds at the White House on Thursday as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted their annual Halloween event. For once, there was consensus in Washington … on making sure no candy bucket went empty. Here’s what else you need to know to get up

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster, Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles took the extraordinary step of starting the process to strip his brother Andrew of his royal titles and evict him from the royal estate in Windsor, in the most dramatic attempt yet to quell the scandal over the disgraced prince’s links

By Ivana Kottasová, Vasco Cotovio, Nada Bashir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — An elderly man sits on the floor, dozens of bodies lying around him, before a Sudanese rebel fighter approaches and shoots him. The apparent killing – captured on video shared online by the rebels themselves – took place at a university medical school

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on a kleptocratic ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was removed this month as president of the Serb territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina for chipping away at the US-brokered peace deal that ended bloody ethnic violence in the Balkans in the 1990s.

By Jeremy Diamond, Zeena Saifi, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — An American teenager held in an Israeli prison without trial for more than eight months will remain in detention for at least another week and a half, despite growing pressure from US lawmakers for his release. Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Palm Bay, Florida, was

By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Tal Shalev, Ibrahim Dahman and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel received the remains two deceased hostages held in Gaza on Thursday afternoon. The remains were transferred to Israel via the Red Cross and taken to the country’s national forensics laboratory for identification. The deceased hostages were identified as Amiram Cooper

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Rescue efforts are underway across the Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa tore through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years. Torrential downpours and forceful winds have already unleashed widespread destruction along the storm’s path in Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas. Melissa lashed

CNN By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and Karina Tsui (CNN) — Hurricane Melissa brought devastation and death to the Caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years. Torrential downpours and forceful winds unleashed widespread destruction along the storm’s path in Jamaica,

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Five new suspects have been arrested over the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor announced Thursday, bringing the total number of arrests over the stunning heist to seven. Of the five new suspects, one is believed to have been part of the

By Betsy Klein and Simone McCarthy Busan, South Korea/Beijing (CNN) — A landmark meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of an international summit in South Korea Thursday appears to have made major strides to resolve frictions in the volatile relationship between the world’s two largest economies and

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and Karina Tsui (CNN) — Hurricane Melissa brought devastation and death to the Caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years. Torrential downpours and forceful winds unleashed widespread destruction along the storm’s path in Jamaica, Cuba

CNN, JAMAICAN POLICE, TVJ, JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE, ROLANDO RAMIS, X, @WITHAC86, Jamaican Police/TVJ, x/@WithAC86 By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and Karina Tsui (CNN) — Hurricane Melissa brought devastation and death to the Caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years. Torrential

By Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Melissa left a trail of destruction as it moved across Jamaica, seen for the first time from space in new satellite images obtained from Vantor. The storm made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 hurricane before moving onto to Cuba on Wednesday and later,

By Jessie Yeung, and CNN staff (CNN) — When Grace Jin Drexel couldn’t contact her father on October 10, she tried not to panic. She had just heard that one of the pastors of his underground Christian church in China had been detained by authorities; maybe he was busy sorting out the situation. Then her

By Catherine Nicholls, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said Wednesday it had assassinated a Russian officer responsible for war crimes, targeting him with a car bomb inside Russia. Veniamin Mazzherin, who died at the weekend, was the deputy commander of a Russian military police unit in Kemerovo, southwest Siberia, according to

By Saskya Vandoorne, Lauren Kent, CNN Paris (CNN) — Two suspects arrested in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum have admitted involvement in the heist and have been remanded in custody, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The Paris prosecutor also said the stolen jewels are not in

By Melissa Bell, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic missile activity. European intelligence sources say several shipments of sodium perchlorate, the main precursor in the

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A cruise passenger in her 80s, who had just embarked on a 60-day luxury tour around Australia, was found dead after being left behind on a tropical island. The passenger, who hasn’t been named, was reported missing to authorities on Saturday night, when a check of small

CNN, JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE, CSU, CIRA & NOAA, TVJ, JAMAICA CONSTABULARY FORCE, NOAA NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, CSU/CIRA & NOAA By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Elise Hammond, Billy Stockwell and Eric Zerkel (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 3 storm with 125 mph sustained winds, according to the National

CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica with the strength of a Category 5 storm bringing 185 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding. It also made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane. It is one of the strongest storms to ever hit the country and could

By Gonzalo Zegarra, Max Saltman, German Padinger, CNN (CNN) — At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public defender’s office said on Wednesday. Among the dead are four Brazilian police officers, the office added. Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro

By Saskya Vandoorne, Philippe Cordier, CNN Paris (CNN) — The daughter of French first lady Brigitte Macron told a Paris court on Tuesday that her mother now suffers from “deep anxiety” because of false claims about her gender. Tiphaine Auzière, 41, said it was important for her to testify at the trial, at which ten

CNN, TVJ, JAMAICAN NATIONAL WORKS AGENCY VIA X, MATEO AVALLE PIBER, HOVEN CAMPBELL By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Elise Hammond, Billy Stockwell and Eric Zerkel (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 3 storm with 125 mph sustained winds, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory. It is starting

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Sudanese rebels have driven government forces from El Fasher, the last stronghold of the country’s regime in the western Darfur region, amid a brutal struggle for territory that has led to alleged genocide and contributed to one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. For more than a year,

By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 104 people, including dozens of children, the enclave’s health authorities said on Wednesday, marking the deadliest day since the beginning of the ceasefire championed by US President Donald Trump. The strikes came Tuesday night after Israel

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — “This is either gonna be wildly successful or a complete disaster,” Austin Tice wrote in May 2012, on the eve of a dangerous journey to bear witness to history. “Here goes nothing.” Tice, a physically towering former Marine and fledgling journalist, threw himself with grit and resolve into war

CNN, TVJ, COURTESY MATEO AVALLE PIBER, HURRICANE HUNTERS, WPLG By CNN meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Billy Stockwell, Christian Edwards, and Michael Rios (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa made landfall around 1 p.m. ET Tuesday near New Hope, Jamaica, as a 185 mph Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane’s winds of 185 mph

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — For the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago, this week is perhaps the best shot they’ve had in years of substantive progress. Not only does Japan have a new prime minister, but US President Donald Trump is in their part of the world, with

By Catherine Nicholls and Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN (CNN) — Lithuania has closed its border with Belarus following “constant violations” of its airspace, the country’s foreign ministry announced Monday, at a time when European nations are on high alert for intrusions into their skies. “Dozens of helium balloons” have entered Lithuania’s airspace from Belarus over recent

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A Mexican journalist who reported on drug cartels was found dead Saturday on a highway with a note beside his body, a news outlet he worked for reported. Miguel Ángel Beltrán’s body was wrapped in a blanket on a highway connecting Durango state to Mazatlán, a city in the

CNN, TVJ, JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE By CNN meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Sana Noor Haq, Billy Stockwell and Zoe Sottile (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa’s immense power has placed the hurricane in very exclusive company. With sustained winds of 175 mph, Melissa is now one of the strongest hurricanes, based on top

By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Elise Hammond, Billy Stockwell and Eric Zerkel (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 3 storm with 125 mph sustained winds, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory. It is starting to slowly pull away from Jamaica and is heading toward eastern Cuba where

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A new report from the United Nations accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity by attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure with drones, as well as committing war crimes through the forcible transfer of people. Drone attacks on civilians in areas along the front line of Russia’s war with Ukraine

By Tal Shalev, Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman, Dana Karni and Mitchell McCluskey (CNN) — Hamas is in “clear violation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement after returning remains to Israel that did not belong to any of the 13 hostages still unaccounted for in the enclave, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Hamas

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — British commentator Sami Hamdi was detained on Sunday by federal immigration officers during a speaking tour in the United States, in what a Muslim advocacy group said was retaliation for his criticism of Israel. The Trump administration said its decision to detain Hamdi and revoke his visa underscores that

By Cecilia Laurent Monpetit and Camille Knight Paris (CNN) — Ten people went on trial in Paris Monday accused of the online harassment of French first lady Brigitte Macron, after they spread what prosecutors called “malicious comments” about the gender and sexuality of President Emmanuel Macron’s wife. The trial comes three months after Macron and

