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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.” Now Japan’s burgeoning right-wing populist party Sanseito has emerged an unlikely winner in parliamentary elections this weekend. Inspired by other

CNN By Ibrahim Dahman, Tim Lister, Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi and Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — Four-year old Razan Abu Zaher gave up her fight for life on Sunday. She died at a hospital in central Gaza from complications brought on by hunger and malnutrition, according to a medical source. Her skeletal body was

By Ana María Cañizares and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin has been extradited to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a prison escape that sparked a wave of violence across the country. Jose Adolfo Macias, better known as “Fito,” was transferred Sunday from a maximum-security prison

By Fred He and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN (CNN) — “I want to eat” popped up in Chinese characters on a computer at a public hospital in central Beijing. The words were formed from the thoughts of a 67-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, who is unable to

CNN By Fred He and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN (CNN) — “I want to eat” popped up in Chinese characters on a computer at a public hospital in central Beijing. The words were formed from the thoughts of a 67-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, who is unable

By Ibrahim Dahman, Tim Lister, Abeer Salman, Eyad Kourdi and Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — Four-year old Razan Abu Zaher gave up her fight for life on Sunday. She died at a hospital in central Gaza from complications brought on by hunger and malnutrition, according to a medical source. Her skeletal body was laid

By Lauren Kent and Elinda Labropoulou, CNN (CNN) — On the morning of July 4, an American marketing professor was walking towards his ex-wife’s house in Athens to pick up their two young children. It should have been an unremarkable, if strained visit – the couple had apparently been disputing the terms of custody arrangements.

By Ibrahim Dahman and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — At least 73 people were killed and around 150 people injured by Israeli gunfire in Gaza while seeking aid on Sunday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Some 67 people were killed in northern Gaza, the ministry said, while six others were killed in Khan Younis

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A boy survived the sinking of a tourist boat in Vietnam which killed dozens of people by sheltering in an air pocket of the overturned vessel, it has emerged. The 10-year-old had been traveling with his family in Vietnam’s famed Ha Long Bay when the vessel they were sailing

By Eyad Kourdi, Tim Lister and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The Syrian government says clashes in the southern city of Suwayda have stopped after a week of violence left hundreds of people dead, drawing Israeli intervention and US condemnation. A ceasefire agreement reached by the government, Druze groups and Bedouin tribes on Saturday appeared

By Alysha Bibi, Rhea Mogul and Masoud Popalzai, CNN (CNN) — As the sun rises over Kabul’s parched mountains, a family’s daily struggle to find water – and to make it last – is about to begin. The sound of water tankers rumbling through Raheela’s neighborhood in the Afghan capital prompts the 42-year-old mother of

By Ollie Ieltsov and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for talks with Russia next week to push forward ceasefire talks amid growing US pressure on Moscow to reach a deal. Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, proposed the a meeting with the

By Eve Brennan, Max Saltman and TuAnh Dam, CNN (CNN) — Divers searched beneath the waves for missing passengers and crew after a sightseeing ship capsized in a squall in Halong Bay, a popular tourist destination in Vietnam, on Saturday. At least 36 of those on board have been confirmed dead, state media reported on

By Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi, Mohamed al-Sawalhi, Sophie Tanno and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Israeli troops opened fire on Gazans seeking food aid in the territory, killing at least 32 people, the Palestinian health ministry and witnesses said. The ministry said that the bodies had been brought to Nasser Medical Complex, along with dozens

By Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Syrian security forces are deploying in the restive province of Suwayda after days of communal fighting in which hundreds of people have been killed, the country’s interior ministry says. Clashes between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes have continued in Suwayda since last week, threatening the stability

By Mostafa Salem and Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s armed proxies are ramping up pressure on key points in the Middle East as Tehran attempts to rebuild its regional influence, eroded by almost two years of a destructive Israeli military campaign. Tehran’s Houthi allies in Yemen ended months of calm in the Red Sea

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — When they wanted, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon could be warm and caring parents. A family judge described interactions with their children as “excellent,” with the two able to act in a “loving and attentive manner.” But a high-profile court case that stunned even seasoned legal figures painted a different picture,

By Lex Harvey and Chiranjivi Ghimire, CNN Beldangi refugee camp, Nepal (CNN) — More than two dozen refugees from Bhutan have been left in a unique legal limbo after they were deported by the US back to the tiny Himalayan nation they once fled – only for it to reject them a second time. The

By Mitchell McCluskey and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Syria and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday. The deal was “embraced” by Turkey, Jordan and other neighboring countries, the ambassador, who also serves as the US special envoy to Syria, said in a post on X.

