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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the late Yasser Arafat, president of the Palestinian Authority. Personal Birth date: August 24, 1929 (some sources say August 4th) Death date: November 11, 2004 Birth place: Cairo, Egypt (claimed he was born in Jerusalem) Birth name: Mohammed Abdel Raouf Arafat al Qudwa

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Kofi Annan, former UN secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Personal Birth date: April 8, 1938 Death date: August 18, 2018 Birth place: Kumasi, Ghana Birth name: Kofi Atta Annan Father: Henry Reginald Annan, provincial governor in Ghana Mother: Victoria Annan Marriages: Nane

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Personal Birth date: September 21, 1954 Death date: July 8, 2022 Birth place: Nagato, Japan (some sources say Tokyo) Father: Shintaro Abe, former Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Mother: Yoko Kishi Marriage: Akie

By Jomana Karadsheh and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Arab foreign ministers are aiming to travel to Washington “within weeks” to present US President Donald Trump with a “solid” proposal to rebuild Gaza without displacing the Palestinian population, Jordanian official sources told CNN. Earlier this month, the American president proposed expelling 2.1 million Palestinians from

By Gul Tuysuz, Isil Sariyuce, Max Saltman, Nadeen Ebrahim, Eyad Kourdi, Nechirvan Mando and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey that is estimated to have killed

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrived in the United States on Thursday after being allowed to leave Romania, where the pair were arrested three years ago and face charges of human trafficking. Here’s what to know about the aggressively misogynistic influencer and the online “manosphere” community where he

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — The Prince and Princess of Wales got to work in the kitchen during their visit to a community in Wales on Wednesday. On their visit to Pontypridd, a Welsh town hit by severe flooding last year, William and Catherine tried their hand at making traditional Welsh cakes. The couple

By Amy Croffey, Christian Edwards, James Legge, Catherine Nicholls and Emmanuel Miculita, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after leaving Romania on a private jet Thursday, according to Mateea Petrescu, the brothers’ spokesperson. The Tate brothers, who are dual US and UK nationals, had

By Sana Noor Haq and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israel has systematically targeted Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza, arbitrarily detaining them without charge or access to legal counsel, and submitting them to torture and abuse, according to a new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI). Between July and December, lawyers working with

By Mick Krever, Dana Karni, Ibrahim Dahman and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Israel will not withdraw its forces from the Gaza-Egypt border as would be required under the second phase of a truce with Hamas, an Israeli source says, even as it dispatches a team for ceasefire negotiations. “We will not exit the Philadelphi

By Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — The secret deportation by Thailand of dozens of Uyghurs to China that has sparked international condemnation is a diplomatic win for Beijing and a snub to the United States and the United Nations, who had long warned that the men would face torture and imprisonment if they

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of North Korean troops were likely transported by sea to Russia to fight in its war against Ukraine, satellite images have revealed, according to a new analysis from a US-based think tank shared exclusively with CNN. At least two Russian naval ships are believed to have moved North

By Jeremy Diamond, Hira Humayun, Laura Izso, Abeer Salman and Helen Regan, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Four coffins said to contain the remains of Israeli hostages have been received by Israel, as Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in an overnight exchange as part of the

By Belen Zapata, CNNE and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The legal team representing Mexico in a lawsuit against eight firearms manufacturers in the United States is preparing to argue part of their case before the US Supreme Court on March 4, according to Pablo Arrocha, legal consultant for the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II. He was formally invested as Monaco’s ruler on July 12, 2005, following the death of his father, Prince Rainier. Personal Birth date: March 14, 1958 Birth place: Monte Carlo, Monaco Birth name: Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi,

Story by Associated Press (AP) — The death toll from a Sudanese military aircraft crash in the city of Omdurman increased to at least 46 people, including women and children, officials said Wednesday, one of the deadliest plane crashes in the northeastern African nation in the past two decades. The Antonov aircraft crashed on Tuesday

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and billionaire entrepreneur. Personal Birth date: September 10, 1964 Birth place: Hangzhou, China Birth name: Ma Yun Father: Ma Laifa Mother: Cui Wencai Marriage: Zhang Ying (Cathy Zhang) Children: Two (some sources say

By Jeremy Diamond and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Held hostage in a tunnel under Gaza for nearly 500 days, Or Levy – starved of sunlight, unable to stand up straight, not knowing whether his wife was dead or alive – would often watch, hungry, as his Hamas captors ate the food he was denied.