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand was hospitalized after swallowing dozens of high-powered magnets, ultimately losing part of his bowel, according to a recent case report in the New Zealand Medical Journal. The boy, whose identity was not disclosed, ate between 80 and 100 neodymium magnets, each five millimeters

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Direct flights have resumed between India and China after a five-year hiatus, the latest sign of warming relations between the world’s two most populous countries. IndiGo flight 6E 1703 departed from India’s Kolkata airport at 10pm on Sunday, touching down in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou some three-and-a-half

By Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Months before she became Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi said she’d been invited to meet US President Donald Trump. It was November, just after his election victory and several figures close to Trump had urged her to visit Washington, she posted on her official X account. But she

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has said he would no longer perform in Israel after the band came under scrutiny for playing in Tel Aviv in 2017. In an interview with British newspaper The Sunday Times, conducted before the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was agreed, Yorke said he would

CNN By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is holding $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives in warehouses in Belgium rather than delivering them to women overseas, as aid workers voice concerns that the US government is running down the clock until the commodities expire. CNN previously reported on the undelivered contraceptives – once

CNN By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry worth

By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — British police have arrested an asylum-seeker who was mistakenly released from prison on Friday while serving a 12-month sentence for sexual assault following a “fast-moving and complex” manhunt. Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was jailed in September for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl while staying at the

By Camille Knight, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre museum, just as one attempted to leave the country, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Thieves last week targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a brazen daylight raid, fleeing with jewelry worth

By Laura Sharman, Victoria Butenko and Daria Tarasova-Markina (CNN) — Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile and will work towards deploying the weapon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, which comes as Moscow launched its second deadly attack on Ukraine in two nights. The timing of the missile test is notable,

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A Japanese tourist died after falling off a perimeter wall surrounding the ancient Pantheon in central Rome late Friday night, local police told CNN. The man, named as 69-year-old Morimasa Hibino by the Japanese embassy, was spotted in the ditch next to the monument about seven meters

Story by Associated Press Abidjan, Ivory Coast (AP) — Polls opened in the Ivory Coast on Saturday to elect a new leader as longtime President Alassane Ouattara seeks a fourth term after key contenders were barred from contesting. Ballot stations opened shortly after 0800 GMT following initial delays. Some 8.7 million people registered to vote.

By Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Improvise and innovate have become the watchwords for both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries as they try to outwit each other on the ground, at sea and in the air. Several recent developments illustrate this constant evolution of tactics and weaponry: a new Russian jet-powered

By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Salman Saeed, Su Chay, CNN Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh / Hong Kong (CNN) — On the floor of their tiny makeshift home in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, her mother Fatima Begum feeds Sofiya by rubbing her gums with a food paste designed to treat severe malnutrition. These life-saving packets were

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up military pressure on Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking. Here’s a look at the

By Helen Regan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — He is a baby-faced tycoon who rose to the highest echelons of power in his adopted home of Cambodia, where he bestows scholarships and runs philanthropy programs while overseeing one of the country’s largest and best-connected conglomerates. But behind this façade, Chen Zhi, 37, runs one of

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine. Having positioned Hungary – a European Union and NATO member – as an ally of both

By Mitchell McCluskey and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — European leaders vowed to work in coordination to ratchet up the pressure on Russia as the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” met in London to discuss strategies to end the war in Ukraine. The leaders called on more countries to implement sanctions against Russian oil companies

By Max Saltman, Jennifer Hansler, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US Treasury Department announced on Friday that it is sanctioning Colombian President Gustavo Petro, accusing him of playing a “role in the global illicit drug trade.” Also sanctioned are Petro’s wife and son, and Colombia’s interior minister. “Since President Gustavo Petro came to power,

By Catherine Nicholls, Niamh Kennedy and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — A woman who raped, tortured and murdered a 12-year-old girl in Paris three years ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. Dahbia Benkired, a 27-year-old woman from Algeria, must spend at least 30 years in

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — The ringleader of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in London last year was jailed for 17 years on Friday for what prosecutors called a “sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage” on British soil. Dylan Earl, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated arson over the February 2024 blaze