By Ibrahim Dahman and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited Gaza’s only Catholic church on Friday, where a day earlier three people were killed in an Israeli strike. The visit is highly unusual given Israel’s tight control over access in and out of the territory. Israel says

By Stefano Pozzebon, Kara Fox and Ana Melgar, CNN (CNN) — Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties and ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag. The right-winger and ally of US President Donald Trump was also barred from speaking to

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A group of musicians from the United Kingdom and Ireland say they have formed a syndicate to advocate for artists speaking out against Israel’s war in Gaza and the role of foreign governments in funding it. “Because of our expressions of conscience, we’ve been subject to various intimidations from

By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Alysha Bibi, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Relentless floods have claimed the lives of more than 170 people in eastern Pakistan, about half of them children, in the latest catastrophe that underscores the country’s vulnerability to the escalating climate crisis. At least 54 of the deaths came in the

By Chris Lau, Mai Takiguchi and Soyon Nishioka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has prompted the creation of a new task force, as competition for votes heats up ahead of Sunday’s national election. The issue is

By Yoonjung Seo, Mike Valerio and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop megaband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos, sketching out their own dreams of superstardom. A table away, tourists

CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Mike Valerio and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop megaband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos, sketching out their own dreams of superstardom. A table away,

By Merlin Delcid and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A prominent human rights group critical of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has suspended operations in the country, citing the government’s harassment, repression and persecution of human rights defenders. Cristosal Executive Director Noah Bullock said the group would continue to operate from Guatemala and Honduras, and

By Gerardo Lemos and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Mexico City officials have announced a 14-point plan to address the capital’s housing and gentrification problems, which sparked large and sometimes violent protests earlier this month. Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada said officials will propose a law to regulate rental prices, strike a balance between the

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A Canadian man has been charged with hijacking a small plane this week and flying it over one of the busiest airports in Canada, prompting fears he would crash into something and causing flights to be delayed or grounded. It began Tuesday at a flight school at Victoria International

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Givatayim, Israel (CNN) — The sight of Or Levy emerging in February from Hamas captivity shocked the world. The 34-year-old’s pale, emaciated frame stood as a testament to the brutal conditions he endured during the 491 days he was held hostage – almost all of which he spent underground, shackled and

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Kimberly’s father’s home in Mexico was a very small “tent looking” structure, she says. He spent most of his young life working, and never attended high school. Her mother also lived in poverty. They knew they wanted to have a family but after their own experience felt Mexico would not give

CNN By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit back at Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying that his American counterpart was elected as the leader of the United States and “not to be the emperor of the world.” Last week, Trump threatened Brazil with crippling tariffs of 50%

By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit back at Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying that his American counterpart was elected as the leader of the United States and “not to be the emperor of the world.” Last week, Trump threatened Brazil with crippling tariffs of 50% starting

By Nimi Princewill, Sarah Dean, Larry Madowo and Hamilton Wende, CNN (CNN) — Across Africa, and in the tiny nation of Eswatini, fury has erupted over the arrival of foreign deportees from the United States, after its government confirmed that migrants described by a Department of Homeland security spokesperson as “depraved monsters” had been sent

By Olivia Kemp and Sam Hudson CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, in what the government is calling a landmark effort to “future-proof” its democracy. If passed by the parliament, the proposed reforms, unveiled Thursday, would

By Ibrahim Dahman, Catherine Nicholls, Christopher Lamb, Abeer Salman, Eugenia Yosef and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israel said Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which killed three people. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which has jurisdiction for Roman Catholics in Gaza, said the Holy Family Church was

By Nick Paton Walsh, Lauren Kent and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s 50-day pause ahead of possible secondary sanctions on Russia gifts the Kremlin a window to exploit the incremental gains of recent weeks, which analysts say increasingly put key Ukrainian strongholds in the east in peril. Russia is thought

By Ian Wafula for CNN (CNN) — Roy Wanyonyi steps into the dark and dusty living room, its armchairs still carefully adorned in white lace covers, though it has been many months since guests sat here. The last time he and his wife, Maximilla Mwanga, were in this home in Webuye, an industrial town in