CNN By Jeremy Diamond and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Held hostage in a tunnel under Gaza for nearly 500 days, Or Levy – starved of sunlight, unable to stand up straight, not knowing whether his wife was dead or alive – would often watch, hungry, as his Hamas captors ate the food he was

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Ukraine are trying to hammer out a natural resources agreement that would give Washington access to Kyiv’s untapped mineral riches in exchange for investment and what Ukraine hopes would be concrete security guarantees. While US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a deal has been

By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Simona Pettinato is among those who have gathered near the Gemelli Hospital to show their support for Pope Francis. “Prayer moves mountains,” she declared outside the hospital, where Francis has been since February 14 and is being treated for pneumonia. “It helps everyone, and we must have great

CNN By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — An airline traveler has spoken of his shock after cabin crew sat him next to the body of a fellow passenger who had died during the flight. The female passenger collapsed in the aisle beside Mitchell Ring and his partner Jennifer Colin during their Qatar Airways flight from

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Svitlana Vlasova, Gul Tuysuz, Nick Paton Walsh and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says a proposed deal with the United States on natural resources is a “framework,” and he will want to discuss the countries’ relationship further in person with President Donald Trump, as a draft of the

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Calin Georgescu, a far-right presidential candidate in Romania, has been taken in for questioning by police as part of an investigation into his campaign, which last year prompted the country’s constitutional court to cancel an election. Georgescu was pulled over for questioning by police on Wednesday as he was

By Mick Krever and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump posted a video on his Truth Social account late on Tuesday, which appears to have been created with generative AI, promoting the transformation of Gaza into a Gulf state-like resort featuring a golden statue of himself, a hummus-eating Elon Musk, and shirtless

By Wayne Chang and Nectar Gan, CNN Taipei/Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s military has set up a zone for “live-fire training” about 46 miles (74 kilometers) off the southwestern coast of Taiwan without advance notice, the island’s defense ministry said on Wednesday, condemning the move as provocative and a threat to international navigation. It comes

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The parents of an 8-year-old girl who died after they withheld her insulin, encouraged by members of a small Christian sect who believed God would save her, have been sentenced to at least 14 years in prison. Elizabeth Struhs died in January 2022 on a mattress on

By Eugenia Yosef, Kareem Khadder and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Days after Israel failed to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for six hostages held in Gaza, the government has agreed to a new exchange, according to an Israeli source and Hamas, indicating the fragile ceasefire remains intact for now. The

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — An airline traveler has spoken of his shock after cabin crew sat him next to the body of a fellow passenger who had died during the flight. The female passenger collapsed in the aisle beside Mitchell Ring and his partner Jennifer Colin during their Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne

By Aishwarya S Iyer and Helen Regan, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees have bathed in sacred waters, despite concerns over overcrowding and water pollution, as the world’s largest religious gathering wrapped up Wednesday in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Over the last 45 days, more than 620 million

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is now offering a path to citizenship — but only to those who can afford to pay a hefty price. In about two weeks, the US will start selling “gold cards” to wealthy foreigners, giving them the right to live and work in the US

CNN By Kareem Khadder, Tareq El Hilou, Pauline Lockwood and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Six babies have died from hypothermia in Gaza since Sunday, according to health care officials in the strip, who warn there will be more such deaths unless more aid enters the enclave. Dr. Saeed Salah, the medical director of

By Kareem Khadder, Tareq El Hilou, Pauline Lockwood and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Six babies have died from hypothermia in Gaza since Sunday, according to health care officials in the strip, who warn there will be more such deaths unless more aid enters the enclave. Dr. Saeed Salah, the medical director of the

By Michael Rios, CNN, and José Álvarez, Elizabeth Gonzalez and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español (CNN) — A growing number of Latin American migrants who have given up hope of reaching the United States are returning to their home countries in South America through a sea route in Panama, which poses new risks, according to

By Victoria Butenko, Nick Paton Walsh and Gul Tuysuz, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to travel to Washington, DC in the coming days, after the United States and Ukraine agreed to terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, according to a Ukrainian official. Negotiations have been ongoing for

By Gerardo Lemos, Ana Melgar, Mauricio Torres and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Chile’s president has declared a state of emergency after an electricity blackout plunged most of the country into darkness on Tuesday, including the capital Santiago. The outage – in the middle of Chile’s summer, when temperatures in Santiago are around 30 degrees

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — More than 250,000 Canadian citizens and residents have signed a parliamentary petition urging Canada to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport. Musk’s association with US President Donald Trump, who plans to levy a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports next month and who has proposed annexing the country as

By Jack Guy and Lisa Klaassen, CNN (CNN) — A French man whose stolen credit card was used to buy a winning lottery ticket has offered to split the jackpot with the two thieves. The criminals broke into Jean-David Estele’s car in the city of Toulouse on February 3 and used his credit card to

CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Martin Goillandeau, Jerome Taylor and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Paris (CNN) — A US teenager has been arrested in Paris after her newborn baby was allegedly thrown out of a hotel window and died, prosecutors and French media say. The young woman, who was not named, was taken to hospital to undergo

CNN By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb, Hira Humayun and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis remains in “critical” but stable condition, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said on Tuesday, adding that the 88-year-old did not have any “acute respiratory episodes” and had a scheduled CT scan to monitor his pneumonia. Bruni added that the pope’s

By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Britain will accelerate an increase to its defense spending, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, on the eve of a crucial visit to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington that is set to be dominated by the future of the war in Ukraine. Starmer said he will

By Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa rely on money sent to them by relatives living abroad. But it costs more to send this money — known as remittances — to sub-Saharan Africa than any other region in the world, according to the World Bank. In recent years, a

By Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s coast guard detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew on Tuesday and said it was investigating whether the vessel had deliberately cut an undersea internet cable, in the latest possible damage to the island’s communication lines. The Togo-flagged vessel suspected of damaging the cable –

By Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — At least four construction workers were killed and six others injured when a highway overpass collapsed on Tuesday morning in South Korea, an official told CNN. Two Chinese nationals are among those dead. Five of those injured in the accident were seriously wounded

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the country’s coast that forced dozens of flights to be diverted via an alert from a commercial pilot, authorities said on Monday. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s unprecedented show of firepower in waters between Australia and New

By Saskya Vandoorne, Martin Goillandeau, Jerome Taylor and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Paris (CNN) — A US teenager has been detained in Paris after her newborn baby was allegedly thrown out of a hotel window and died, prosecutors and French media say. The young woman, who was not named, was taken to hospital to undergo an

By Mike Valerio, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a string of legal battles as the suspended leader fights to save his political career – and avoid prison – following his brief imposition of martial law last year. Yoon’s December 3 decree threw

By Max Saltman, Katharina Krebs and Matthew Chance, CNN (CNN) — Russia says it is open for economic cooperation with the United States, including on energy and mining rare earth minerals. Moscow’s comments came after US President Donald Trump said Monday he was in “serious discussions” with Russia about ending its war with Ukraine and

By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military this weekend deployed tanks to the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades. In the background of a Gaza ceasefire, Israel has steadily escalated an intense military operation in Palestinian cities in the West Bank, killing dozens and displacing tens of thousands of

By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Early on October 18, 2024, Wales police received a phone call from a member of the public. It was the start of a mystery that remains unsolved four months later. There was a body in the water of the Claerwen Reservoir, the caller said, according to a statement released

CNN By Antonia Mortensen and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is showing “slight improvement” but is still in “critical” condition, the Vatican said in an update on Monday, adding that his mild kidney issues are not concerning. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father, although critical, show a slight improvement. Even today there

By Joseph Ataman and Serène Nourrisson, CNN Paris (CNN) — The numbers involved in France’s largest child abuse trial are staggering: 299 alleged victims, sexually abused in 10 hospitals and clinics over 25 years – all by one doctor, prosecutors say. Joel Le Scouarnec, a retired gastrointestinal surgeon accused of decades of abuse, told the

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was proud of the “absolute heroism” shown by the Ukrainian people in withstanding three years of unprovoked Russian aggression, as European leaders gathered in Kyiv on Monday to mark the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-blown war. “Three years

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — New Zealand raised fresh concerns Monday over nearby live-fire drills conducted by Chinese warships armed with “extremely capable” weapons, an unprecedented show of firepower last week that analysts say are part of Beijing’s ongoing plan to build a blue-water navy with global reach. A Chinese Navy formation

CNN By Sophie Tanno and Helen Regan, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after exit polls showed his opposition conservatives were on track to win Sunday’s election, in a vote that also saw surging support for the far-right. Merz, an

By Sophie Tanno, Helen Regan, Frederik Pleitgen and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after exit polls showed his opposition conservatives were on track to win Sunday’s election, in a vote that also saw surging support for the

By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb, Hira Humayun and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is “sitting in an armchair today and continuing with his treatment” for pneumonia, a Vatican source said Wednesday. In a medical update later in the day, the Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff has shown a “further, slight improvement” and that

CNN By Kostyantyn Gak, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Billy Stockwell and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was “ready” to resign as leader if it meant it would bring peace to his country, suggesting he could swap it for NATO membership – while also pushing back against US demands for Ukraine’s

By Kostyantyn Gak, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Billy Stockwell and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was “ready” to resign as leader if it meant it would bring peace to his country, suggesting he could swap it for NATO membership – while also pushing back against US demands for Ukraine’s critical