By Lianne Kolirin and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As French police, government officials and top executives at the Louvre Museum continue to scratch their heads over how thieves managed to brazenly steal priceless jewelry in broad daylight, a German company is seizing the moment and grabbing its 15 minutes of fame. Böcker, the firm

By Laura Sharman, Rocio Ruiz, CNN (CNN) — Mexico has handed an alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin over to authorities in the United States, where he is wanted for money laundering and drug trafficking. Zhi Dong Zhang is accused in court documents of exporting, transporting and distributing more than 1,000 kg of cocaine and 1,800 kg

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Police investigating how a father hid his children from the world for almost four years in dense New Zealand wilderness have released new images of two makeshift camps where they believe the family spent most of their time. The photos of remote bush hideouts used by Tom Phillips, who

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — The daily routine of Samuel Carreño has turned upside down since the end of August. That was around the time Donald Trump ordered warships to the southern Caribbean in what the US president said was a mission against drug trafficking, unleashing a wave of geopolitical tensions that

Story by Reuters Belfast, Northern Ireland (Reuters) — A Belfast court on Thursday found a British soldier not guilty of murder in the only trial of a member of the British armed forces over the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. The British government in 2010 apologized

CNN By David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, CNN Santa Elena Province, Ecuador (CNN) — The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila’s sister heard from him was about a year ago when he told her he was heading out to fish for work, she said. Last week, she was shocked to learn that

CNN By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) — King Charles III became the first British monarch to pray publicly with a pope in 500 years during his state visit to the Vatican on Thursday, after a bruising week back home with the continued fallout over the Prince Andrew scandal. Beneath the Sistine Chapel’s

By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) — King Charles III became the first British monarch to pray publicly with a pope in 500 years during his state visit to the Vatican on Thursday, after a bruising week back home with the continued fallout over the Prince Andrew scandal. Beneath the Sistine Chapel’s magnificent

By Germán Padinger, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Kit Maher and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela has 5,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in “key air defense positions,” its President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday, amid growing tension over the United States’ military deployment in the Caribbean. US President Donald Trump has said he is weighing military action inside

By Helen Regan, Teele Rebane, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX has disabled over 2,500 Starlink devices being used by cyber scam syndicates operating in a lawless corner of Myanmar, the Elon Musk-led company said Wednesday. Despite regional authorities’ highly publicized crackdowns on the cyberfraud centers along Myanmar’s border with Thailand this year, the scamming

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — New NATO member Sweden has said it is willing to sell Ukraine up to 150 of its most advanced fighter jets, the first offer from a member of the alliance to supply significant numbers of jets to Kyiv, which is seeking to upgrade its small and ageing air force.

By Pierre P Bairin, Catherine Nicholls, and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Paris (CNN) — No security cameras were monitoring the second-floor balcony where thieves gained access to the Louvre to steal historic jewels worth over $100 million, the museum’s director told a French Senate committee hearing. Laurence des Cars told senators Wednesday that the eastern balcony

By Will Ripley, Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung hailed his nation’s relationship with the United States in a CNN interview on Wednesday, pushing aside lingering trade concerns and welcoming US President Donald Trump, who is about to visit Asia, as a “peacemaker.”

By David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, CNN Santa Elena Province, Ecuador (CNN) — The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila’s sister heard from him was about a year ago when he told her he was heading out to fish for work, she said. Last week, she was shocked to learn that her

By Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s strategic nuclear forces carried out a readiness test supervised by the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. “Today, we are conducting a planned – I want to emphasize, planned – nuclear forces command and control exercise,” Putin said in a

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations’ top court issued a legal opinion Wednesday stating that Israel, as an occupying power, is obligated to work with UN agencies to facilitate humanitarian aid in Gaza, a rebuke of the blockade it imposed on the Palestinian enclave earlier this year. The International Court of Justice

By Charlotte Reck, Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — Two police officers accompanied former French President Nicolas Sarkozy during his first night in prison, staying in a neighboring cell for his security, according to the country’s interior minister. Laurent Nuñez confirmed that the former president, who is serving a five-year sentence after being found guilty of