By Will Ripley and Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — For thirty minutes, under the punishing midday sun, Taiwan’s capital Taipei rehearsed for war. Presidential alerts began blaring on cell phones at 1:30pm on Thursday across this city of more than two million people: “[Air Defense Drill] Missile attack. Seek immediate shelter.” Then came

By Laura Sharman, Aqeel Najim and Teele Rebane, CNN (CNN) — A huge fire tore through a large shopping center in Iraq’s eastern city of Kut on Wednesday, killing dozens of people and devastating a community. At least 61 people – including men, women and children – died in the blaze at the five-story Al-Kornish

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered the setting up of a new investigation team, involving police and prosecutors, to look into the deadly Halloween crowd crush that killed 159, mostly young people, in 2022, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Lee’s move to launch a new probe came as

Story by Associated Press (AP) — A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor and the chief rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of insulting and threatening a public official and sentenced him to a year and eight months in prison. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is being held in a prison west of

CNN By Emily Scolnick, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Increasing your walking cadence can improve your mobility, a new study found. It can also help limit the effects of frailty in older adults. Experts outline how. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ A monthslong saga

By Ana María Cañizares and Michael Rios, CNN Quito, Ecuador (CNN) — Desperation is mounting in Ecuador’s capital as thousands of people remain without drinking water a week into Quito’s worst shortage in 25 years. The daily lives of some 400,000 residents have been seriously disrupted by the emergency, which happened after a landslide damaged

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A huge fire has consumed the main stage of Belgium’s world-famous Tomorrowland festival, days ahead of its planned opening on Friday. “Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged,” festival organizers said in a statement Wednesday evening. “We can

By Elinda Labropoulou and Lauren Kent, CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) — Greek police have charged five people in the case of murdered UC Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, including his ex-wife and her current partner. Jeziorski was shot multiple times at close range on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a

CNN By Eyad Kourdi, Catherine Nicholls, Eugenia Yosef, Mostafa Salem and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces. At least three people

By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Ireland appears closer to passing a bill that will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied territories in the West Bank, sparking sharp criticism from US officials who have signaled the move could harm Dublin’s relationship with Washington. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee accused Ireland of “diplomatic

By Eyad Kourdi, Catherine Nicholls, Eugenia Yosef, Mostafa Salem and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Syria says it is withdrawing troops from a flashpoint southern city after days of deadly clashes with an Arab minority group that triggered military action from Israel. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said the country was “not afraid of war” but

By Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — At least 20 people were killed in a crowd crush at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the controversial Israeli- and US-backed organization said Wednesday, the first time it has acknowledged deaths at one of its sites. According to

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry traveled to Angola earlier this week and met the country’s president to discuss demining efforts, almost three decades after his mother’s memorable visit to the south African nation. The Duke of Sussex shared his vision of a “mine-free country” in an audience with Angolan President João

By Sam Peters, CNN (CNN) — Spanish rescue teams are searching for an American hiker who has been missing in the Pyrenees for eight days. Specialist mountain rescue teams and helicopters from the Air Service are searching for Cole Henderson, 27, in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park in northern Spain, the Guardia Civil

By Kathleen Magramo and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Moscow barreled hundreds of drones toward four key regions in Ukraine overnight, just as lawmakers in Kyiv scrambled to approve additional defense spending against the backdrop of intensified Russian attacks over the past few days. The Kremlin unleashed 400 long-range drones and one missile late Tuesday,

By Jill Dougherty, for CNN (CNN) — A decade ago, Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. The government was taking steps to fight corruption. Civil society was blossoming. The economy was growing. American businesses were investing. In 2004, even though it was not a member of

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, Russia and North Korea – ramp up military activities in the region, the country’s defense minister said Tuesday. “The existing order of world peace is

By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A stolen private plane caused a temporary shutdown of the airspace over Vancouver International Airport, one the busiest in Canada, on Tuesday. The Cessna 172 took off from Victoria International Airport, where it is used for flight training, and flew north about 40 miles to Vancouver and started circling.