By CNN Staff (CNN) — The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah took place on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Hezbollah has been left badly depleted by Israeli attacks and the mass event was intended as a show of strength

By Eugenia Yosef, Abeer Salman, Billy Stockwell, and Irene Nasser CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military deployed tanks Sunday into the occupied West Bank Sunday for the first time in more than two decades and said residents who had been “evacuated” will be prevented from returning, in a move decried by Palestinian authorities as an escalation

By CNN Staff (CNN) — The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah is taking place Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Hezbollah has been left badly depleted by Israeli attacks and the mass event is intended as a show of strength

By Soph Warnes and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump is pushing for a quick end to the war in Ukraine, but it’s proving more difficult than he thought. A heated meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House reeling, with some top US officials suggesting Zelensky

By Esha Mitra and Lex Harvey, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Five years ago, a 13-year-old girl, the daughter of poor wage laborers from one of India’s most marginalized communities, was allegedly sexually abused by one of her neighbors in the village where she lived. Her alleged abuser filmed it and police are investigating whether

CNN By Antonia Mortensen and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is showing “slight improvement” but is still in “critical” condition, the Vatican said in an update on Monday, adding that his mild kidney issues are not concerning. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father, although critical, show a slight improvement. Even today there

By Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and several are wounded following a knife attack at a town market in eastern France, in what French authorities have described as an act of terror. “Horror has just gripped our city. A man attacked passers-by at the covered canal market with a knife, several

By Nick Paton Walsh and Victoria Butenko Kyiv (CNN) — A draft deal between the United States and Ukraine over rare earth minerals and other natural resources is “not the one President Zelensky would accept,” according to a source familiar with the negotiations. “It is a strange offer to try and take from a country

By Nick Paton Walsh, Darya Tarasova and Kosta Gak, CNN Kyiv & London (CNN) — The Russian military is sending wounded troops on crutches back to the frontlines to fight, and redeploying soldiers with significant injuries to combat roles, as it struggles with growing manpower issues, according to videos and testimony obtained by CNN. Frontline

By Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN For weeks, an unpleasant dream haunted Md (short for Mohammed) Atik Ullah Khan. In his sleep, he heard machine guns and saw himself stuck in a fierce fight between a group of pirates and navy commandos. He woke up sweating. “I was running and running… trying

By Abeer Salman, Eugenia Yosef, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Mick Krever, Ivana Kottasová, Billy Stockwell, Brad Lendon, and Irene Nasser (CNN) — Israel has delayed an expected release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for returned Israeli hostages “until further notice,” the Palestinian Prisoners Society said early Sunday. Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office confirmed

By Max Saltman and Avery Schmitz, CNN and Sebastian Jimenez Valencia and Rocio Munoz-Ledo, CNNE (CNN) — Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and the Sinaloa cartel are among the two gangs and six drug cartels the US has officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations, fulfilling a long-standing goal from US President Donald Trump’s first term in

By Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español (CNN) — For days, they say they were locked inside a hotel in Panama, surrounded by tight security with limited contact with the outside world. Nearly 300 migrants from Asia, all deported by the US, were held there by Panamanian authorities who agreed

By Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Voting opened Sunday in a German general election that opinion polls suggest will bring a new chancellor and a new governing coalition. The country’s elections are often a little dry and predictable, but this campaign has been eventful by comparison. Last November, Chancellor

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities arrested two alleged high ranking members of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel this week, just days before the Trump administration designated that group and others based in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations. The list includes transnational gangs MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, as well as several cartels including

By Dana Karni and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — Human remains returned to Israel by Hamas on Friday have been confirmed as those of former hostage Shiri Bibas, according to a statement from her family provided Saturday by the hostage relatives’ forum. Bibas’ remains had been expected to be among those of four hostages returned

By Billy Stockwell, Benjamin Brown, Nadine Schmidt and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Berlin have detained a teenage Syrian refugee after a man was stabbed near the city’s Holocaust Memorial late Friday – as divisive rhetoric swells over Germany’s immigration policy, ahead of a consequential national election. The 19-year-old suspect was arrested after

By Tim Lister, Nadeen Ebrahim and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Just what happened to Shiri Bibas and her two children after they were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, has become a source of torment for their family and millions of Israelis. The two boys and their mother were not released from Gaza during the

By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis has received high flows of oxygen after suffering a respiratory crisis but had a peaceful night in hospital, the Vatican said. “The night passed quietly, the pope rested,” the Holy See Press Office said in a brief statement early Sunday morning,