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about World War I, also known as the First World War and the Great War, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. Causes of World War I The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb, led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1947 Birth place: Bombay (now Mumbai), India Birth name: Ahmed Salman Rushdie Father: Anis Ahmed Rushdie, businessman Mother: Negin Rushdie, teacher Marriages: Rachel Eliza Griffiths (2021-Present); Padma Lakshmi (2004-2007, divorced); Elizabeth West

By Caitlin Danaher and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — Two men have been sentenced to four years and three months each in prison for felling a landmark sycamore tree in northern England. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were both found guilty of two counts of criminal damage in May, one relating to the

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A 46-year-old American man accused of the murders of a 29-year-old woman and her baby has faced a preliminary legal hearing in Rome after being extradited to Italy. The California native, named in an international arrest warrant and by Italian police as Francis Kaufmann, was extradited from

By Mostafa Salem, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people have been killed in days of violence in southern Syria which began with clashes between members of the Druze minority group and Bedouin tribes and drew a military intervention from Syria. The Syrian government has declared a ceasefire in the area

By Elinda Labropoulou and Lauren Kent, CNN Athens (CNN) — Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing. Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, an economist and professor of marketing at

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, who was still competing after turning 100 more than a decade ago, died in a hit-and-run on Monday, according to India police. He was 114. Born in rural India in 1911 before later moving to London, Singh earned the nickname the “Turbaned

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Ukraine will receive Patriot missile systems as part of a new package of US weaponry has been warmly welcomed in Kyiv as it reels under nightly Russian bombardments. President Volodymyr Zelensky has made repeated requests for Patriots in recent weeks as Moscow sends

By Aishwarya S Iyer and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A Russian woman and her two young daughters were found living in a cave deep in the forests of southern India years after her travel documents expired, according to local authorities. The woman, identified as Nina Kutina, 40, and her daughters, aged six and four,

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Relatives of an Indian nurse on death row in war-torn Yemen are racing against time to commute her death sentence, in a case that has gripped India’s media. Nimisha Priya was sentenced to death for the murder of her former business partner, a Yemeni national, whose body was discovered

CNN By Chris Lau and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Sporting his signature blue suit and red tie, the figure of US President Donald Trump steps into the spotlight on a Hong Kong stage, sparring with a man dressed as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. The two quarrel over the Ukrainian leader’s outfit

By Chris Lau and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Sporting his signature blue suit and red tie, the figure of US President Donald Trump steps into the spotlight on a Hong Kong stage, sparring with a man dressed as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. The two quarrel over the Ukrainian leader’s outfit before

By Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder, CNN Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank (CNN) — Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday, and as he visited his family here, the Florida native’s thoughts began to turn toward marriage. “I think it’s time for me to get married,” Musallet told his father, Kamel, during

CNN By Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder, CNN Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank (CNN) — Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday, and as he visited his family here, the Florida native’s thoughts began to turn toward marriage. “I think it’s time for me to get married,” Musallet told his father, Kamel,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the terror attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011. Eight people died in a bombing in Oslo and another 69 people died on nearby Utoya island. This was the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II. The Perpetrator Anders Behring Breivik Pronounced: AHn-ders BRAY-vick Norwegian

By Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A planned “humanitarian city” inside Gaza intended to hold hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be a “concentration camp,” former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned. Defense Minister Israel Katz said last week he had told the military to advance plans for the zone,

By Lauren Kent and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to the United Kingdom in September for an “unprecedented” second state visit at the invitation of King Charles, which is unlikely to have any public-facing events. The visit is scheduled for September 17-19, the

Story by the Associated Press Pannonhalma, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history. The 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey is a sprawling Benedictine monastery that is

By Mitchell McCluskey and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military general who campaigned on rooting out government corruption, has died at age 82, the presidential press office said in a statement on Sunday. He died in London at about 4:30 p.m. after a “prolonged illness,” according to the

By Anna Cooban and Pierre P Bairin, CNN (CNN) — A man has escaped from a prison in France by hiding in a laundry bag belonging to his cellmate who was being released after finishing his sentence, an official told local media. Sébastien Cauwel, director of France’s prison administration, told CNN affiliate BFMTV Sunday that

By Tim Lister, Oren Liebermann, Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Several children were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution point in central Gaza Sunday, health officials said, one of several deadly incidents in the territory that come as ceasefire talks in Doha falter. Hopes had been high

By Svitlana Vlasova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Security Service said Sunday they had killed Russian special service agents suspected of gunning down a fellow officer in Kyiv earlier this week, saying it believed Russia’s Federal Security Service was responsible. SBU officer Ivan Voronych was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday morning in

By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a rolling metal door onto his hand, crushing his middle and ring fingers. The Indonesian migrant fisherman needed medical attention, but the captain refused to return to