CNN By Tamar Michaelis, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was not among the four returned by Hamas from Gaza on Thursday, Israel’s military has said, accusing the Palestinian militant group of a “violation of utmost severity” of the precarious ceasefire deal. Hamas said it will

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A “window for peace is opening” in Ukraine, China’s top diplomat told a meeting of G20 foreign ministers on Thursday, as the Trump administration ramps up its push to end the war in close coordination with Russia. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Russian counterpart Sergey

By Manuel Cobela, CNN (CNN) — A plane carrying 177 Venezuelan migrants, who were held in Guantanamo Bay after being deported from the US, arrived in Venezuela on Thursday, nearly emptying the naval base of the migrants sent there after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The migrants were initially flown to Honduras for transfer to Venezuela,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Fighting fish, thirsty camels and hairy shrimp are all featured among the winning images of the 2025 Underwater Photographer of the Year competition. Spanish photographer Alvaro Herrero was named overall winner for his image showing the relationship between a humpback whale and her newborn calf, according to a statement

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Arab leaders met in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Friday for the first time to formulate a response to President Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take ownership of Gaza, expel its Palestinian population and turn it into a Middle Eastern “Riviera.” The meeting – including Egypt, Jordan,

By Eugenia Yosef, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s military to conduct an operation in the occupied West Bank after three empty buses exploded in a suspected terror attack near Tel Aviv on Thursday. No casualties were reported and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for

By Tamar Michaelis, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was not among the four returned by Hamas from Gaza on Thursday, Israel’s military has said, accusing the Palestinian militant group of a “violation of utmost severity” of the precarious ceasefire deal. Hamas said it will investigate

By Abel Alvarado and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she’ll propose reforms to the country’s constitution aiming to reinforce the nation’s sovereignty, after the US designated several Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations – a move that could potentially lay the groundwork for direct US strikes inside Mexican territory. “The

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A train collided with a herd of elephants in Sri Lanka on Wednesday night, killing at least six of them, according to Sri Lanka Police. No passengers were injured, but wildlife veterinary officers are treating a female elephant and an injured calf in the city of Giritale, Sri

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia. Personal Birth date: August 31, 1985 Birth place: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Birth name: Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Father: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Mother: Fahda bint Falah bin

By Sebastian Shukla and Claudia Otto, CNN Thuringia, Germany (CNN) — On a wet evening in Suhl, in the former East Germany, a smattering of youthful faces were among hundreds lining up to hear from an unlikely idol – Björn Höcke, one of the most controversial figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

By Mick Krever, Ivana Kottasová, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Kareem Khadder, Lucas Lilieholm and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Hamas on Thursday put on a macabre handover ceremony in central Gaza to return the bodies of four Israeli hostages taken on October 7, 2023. It was the first time the militant group has released the remains

By Billy Stockwell and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Wednesday that it had received the “heart-shattering news” that Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, are among the four dead hostages expected to be released from Gaza on Thursday. The body of Oded Lifshitz is

By Max Saltman and Angélica Franganillo Diáz, CNN (CNN) — A British journalist living in Brazil has been missing in the South American country for nearly two weeks, according to an association of foreign correspondents. Charlotte Peet, 32, last contacted a friend in Rio de Janeiro on February 8, according to a Tuesday statement from

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — There is currently about a 3% chance that an asteroid the size of a large building could collide with Earth in 2032, according to NASA calculations. The good news is that experts expect the risk percentage to fluctuate before likely dropping to zero. Here’s what else you need

By Kareem Khadder and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces demolished more than a dozen apartment buildings at a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Palestinian official told CNN, the latest move in a military operation that has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians. Since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack,

By Ivana Kottasová, Kostya Gak and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump falsely called Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky “a dictator,” escalating a public war of words between the two leaders that started when Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia. Trump’s accusation, posted on his social media network Truth

CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In the 10th row of Delta Flight 4819, Pete Carlson rested in the window seat just before landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, thinking about friends he would see at a paramedics conference where he was scheduled to speak. John Nelson, another passenger in the

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In the 10th row of Delta Flight 4819, Pete Carlson rested in the window seat just before landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, thinking about friends he would see at a paramedics’ conference where he was scheduled to speak. John Nelson, another passenger in the 10th

CNN By Hira Humayun and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Australian wildlife officers have made the difficult decision to euthanize 90 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania, after rough ocean conditions made it impossible to refloat them. More than 150 whales were found stranded near the Arthur River on the island’s

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A Chinese military helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane over the South China Sea on Tuesday, in what observers said was the second incident of potentially catastrophic behavior by the People’s Liberation Army against foreign aircraft in a week. Tuesday’s