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — An official report on the world’s deadliest aviation accident in a decade has answered one key question – but raised others. Air India flight AI171 had barely left the runway last month when it lost momentum and crashed in a densely populated area of India’s western city of Ahmedabad,

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Guede, the only person definitively convicted of the brutal 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, will be back in court this fall facing charges of sexual assault and violence against a former girlfriend. Guede, a 38-year-old Ivory Coast native who has lived in

By Kareem Khadder, Kareem El Damanhoury, Jennifer Hansler, Eugenia Yosef and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israeli settlers killed a 20-year-old Palestinian-American man in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and an eyewitness, as settler violence against Palestinians ramps up in the occupied territory. Twenty-year-old Sayfollah Musallet “was martyred after being

By Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — For most world leaders, tariff letters from US President Donald Trump mean a big headache. But one Southeast Asian general is spinning the communique he was sent as welcome recognition of the embattled, isolated and reviled junta he leads. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military that

By Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Poland has finalized a deal to acquire a second batch of 180 South Korean tanks under a 2022 agreement that will eventually see Warsaw boost its arsenal with almost 1,000 of the armored vehicles. The deal underlines Poland’s emergence as a substantial European

By Laura Sharman and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly shaking from earthquakes, having chosen to stay behind while his family are on safer ground. The 52-year-old said he is exhausted and frightened to

By Ana María Cañizares and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin is headed to the United States. Jose Adolfo Macías, better known as “Fito,” agreed Friday to be extradited from Ecuador to the US, where he is wanted by the US Justice Department on charges of drug and weapons trafficking. The

By Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — A cut in the fuel supply to the engines caused last month’s Air India crash that killed 260 people, a preliminary report has found. The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport when it hurtled back to earth. Everyone on board

CNN By Gul Tuysuz and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a conflict with the Turkish state that’s lasted nearly five decades

By Gul Tuysuz and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a conflict with the Turkish state that’s lasted nearly five decades and

By Simone McCarthy, Kylie Atwood and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — There is a “high probability” that US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet this year, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday. “The odds are high,” Rubio told journalists gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday. “I think both

By Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Kyiv was burning as Dr. Borys Todurov sped through the city in an ambulance, undeterred by the deep thuds of explosions and the terrifying sounds of Russian drones flying overhead. He was determined to deliver his precious cargo: a human heart. Todurov’s patient –

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A case in which more than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels is revealing a deep distrust in local government, as members of the public question the findings of an official investigation. Authorities in the city of Tianshui in

CNN By Hira Humayun and Ross Adkin, CNN (CNN) — Detained for more than 100 days without charge, and with the threat of deportation looming over him, Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil was convinced he would eventually prevail. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Khalil, who is now back with his young family, describes

By Hira Humayun and Ross Adkin, CNN (CNN) — Detained for more than 100 days without charge, and with the threat of deportation looming over him, Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil was convinced he would eventually prevail. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Khalil, who is now back with his young family, describes the

By Will Ripley, Lex Harvey, Chris Lau, Lucas Lilieholm and Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un restated he “unconditionally” supports all Russian actions during its war in Ukraine, as he welcomed Moscow’s top diplomat to a newly built beach resort on his country’s east coast. Kim met Foreign Minister Sergey

By Nick Paton Walsh, Masoud Popalzai and Sarah El-Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade. For months, Tehran

By Victoria Butenko and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — An Ukrainian Security Service officer was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday morning in what authorities told CNN was an apparent assassination. A spokesperson for the service told CNN that an SBU officer was killed in Kyiv and that investigation into the assassination was underway. The

By Abeer Salman, Jeremy Diamond, Ibrahim Dahman and Mohammad al Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike killed 15 people, including women and children, gathered outside a health center in the central Gazan city of Deir Al Balah on Thursday, according to medical staff and officials in the enclave. The Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza

By Michael Rios and Rocio Muñoz-Ledo, CNN (CNN) — The words “Get out of Mexico” are still visible on one shop window as protestors violently kicked in the glass pane. In another clip, “Kill a gringo” is spray-painted on a wall in Mexico City as demonstrators carried placards demanding western foreigners “stop stealing our home.”

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The remains of a famous sycamore tree, which stood on Britain’s Roman-built Hadrian’s Wall in northern England for more than 200 years, has found a new home nearly two years after it was illegally felled. The removal of the tree from its spot known as “Sycamore Gap,” a pronounced